Bullying case prompts role reversal for Mobile lawyer, Catholic school on gay mothers
By Brendan Kirby | bkirby@al.com
on August 19, 2014 at 5:30 AM, updated August 19, 2014 at 5:33 AM
MOBILE, Alabama – In church, Catholic doctrine holds that marriage is an institution between and man and a woman.
In court, lawyers for a Catholic school in Mobile seemed to endorse the view that a lesbian partner is an equal parent to the birth mother.
The case involves a lawsuit accusing St. Pius X Catholic School of failing to prevent a student from suffering severe bullying. Lawyers for the school sought permission to take sworn testimony from the plaintiff's attorney, Christine Hernandez, who has helped raise the child.
At a hearing last week, Mobile County Circuit Judge Sarah Stewart indicated that she would grant a request by the plaintiff to block the deposition on grounds that state law bans recognition of same-sex marriage, meaning that Hernandez and the child are "legal strangers."
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