This is so incredibly interesting, I can do no better than simply comment on the Christianity Today account...

When Cheryl Clark converted to Christianity, she left her lesbian lover, Elsey McLeod.

So the trouble begins...

But McLeod argues that she should have joint custody of Clark's 8-year-old daughter, since they spent so many years together.

Oooh! Great precedent. Can't wait to see that applied to straight couples. A couple dates for several years, and the ex-lover decides the man/woman's child must still spend time with them.

But surely the judge is a sensible man, and would recognize the dangerous precedent this kind of decision would set, right?

Denver County Circuit Judge John Coughlin agreed —

Groan. Of course. If a straight guy wanted custody of his ex-girlfriend's daughter, how far do you think he'd get?

A lot further now.

but went even further...

Uh-oh...

While Clark has the girl, Coughlin ruled, she must "make sure that there is nothing in the religious upbringing or teaching that the minor child is exposed to that can be considered homophobic."

Considered "homophobic" by who?

Undoubtedly this is a test in which the woman will have to defer to someone else's ideology and guidance to determine when the line of "homophobia" is being crossed.

My guess is that anything which says marriage is an institution between a man and a woman, or touches on traditional ideas of sexual fidelity (much less sections of the bible which explicitly oppose homosexual conduct) would easily quality as "homophobic".

McLeod was not ordered to avoid any anti-Christian teachings.

No, of course not.

No bias nor agenda here folks, nothing to see, move along.