The case, Troxel v. Granville , pitted the desire of grandparents to visit grandchildren against the opposition of the parent to such visitation. The parent won.
Parents make key decisions about their children s upbringing every day.
If you have strong views about parenting issues, then you are often going to believe that other people s parenting decisions are wrong. But thinking other parents are wrong, even very wrong, is not an adequate legal basis for forcing those parents to do things your way. There are a number of reasons for this. One is that authorizing the state to meddle wholesale in child-rearing decisions would exacerbate the culture wars. Another is that parental rights are deeply rooted in our legal traditions.