CANADA: Parents Lose Child Custody Case After Claiming God Spoke In Court Through A Stuffed Lion

Canada’s CBC reports:

The couple spoke in tongues in court to a stuffed lion who they claimed was giving them direct counsel from God. They rejected legal aid, preferring to advise witnesses “it was their lawyer Jesus Christ asking the questions through the voice of the parent.”

The battle was for custody of their baby — who the mother wants to rename Jesus JoyoftheLord. They lost. Now, in a decision highlighting the tightrope social workers walk in balancing parental beliefs with child safety, a B.C. Supreme Court judge has dismissed the Kelowna couple’s claim of religious persecution.

The Ministry of Children and Family Development got involved with AJ and DK in 2016 after AJ told a facilitator at a lunch program that DK had choked her and “believes sexual relations between children should be encouraged”. She would later deny making the disclosure, but the reports raised red flags because AJ was pregnant.

As you’ll see at the link, there’s more to the crazy.