Judge Charged After Calling Unwed Mom 'Disgrace To Society'

[conjur]

http://www.local6.com/news/3682551/detail.html

ORLANDO, Fla. -- A judicial panel has charged an Orange County judge with chastising a deputy sheriff who had a child out of wedlock, saying she was a "disgrace to society," "had no morals," and her child was "a bastard."

Judge Alan C. Todd, a judge for 14 years, was charged with making a series of "rude, intemperate and demeaning comments," according to the six-page notice released Wednesday by the state Judicial Qualifications Commission.

After discovering in January that Orange County Deputy Sheriff Mindy Hood was an unwed mother, Todd told her "it is acceptable for a male to have sex before marriage, but if a female does so, she is not respected and considered a tramp," according to the notice.

He also said Hood's family "obviously had no morals," the notice said.

Chandler Muller, the judge's attorney, said he couldn't comment on the specific allegations because of judicial rules, but said Todd was a respected judge with the full support of the legal community.

According to the notice, Todd also referred to another woman deputy as a "deputite" and said the only "real deputy" assigned to his courtroom was a man, the notice said.

Todd asked detectives in 2001 if a female courthouse administrator "was taking good care of the detectives." The detectives said she was and he responded, "Well, that's what the men's bathroom wall says ... I just wanted to make sure," the notice said.

The notice also alleges that Todd said: Baptists "think there is no sin in the world and have no morals"; Pastors and priests shouldn't marry a woman that has children out of wedlock or couple that has been living together, because those actions are morally wrong and sinful; and children raised in single-family homes normally go to jail as adults.

Wow...right up the alley along with Bush and Ashcroft and their compassionate conservatism.

 

[nick1985]

i like how you tied this story with the bush administration, even though they have nothing to do with one another.

 

[CrackRabbit]

Nick has a point, but I hope they strip this judge of his title and fine him heftily for slander.

 

[cKGunslinger]

All this proves is that asshats abound, no matter where you look. One day, all these old, sexist, racist, bigots might die off. Although I'm not sure if a generation of ultra-sensitive liberal-weenies would be any better.

 

[conjur]

Originally posted by: cKGunslinger
All this proves is that asshats abound, no matter where you look. One day, all these old, sexist, racist, bigots might die off. Although I'm not sure if a generation of ultra-sensitive liberal-weenies would be any better.

Was someone listening to Dennis Prager today?

 

[Yo Ma Ma]

Sounds like the judge wanted to go out with a bang.

 

[bozack]

at least he is not afraid to speak his mind...

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

For once I agree with Nick - this story has nothing at all to do with President Bush - but this judge sounds like a first-class asshole. I presumed from the headline he had said this to a person convicted of a crime, during sentencing, but to say it to a sheriff's deputy is another thing altogether. Even if he feels this way (which, in my view, makes him a bit of a dinosaur), he should know well enough to keep it to himself.

Maybe if he's laid off, he can start a firm with another distinguished jurist.

 

[arsbanned]

at least he is not afraid to speak his mind...

I take it you agree with his opinions.

 

[LordMagnusKain]

Originally posted by: arsbanned

at least he is not afraid to speak his mind...

I take it you agree with his opinions.

I do, for the most part. It's not the kids fault though. And the sexual harassment is out of line


but I?ve got much more respect for her than someone who kills her child out of convenience.

"it is acceptable for a male to have sex before marriage, but if a female does so, she is not respected and considered a tramp,"

didn?t hear him say anything about that, nor do you know of any dead-beat or run-off dad?s that he?s dealt with.

 

[conjur]

Originally posted by: bozack
at least he is not afraid to speak his mind...

And the fact that his mind is stuck in the Stone Age means nothing?