Houston Judge Signs Anti-Gay Order

I'm not sure which hot young muscled man I was hiding under at the time to miss this story, but I greatly apologize!   In June, associate judge Charley Pine, when ruling on a child custody case made an additional order where the children can not be left unattended with the father's partner.  On Friday, this same judge signed this order making it official.   This is absolutely appalling!  The Houston Chronicle reported;

"William [Flowers] and Jim [Evans] were married on March 19 of last year in Connecticut, one of seven states which recognize same-sex unions.  It was a second marriage for both.
When William and his ex-wife divorced in 2004, they agreed that their three children would live with her.  Wanting to change the arrangement, William recently filed for custody in Harris County.  A jury found that she should keep the kids, though his regular visitations would continue.  Neither William nor his ex-wife alleged that the children had been abused or were in any danger of being abused.

"Following the trial, Harris County Associate Judge Charley E Prine, Jr. issued a ruling which included an injunction applicable only to William.  It prohibits him from leaving his children alone with any male to whom the kids are not related by "blood or adoption."  So if, for example, William wants to visit his mother in the hospital (where she's been for several weeks), he can't leave his kids at home with his husband.  As written, the injunction also prohibits male doctors, teachers and pastors from being alone with the children.

Attorneys who practice family law in Texas point out that in cases of abuse, it is common for courts to prevent children from being alone with specific people.  But those same lawyers say that they've never heard of a case in which a step-parent or long-term partner is permanently enjoined from being alone with his or her step-children when abuse is not even alleged, let alone proven.  No lawyer consulted for this story has ever heard of an order which prohibits children from being left alone with an entire gender."

The Dallas Voice adds that a Facebook page has been created asking for the removal of bigoted Prine's from the bench and a petition at change.org has also been created.  They also add that in the judge's Linkedin profile, under Groups and Associations he listed the Republican National Committee, the Republican national Committee Alumni Employees and the Republican National lawyers Association.  On his Facebook page, Prime's Activities and Interests in Rick Perry for President 2012.

Flowers says that he is going to appeal the order.  I strongly believe that this is just another bigoted judge who is jumping on the anti-gay bandwagon to further his future aspirations in politics or the republicant party.