Another Type of Activist Judge

How come we don't hear about the judges who legislate people's private lives from the benches based on their personal prejudices?

A Georgia court order told a Dad that he can't "expose" his kids to his gay male friends. And a trial judge in Tennessee just ruled in last May 2008 that a Mom could not have her partner of nine years spend the night when the children were present -- under a "paramour" restriction.

According to the KnoxNews.com, "The trial court imposed the restriction on the couple even though the psychologist who performed the custodial evaluation in the case found the partner to be positive influence in the children's lives."

What legal basis or compelling state interest does this serve? The hardship this family is forced to endure because a trial judge thought he was supposed to do this under state law is ludicrous. They deserve to be compensated for this cruel and unusual punishment.