Another Special Life in Christ:
Cheryl Clark, M. D.:
Her Life Before Jesus Came In:
Other than being a Denver area physician who had been a lesbian, I don't yet have any info.
Her Life Since Jesus Came In:
A Christian mother filed an appeal last week of a judge’s decision in a custody
case that prohibits her from teaching her own adopted daughter the tenets of her
faith. Dr. Cheryl Clark — a physician who left a lesbian relationship in 2000
after becoming a Christian and concluding that homosexual behavior was wrong —
was ordered by Denver Circuit Court Judge John W. Coughlin in late April to,
"...make sure that there is nothing in the religious upbringing or teaching that
the minor child is exposed to that can be considered homophobic."
Coughlin also granted visitation and joint parenting rights to Clark’s former
partner, Elsey McLeod, who has no legal relationship with either the daughter or
the mother. But he gave no similar instructions to McLeod to avoid passing on
her opposition to Christianity to the 8-year-old girl.
"It’s a real one-way street," said Mathew Staver, president of
Liberty Counsel [there are some
excellent testimonies on this site] and attorney for Clark. He said the
judge’s order effectively prevents the mother from practicing her religion in
her daughter’s presence. "[The judge’s warning] has clearly gone beyond the
permissible boundaries of courts," he said. "This ruling interferes with her
constitutionally granted right to free exercise of religion and her rights as a
parent to be able to direct the upbringing and teaching of her own child."
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(posted 5 December 2003)