A Massachusetts Court unanimously upheld a ruling that barred a divorced Christian fundamentalist father from taking his three children to church services or enrolling them in Sunday school. The children are being raised by their mother, an Orthodox Jew. The father’s attorney said he may appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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