Can You go to Jail For Going to Church?

Joseph Reyes, a veteran of the war in Afghanistan, is about to find out: he took his daughter to church against the wishes of his ex-wife, who took out a restraining order against him.

The two are in a bitter divorce battle, and the question of what faith their child should be raised in is pushing the boundaries of child custody arrangements.

Reyes' decision to baptize his daughter without his wife's permission resulted in what some are calling an extraordinary court order: The Hon. Edward R. Jordan in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Ill., imposed a 30-day restraining order forbidding Joseph Reyes from, according to the document, "exposing his daughter to any other religion than the Jewish religion. …"

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Be nice to the, they are just trying to help by removing theatan soaked materials past their expirery date from your sock drawer and replace your bathroom scale with a *NEW AND IMPROVED* e-meter. It's for the greater good!
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Remarkably insightful? Yeah, it's like monkeys typing Shakespeare, eh?

Well, Alex, you stopped posting videos of cute kittens, and I had to come up with something.

Gauldar, sorry - um... what about those darn Scientologists? Always going through my stuff...
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