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Utah judge stays order to remove foster child from home of lesbian couple
Source: Washington Post
Utah judge stays order to remove foster child from home of lesbian couple
By Sandhya Somashekhar November 13 at 2:21 PM
A Utah judge has put a hold on his order to remove a foster child from the home of a married lesbian couple, whom he had said were unfit to keep the girl because of their sexual orientation.
Judge Scott N. Johansen, a juvenile court justice in eastern Utah, struck language from his original order requiring that the 9-month-old be removed from the home within a week “in favor of a heterosexual foster adoptive placement.” He has set a hearing for Dec. 4 to determine the best interests of the child.
The original order to remove the child from the home of the Carbon County couple drew an outcry from around the country, with former secretary of state Hillary Rodham Clinton chiming in and even the state’s Republican governor declaring himself “puzzled” and concerned that Johansen was not following the law.
The couple, Beckie Peirce and April Hoagland, had said the judge cited “research” suggesting children do better in homes with heterosexual parents. But major medical associations, such as the American Psychological Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics, have said sexual orientation is unrelated to one’s ability to be a good parent.
In his revised order, Johansen struck language that cited the court’s “belief” that same-sex marriages are less stable than heterosexual ones, and that children of such relationships have emotional problems. But it still cites the court’s “concern that research has shown that children are more emotionally and mentally stable when raised by a mother and a father in the same home.”
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By Sandhya Somashekhar November 13 at 2:21 PM
A Utah judge has put a hold on his order to remove a foster child from the home of a married lesbian couple, whom he had said were unfit to keep the girl because of their sexual orientation.
Judge Scott N. Johansen, a juvenile court justice in eastern Utah, struck language from his original order requiring that the 9-month-old be removed from the home within a week “in favor of a heterosexual foster adoptive placement.” He has set a hearing for Dec. 4 to determine the best interests of the child.
The original order to remove the child from the home of the Carbon County couple drew an outcry from around the country, with former secretary of state Hillary Rodham Clinton chiming in and even the state’s Republican governor declaring himself “puzzled” and concerned that Johansen was not following the law.
The couple, Beckie Peirce and April Hoagland, had said the judge cited “research” suggesting children do better in homes with heterosexual parents. But major medical associations, such as the American Psychological Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics, have said sexual orientation is unrelated to one’s ability to be a good parent.
In his revised order, Johansen struck language that cited the court’s “belief” that same-sex marriages are less stable than heterosexual ones, and that children of such relationships have emotional problems. But it still cites the court’s “concern that research has shown that children are more emotionally and mentally stable when raised by a mother and a father in the same home.”
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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2015/11/13/utah-judge-stays-order-to-remove-foster-child-from-home-of-lesbian-couple/
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