Yet one more example of discrimination against the irreligious in child custody cases:

[Volokh, Eugene]

>From Buck v. Buck, 4 Pa. D. & C. 5th 238 (Pa. Com. Pl. 2008).  Given Lee
v. Weisman's conclusion that simply having a prayer at a not formally
mandatory graduation is unacceptable coercion of religious practice,
wouldn't counting a parent's not engaging in "religious/spiritual
activities [with] the child" against the parent in a child custody
decision -- and counting the other parent's "plac[ing] a high-level
emphasis on religion" in that other parent's favor -- be even more
clearly unacceptable coercion of religious behavior?
 
Eugene
 
 
D. Spiritual Well-Being

Father is religious and takes the child to church. Father currently
places a high-level emphasis on religion. The child appears to be
enjoying her religious activities.

Mother did not testify as to any particular religious/spiritual
activities in which she seeks to involve the child, or any
religious/spiritual activities which she seeks to instill in the child.

The child's spiritual well-being is better served by being in Father's
custody.
 
 
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