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Church of the Subgenius child custody case

16:40 / 09.04.06

Has anybody else heard about this?
An American subgenius, Reverend Magdalen, lost custody of her 10 year old son after a domestic dispute, when a judge saw pictures of her participating in X-day celebrations in Detroit and decided she was a "pervert" and an "unfit mother"

I found this on boingboing.net and there were no official news story links, and the stories I have found don't say where in the States this is taking place, so I am taking it with a grain of salt.

Still if it is true, it is yet another sad indication of rights and freedoms going south, south of the border. Can anybody confirm or deny this?

A copy of the court transscript can be found here, if you sort.
http://www.boingboing.net/2006/03/20/update_on_subgenius_.html

Nietzsch E. Coyote

01:17 / 10.04.06

Where are you north of the border?

I wouldn't be surprised if that was real. I wouldn't be surprised if it was not

All Acting Regiment

02:00 / 10.04.06

No, it's definitely real. I'll try and find some more links.

12:44 / 10.04.06

Well, according to Stang's blog, the case has given the Church of the Subgenius an infusion of new blood due to the publicity generated. There's more info here: http://revstang.blogspot.com/.

the permuted man

18:12 / 10.04.06

Yeah, she now has a new representation and there will be a new hearing with a new judge. I haven't read any of the transcripts, but it hardly makes sense for her to lose custody for some ceremony the kid had zero exposure to. I wish I could find some substantial argument against her for comparison since everything I've seen has pretty much been on her side. A part of me keeps thinking there has to be more to this, but then again, maybe it's really as absurd as it seems.