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Ed Taylor and Kelly Robertson were married, had two sons and then divorced (as has been known to happen). Kelly was awarded custody of the children, with visitation rights for Ed. Since then, it seems that Kelly has become friends with a gay man, Chris. Kelly has since remarried, and she sometimes asks Chris to babysit her kids (as has been known to happen).
Apparently, that's not OK with ultra-Catholic Ed. The following letter was sent to Kelly with regard to her parenting. In the letter, Paul Sullivan engages in a homophobic tirade ignorantly linking being gay with being a child predator, claiming that by having a gay person around the house, Kelly is "encouraging a homosexual lifestyle," and threatening investigations and custody trials should Kelly not reverse the child's dangerous course.
Additionally, the lawyer and father have been in communication with the sheriff, the county commissioners, the vice principal and the guidance counselor of the middle school that Kelly's son attends.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jamie-mcgonnigal/custody-suit-ex-wife-gay-friend_b_2926903.html?utm_hp_ref=gay-voices
I don't understand how in the world he ended up being divorced.
Cirque du So-What
(25,812 posts)that the 'bar' is set far too low for lawyerin' nowadays. It's bad enough that a homophobic hothead is going around spouting hatred to anyone who will listen, but you would think an attorney would know better. If only there were 'three strikes' laws for stupid lawyers who file frivolous, baseless lawsuits.
redqueen
(115,096 posts)Worth extra attention are custody battles in which domestic abuse is an issue. It's a sickening, sad industry which sometimes ends up in tragedy.
Cirque du So-What
(25,812 posts)It's a shame that much of the preparation for lawyerin' includes appeals to emotion that have no basis in fact.
redqueen
(115,096 posts)I feel for his ex and kids.
Bay Boy
(1,689 posts)Or did you mean a MRI freak? Cause those guys who get off on magnetic resonance imaging are weirdos.
redqueen
(115,096 posts)Bay Boy
(1,689 posts)alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)as it is to engage in homosexual acts.
They're both grave wrongs in Catholic doctrine, and any sex after divorce is considered adultery.
Just sayin', Mr. Taylor.
Sheldon Cooper
(3,724 posts)Really. How'd she let him slip through her hands?
But seriously, what a ridiculous little man he is. And an asshole, besides.
NMDemDist2
(49,313 posts)i'm certainly not suggesting all priests (or even most, or even the vast majority) are pedophiles but statistically the boys are more likely to be in danger @ the RCC.
MineralMan
(146,192 posts)(as has been known to happen)
Aerows
(39,961 posts)and it appears that his attorney is a religious zealot.
RedstDem
(1,239 posts)I'd call that bluff in New York minute. which is quite fast I hear.
the ex would be just a distant memory to the kids after I got thru with Bozo A & B
janlyn
(735 posts)One of the reasons for my divorce was ireconsilable differences. Mainly my liberal beliefs clashing with his growing conservative christianity.
After our divorce he tried to revoke custody of our son. Saying to me that my friends where gay tattooed nipple pierced freaks.and that I was going to hell. And that the bible stated gays should not be suffered to live.
Needless to say he did not have a leg to stand on.
I cannot imagine what type of bigoted person my son would be if he had his way!!!
Aerows
(39,961 posts)is a religious nutjob. His website has such uplifting Bible verses such as this on it:
Ephesians 5:23 (New International Version)
23 For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior.
1 Corinthians 11:3 (New International Version)
3 Now I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.
http://www.paulcsullivanpa.com/
It also has all these links to "marriage miracles", etc.
This Ed the ex-husband character also made a youtube video calling his ex-wife a "drug slut". It's breathtakingly clear why she divorced him! What a horrible thing to call the mother of your children. He's a terrible excuse for a human being and needs to NEVER be in the position of a role model for young men if that's his attitude towards a woman he once married and who is now raising his children.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)visitation rights.
liberal_at_heart
(12,081 posts)the sheriff and the school all the time then that is definitely harassment and she should sue him.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)and his lawyer to stop the sh*t and threaten action...unfortunately, this guy is a bully, and so are lots of lawyers and giving it right back to them is the only thing they respond to.
gollygee
(22,336 posts)they wonder no longer.
I suspect this won't end the way he hopes.
talkingmime
(2,173 posts)If he wants to look for child predators, perhaps he should check out his church. There's a clear correlation between ultra-conservative Christians and child predators. There's pretty much zilch to tie gays and child predators. It's a myth. He needs to grow up and get over it and that lawyer of his needs to find a real job.
LiberalFighter
(50,504 posts)except as provided by the court.
Barack_America
(28,876 posts)I'm sure this will end well for him.