Maine Court to Rule if Mother Can Take Daughter to Church

Appeal Launched Against US Court Ruling That Branded Bible-Believing Churches a “Dangerous Cult” · Caldron Pool

A mother from Maine is desperately fighting a district court ban on reading the bible to her 12-year-old daughter and taking her to church. According to the Bickford v. Bradeen appeal launched by Liberty Counsel (LC),  the ruling violates the mother’s parental rights and US protections for religious freedom. Liberty Counsel explained that the father, who has 50/50 visitation rights and hates Christianity, was horrified to learn his daughter was …

Maine court to rule if mother can take daughter to church

null / Credit: Joe Belanger/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Nov 19, 2025 / 12:23 pm (CNA). The Maine State Supreme Court is considering whether to give a mother the right to take her daughter to church amid a dispute between the mother and her daughter’s father. Liberty Counsel, an Orlando, Florida-based legal group, said in a press release that the Portland District Court ruled it was “psychologically unsafe” for Emily Bickford to take her 12-year-old …

Maine Mom Challenges Court Order Forbidding Her to Take Daughter to Church

The girl’s father, who never married her mother, claims church is causing her “psychological harm.” A district court agreed. ... The post Maine Mom Challenges Court Order Forbidding Her to Take Daughter to Church appeared first on The New American.

Parents Should Be Allowed to Take Children to Church

According to Judge Jennifer Nofsinger of Maine’s District Court, Emily Bickford isn’t allowed to take her 11-year-old to church on Sunday or any other day of the week. Emily shares custody of her daughter with Matthew Bradeen. Emily and Matthew have never married. Up until last year, Jennifer had been taking the young girl to Calvary Chapel in Portland, Maine. According to court filings, Bradeen reviewed the church’s website and sermons and obje…

Judge Orders Maine Mom Not to Take Her Daughter to Church or Read Her the Bible - Charisma Magazine Online

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court is set to weigh in on whether a lower court overstepped its limits when it barred a mother from reading the Bible to her 12-year-old daughter or taking her to church. The state’s high court heard oral arguments last week in the case of Bickford v. Bradeen — a battle between judicial authority and parental rights. Liberty Counsel, a faith-based non-profit legal group, is representing Emily Bickford. She is challen…