TX Judge Breaks Up Lesbian Home

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http://www.dallasvoice.com/judge-lesbian-moms-partner-10147997.html

MCKINNEY — Page Price and Carolyn Compton have been together for almost three years, but a Collin County judge is forcing them apart.

Judge John Roach Jr., a Republican who presides over the 296th District Court, enforced the “morality clause” in Compton’s divorce papers on Tuesday, May 7. Under the clause, someone who has a “dating or intimate relationship” with the person or is not related “by blood or marriage” is not allowed after 9 p.m. when the children are present. Price was given 30 days to move out of the home because the children live with the couple.

Price posted about the judge’s ruling on Facebook last week, writing that the judge placed the clause in the divorce papers because he didn’t like Compton’s “lifestyle.”

“Our children are all happy and well adjusted. By his enforcement, being that we cannot marry in this state, I have been ordered to move out of my home,” Price wrote.

Price also mentions that Compton’s ex-husband rarely sees their two children and was once charged with stalking Compton. She said he also hired a private investigator in order to bring the case before the judge. Court records show the ex-husband, Joshua Compton, was charged with third-degree felony stalking in 2011 but pleaded to a misdemeanor charge of criminal trespassing.

Price declined an interview until her lawyers figure out the next step.

Compton was granted a divorce from her ex in 2011, according to court records. The case was reopened in April to dispute custody, which she shares with him.

Compton’s attorney, Barrett Stern, didn’t return a phone call seeking comment. Her ex-husband’s attorney, Paul Key, also didn’t return a phone call.

Ken Upton Jr., senior staff attorney for Lambda Legal’s Dallas office, said he is familiar with the case. He said morality clauses are rarely enforced and were historically used to prevent unmarried people from cohabitating with children present. Courts often include the clauses without people knowing, especially in conservative areas like Collin County, he said.

Gay couples are unfairly targeted under the clause because they can’t legally marry in Texas, Upton said.

So, an ex who is upset that his marriage ended because his wife was gay could use it against her later.

“What the clause has become is an extra burden on gay people because they’re no more likely to violate it than straight people,” he said. “It’s a problem that continues with homophobia.”

Upton said Compton wasn’t held in contempt for living with Price, but the judge is going to issue a new order that cites Price must move out under the clause.

The couple can appeal the decision, which would likely be overturned. Upton said many appeals courts look at the relationship and if it causes any harm to the children in deciding whether to honor the morality clause. Being that the couple already lives together with a healthy environment for the kids, Upton said they stand a good chance to win on appeal.

If the couple decides to appeal, he said the case could set an example in Texas for how courts will interpret the clause for gay couples.

“This could be an important case in Texas,” he said. “I think it’s a case to watch.”

The situation is similar to a 2011 Houston case where a judge ruled that William Flowers couldn’t leave his children alone with his partner, Jim Evans, because they were not related by blood or adoption, despite the couple being married. Had he ruled under the morality clause, the partner would have had to move out.

The appeal was filed in October 2011 with the oral arguments heard in November 2012, according to court records. The ruling is still pending.

A fundraiser for Page Price and Carolyn Compton’s attorney fees is 3-6 p.m. Sunday, May 19, at Eden Lounge, 2911 Main Street. Admission is $25. Checks can also be sent to Dee Pennington, c/o Dallas Credit Union payable to Page Price. Mark Personal on envelope and mail to 1301 Young Street #100, Dallas, TX 75202.

I hope they appeal and this judge's dumbass ruling gets overturned.
 

Texashiker

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Choose to live immoral lifestyle, then complain when others dont like it?

Just because someone wishes to live a gay lifestyle doe not mean the rest of us have to agree or even like it.
 

zsdersw

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Choose to live immoral lifestyle, then complain when others dont like it?

Just because someone wishes to live a gay lifestyle doe not mean the rest of us have to agree or even like it.

Not sure if you're serious, but show me a good moral reason to break up this couple's living situation.
 

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Choose to live immoral lifestyle, then complain when others dont like it?

Just because someone wishes to live a gay lifestyle doe not mean the rest of us have to agree or even like it.

For someone who shouts about oppression you sure seem to enjoy inflicting it upon others.
 

fskimospy

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Choose to live immoral lifestyle, then complain when others dont like it?

