How a Confederate Flag Painted on a Rock Could Cost a New York Mom Her Kid

[Franklin Pierce]

A New York mom is caught between a rock and an appellate court.

The upstate woman has been told she needs to ditch a driveway decoration painted with a Confederate flag or risk losing custody of her mixed-race child -- even though a Family Court judge didn’t consider it to be an issue when it was raised during trial.

"Given that the child is of mixed race, it would seem apparent that the presence of the flag is not in the child’s best interests, as the mother must encourage and teach the child to embrace her mixed race identity, rather than thrust her into a world that only makes sense through the tortured lens of cognitive dissonance," appeals judges wrote in a ruling released Thursday.

The "presence of the Confederate flag," when "viewed pragmatically," "is a symbol inflaming the already strained relationship between the parties," the judges found.

How a Confederate flag painted on a rock could cost a New York mom her kid

 

[Caculator]

How does one rise to the Bench devoid knowledge of the COTUS

 

[GrayWaterCanine]

How does one rise to the Bench devoid knowledge of the COTUS

I think the cotus was assumed based on the existence of the child.

 

[utvolpj]

Is this really surprising in what appears to be a heated custody dispute?

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

Is this really surprising in what appears to be a heated custody dispute?

The fact that a simple flag could somehow cause a mom custody? Yes it is. That’s absolutely beyond ridiculous.

 

[utvolpj]

The fact that a simple flag could somehow cause a mom custody? Yes it is. That’s absolutely beyond ridiculous.

Everything is used in a dispute like that. She's trying to take custody away from the father and you're surprised he pulls out all the stops? This was just written for the headline

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

Everything is used in a dispute like that. She's trying to take custody away from the father and you're surprised he pulls out all the stops? This was just written for the headline

Doesn’t change the fact that a judge said the presence of a flag may not be in the child’s best interest. That’s absolutely insane and dumb.

 

[utvolpj]

Doesn’t change the fact that a judge said the presence of a flag may not be in the child’s best interest. That’s absolutely insane and dumb.

It's really not as it denotes stupidity. Also likely to be confrontational given that the father is black. It's also just a small part that the article is blowing up to get clicks

 

[LouderVol]

If this came up in a custody case for me I would go home and video tape me smashing the thing. Cant imagine a painted flag getting between me and a child.

 

[Weezer]

If this came up in a custody case for me I would go home and video tape me smashing the thing. Cant imagine a painted flag getting between me and a child.

This. If the choice is a flag or your child, seems like a pretty simple choice.






Why do I feel like I need to specify you choose your child?

 

[MurphyVol]

What's a Yankee with a mixed race child doing with a Confederate flag

 

[82_VOL_83]

What's a Yankee with a mixed race child doing with a Confederate flag

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