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The Ontario Court of Appeal ruling that a child can have three legal parents prompts Ted Byfield to unload on Canada’s judiciary.
The more you observe the alarming behaviour of Canada's federally-appointed judges, the more you find yourself wondering: Are these people diabolically driven to destroy society, or are they merely stupid?Can they grasp the appalling consequence of what they are doing, or are they simply blind to it?
In short, are we being ruled by demons or by morons?
The application by the lesbian partner of the biological mother for parental status was rejected by Justice David Alston, a lower court judge, for two reasons: (1) a decision to overturn a fundamental principle of family law is properly the responsibility of the legislature, not the judiciary, and (2) the precedent would potentially allow everyone involved in a child’s upbringing to apply for recognition as a legal parent. All in all, a wise and circumspect decision in the circumstances.
The Court of Appeal, unfortunately, did not display the same care or wisdom. Quite the opposite, in fact.
Now the ability to foresee the consequence of one's actions is a quality said to distinguish the adult from the child. Mr. Justice Aston was, in other words, acting like a grown-up.
He could foresee the chaos he would be causing if he conferred parenthood on that second mother.
His decision went from there to the Ontario Court of Appeal whose three judges had, alas, not quite reached that stage of maturity.
In terms of foreseeing the consequences of their action, they hadn't quite made it to adulthood. They behaved, that is, like a bunch of children.
The only alternative hypothesis is that the higher court deliberately set out to create social chaos. So, are they fools or knaves?
An even more important question is: Why are unelected judges governing our country?
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