Just because someone wishes to live a gay lifestyle doe not mean the rest of us have to agree or even like it.

I like how asking someone to not use the power of government to forcibly separate you from your significant other is forcing others to agree with your lifestyle and/or like it.
 

nehalem256

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Under the clause, someone who has a “dating or intimate relationship” with the person or is not related “by blood or marriage” is not allowed after 9 p.m. when the children are present.

What a crazy judge enforcing contracts a woman agreed to. :rolleyes:
 

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Choose to live immoral lifestyle, then complain when others dont like it?

Just because someone wishes to live a gay lifestyle doe not mean the rest of us have to agree or even like it.

There is no "lifestyle" involved. It is something they are born with. Dumb fuck.
 

zsdersw

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What a crazy judge enforcing contracts a woman agreed to. :rolleyes:

Try reading the entire article, you fucking idiot.

Courts often include the clauses without people knowing, especially in conservative areas like Collin County, he said.

nehalem256 said:
Nothing in the contract is related to gay people.

Such clauses are also rarely enforced... making the enforcement of this particular one, which happens to involve a lesbian couple, highly suspicious that it isn't, as you claim, about gay people.
 
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Texashiker

"immoral lifestyle"? Who are you to demand that others be bound to your own religious restrictions?
 

fskimospy

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Nothing in the contract is related to gay people.

Gee, a thread involving women AND gay people? Who would have guessed you would show up?

Gay people can't get married in Texas, ergo she can never live with her significant other while she has kids.
 

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Choose to live immoral lifestyle, then complain when others dont like it?

Just because someone wishes to live a gay lifestyle doe not mean the rest of us have to agree or even like it.

Who said you have to agree or like it? Allowing it to happen is neither an indication of agreement or preference.

I consider lots of things to be immoral that I don't think it should be against the law to do. Example: not vaccinating your kids.
 

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Try reading the entire article, you fucking idiot.





Such clauses are also rarely enforced... making the enforcement of this particular one, which happens to involve a lesbian couple, highly suspicious that it isn't, as you claim, about gay people.

The article cited left out the fact that they are rarely enforced as the ex-spouse rarely raises the issue.

This one has chosen to. The clause is there, the ex-spouse has a cause of action and homosexuality has nothing to do with it. He could have used that to move a man out of the house too.
 

fskimospy

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The article cited left out the fact that they are rarely enforced as the ex-spouse rarely raises the issue.

This one has chosen to. The clause is there, the ex-spouse has a cause of action and homosexuality has nothing to do with it. He could have used that to move a man out of the house too.

Of course had it been a man they could have gotten married and solved the issue.

This just highlights another one of the reasons why gay marriage needs to be legalized nationwide.
 

zsdersw

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The article cited left out the fact that they are rarely enforced as the ex-spouse rarely raises the issue.

This one has chosen to. The clause is there, the ex-spouse has a cause of action and homosexuality has nothing to do with it. He could have used that to move a man out of the house too.

Yeah, sure it doesn't. We don't know if the 'morality clause' was inserted in the divorce papers by the ex-spouse because he's a stalker or if he has a problem with his former wife divorcing him so she could be in a relationship with a woman. In either case, the judge shouldn't have ruled how he did.
 
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nehalem256

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Such clauses are also rarely enforced... making the enforcement of this particular one, which happens to involve a lesbian couple, highly suspicious that it isn't, as you claim, about gay people.

The article cited left out the fact that they are rarely enforced as the ex-spouse rarely raises the issue.

This one has chosen to. The clause is there, the ex-spouse has a cause of action and homosexuality has nothing to do with it. He could have used that to move a man out of the house too.

I wonder if this has something to do with why the issue was raised:
Compton was granted a divorce from her ex in 2011, according to court records. The case was reopened in April to dispute custody, which she shares with him.

But hey lets jump to conclusions about it being about her being a lesbian.
 

shadow9d9

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That has yet to be proven.

Show me the gene for gayness, and I will retract my statements and post an apology.

Tell me about your long thought out decision whether to be straight or gay growing up. Be sure to tell us about your sex with a man to make sure you were making the right decision...