Judge Orders Man to Speak English @Home

[Japher]

I'm interested in learning what he's basing his ruling upon.

How about a mother's request. I see no harm in her learning spanish, but may the mother does. Her reasoning is not for the judge or anyone to decide. This drug felon should be lucky he's allowed to see his kid at all and respect the wishes of the mother.

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Japher
Judge Ronald E. Reagan

why do I like everyone named Ronald Reagan?

Cuz yer an idiot?

[chequita guevara]

Wait, I just caught this. "That does not mean that you can't instruct and teach her the Hispanic language." WTF is "the Hispanic language?" Ignorant dumbasses shouldn't be allowed to be judges.

[Jack_www]

I dont see what the harm would be for the father to speak Spanish to the girl the few times he see her. It sounds like the mother has full custody, and the girl most likely spends most of her time around people that speak English. This is just stupid. The children that age can pick up many laungues, and if the father speaks spanish it will most likely help her to learn Spanish as well as English. Even people who come to this country and dont speak a word of English, their children often learn English when they are little as well as. I dont see how this will harm the Child.

[MichaeltheGreat]

Originally posted by SlowwHand
Why? The mother's wishes count for nothing?

Also,
To become a U.S. citizen, a prime requirement is to be able to communicate fully in English.

The mother's wishes count for nothing in view of the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

All you have to do wrt the naturalization tests is pass the tests in English. There are no further requirements, and there can be no further requirements, in view of that little blurb about "no law abridging freedom of speech"

[MichaeltheGreat]

Originally posted by DinoDoc
How so? Providing the mother is clean, it seems like a valid reason for her to limit the child's access to her father.

On-going use is, just like alcohol.

Past use is generally not considered an issue.

Then again, there's that whole hypocrisy of the War on Drugs^TM. Smoke four packs a day of Pall Malls and drink cheap bourbon until your liver explodes, and that's fine, because those are the drugs of choice of all the self-righteous jackasses in the legislative branches. Smoke a joint or toot a line of coke, and it's off to the slammer, because, my God, man, look at the harm to society! *hic* *coouuuuuggggghhhhhh* *wheeze* Damn druggies anyway, enough to make you have another drink.

[MichaeltheGreat]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
Wait, I just caught this. "That does not mean that you can't instruct and teach her the Hispanic language." WTF is "the Hispanic language?" Ignorant dumbasses shouldn't be allowed to be judges.

Maybe he's a pocho and only speaks Spanglish.

[oedo]

Originally posted by FrustratedPoet
I think it's quite funny that the judge's name is Ronald Reagan.

exactly his name is Ronald E. Reagan. I would find Ronald W. Reagan funnier, though.

hasta luego.

[MrFun]

Originally posted by Japher


Uh, Sava, I mean, MrFun, I may be an SOB but I'm not ignorant... whatever that means

How dare you confuse me with Sava.

[Theben]

Like the kid won't learn English from her peers, mother, and school.
What a stupid judge.

[Japher]

What a stupid judge

Don't shoot the messenger. It's the mother's fault not Reagans!

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Japher
Don't shoot the messenger. It's the mother's fault not Reagans!

It's the judge's fault because he issued the ruling in contradiction to the 1st Amendment.

[Sprayber]

This is a story about absolutely nothing and everyone has switched into hissy mode. It sounds like the judge took a round about way of ruling that nothing has changed. He says the man can't speak Spanish to his child but says he can instruct her in it if he chooses. It seems to be that nothing has changed.

The mom probably isnt too proud of the fact that she has a daughter from a hispanic man and wants to limit contact with that part of her childs heritage. Her daugther speaking spanish would be a reminder of that. If she had her way he problaby wouldnt have any contact with her at all.

[Dinner]

This seems to be a case where mom and dad are pissed off at each other so mom's sueing dad and is attempting to use the child as a weapon to get back at her ex-husband/ex-boyfriend. Both of these losers should be sterilized to prevent further contamination of the species.

[Japher]

It sounded to me that for this man to see his kid that he needed to agree to mom's guidelines of which one, for some unknown reason, was that he not speak spanish to her, only.

How is the judge making this criminal uphold to the agreement a violation of the 1st Amend.?