Judge Insults Unwed Mother - Calls Her A Tramp, Child A "Bastard"

[matcom]

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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.

http://www.wftv.com/newsofthestrange/3682456/detail.html

[meegbear]

1. Whoa Nelly!

"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"

Does this mean gay sex before marriage is OK? Say!

[matcom]

2. SURE!! unless its Lesbian sex apparently

:eyes:

[skooooo]

16. wow...never okay for lesbians to have sex then??

Unless they go to a state that recognizes gay marriages. Interesting.

[miss_kitty]

24. "It is acceptable for a male to have sex before marriage..."

Acceptable? i thought it was de riguer..."sow those wild oats boys before you settle down,,,but don't marry her-she's a slut!"

[DarkPhenyx]

3. That isn't an insult.

It is a technically accurate use of the term "Bastard". Look it up in the dictionary.

[GOPisEvil]

5. It sure as hell was MEANT as an insult.

It's language that is inappropriate for a judge to use publicly.

[DarkPhenyx]

12. I disagree.

Since the term was used appropriately, reguardless of context, then there was no foul.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

14. I think him calling her those names is what has everyone pissed.

NONE of his business. And who the hell are these males supposed to have sex with!? I'm sure he's against gay sex too. What a fucking hypocritical chauvinist pig.
Duckie

[DarkPhenyx]

18. Oh, there is no doubt there.

The judge is all of that and then some. Most of society, including the female portion, is to a greater or lesser extent though.

[skooooo]

17. why are you being so weird about this?

So it's okay for judges to call people bastards?

:shrug:

I guess it's okay for them to chastize people for personal choices that have nothing to do with the law too?

You're weird.

[DarkPhenyx]

19. No, I'm not weird.

I'm an asshole. Big difference there.

Yes, it is ok for teh judge to call someone that if they are in fact one. As far as law goes judges make moral judgements and pronouncements from the bench every day. This is nothing new.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

21. LOL I love how freely you admit that.

[DarkPhenyx]

26. Hey...it's a truth about myself.

Unplesant or not, potentionally insulting or not, it is the truth and I must embrace all truths about myself. :shrug: Doing so makes me stronger and disallows my opponents from using the truth against me.

[rasputin1952]

8. Context and nuance are everything in Law, as well as the rest of life....

this clown, meant it to be an insult, and showed that he has the judicial prudence that could equate to a Village Idiot sitting on the bench. In fact, I am pretty sure, the Village Idiot IS sitting on the bench.

[DarkPhenyx]

13. So he did.

Big deal. It was still an accurate use of the term. I can't see getting pset because someone called you exactly what you are. Kind of pointless really. If someoen calls you something that you honestly are it isn't an insult...it's simply the truth.

[Cheswick2.0]

20. oh stop

not even going to argue that point with you. He meant it as an insult. It is an insult. Just the fact that one child is called something different because it's parents are not married is an insult to the child whether it is the correct legal word or not.

[DarkPhenyx]

25. In that case...

...I win. Thank you for playing.

So do you find everything factual about yourself insulting? Just curious. Or is it just the unplesant things about yourself. If that is teh case hopw is it the fault of ther person pointing this out to you? I simply can't grasp the logic there. Are we all so thin skinned that we can't handle the unplesant truths about ourselves? It's no wonder we're fucked.

[no_hypocrisy]

4. Women: damned if you get an abortion, damned if you stay pregnant.

The Scarlet Letter is well and alive in many places in this country.

[Cheswick2.0]

22. I don't know why this surprises anyone

even people at DU think that way.

[rocktivity]

6. It's part of a pattern of behavior

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

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"...

He obviously has women problems.

:headbang:
rocknation

[BiggJawn]

9. Man, I thought I had "bitter issues", but this guy takes the whole bakery.

Never mind the cake...
He should be recalled or resign, like that guy who worked out with the pocket pussy under his robes in OK....

[Cheswick2.0]

23. He should be removed from his position and disbarred

He doesn't uphold the law.

[rasputin1952]

7. This is a disgrace, and this individual...

should be removed from the bench, and his license be revoked.

I would not be surprised if this clod really thought that "Judge", meant that he could judge everyone on every thing. How repulsive, taht a person of this position, would make astatement like that. How would the next defendant, that is pregnant, and unwed, expect to find any form of justice from someone who is so biased?

Welcome to bushworld...this guy is trying to buy himself a seat on the USSC....:grr:

[YellowRubberDuckie]

15. And they say that doctors get God complexes...

Judges get them too.
Duckie

[tandot]

10. another Bush supporter who wants to drag us back into the Dark Ages

he is probably a freeper, too.

Hey, I bet with this resume, Bush will consider him as Supreme Court justice. He sounds just like the other ones Bush admires... :puke:

[Rabrrrrrr]

11. Think he votes rightwing republican?

I think he does.

:evilgrin: