Court Opinion

ID: 9576547
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 21:25:49.023584+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:09:49.028881
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Deen, Chief Judge,
dissenting.
Does an "unnatural” consenting relationship with another woman possibly amounting to sodomy render a mother unfit? Do five freely made acts of generating illegitimate offspring possibly amounting to fornication and adultery render a father unfit? Both issues involve considerations of mixed questions of law and theology.
Some religions affirmatively advocate the permissiveness of these acts made between consenting persons freely choosing, cherishing, prizing and affirming their lifestyles, Spillers v. State, 145 Ga. App. 809, 810 (245 SE2d 54) (1978), while other religions advocate certain action or absolutes, including these acts as always wrong. Our Georgia criminal laws are based on the latter.
"Q. Have you ever seen Linda and Sabrina in bed together or having abnormal sexual relations or anything?” "A. Yes sir. I have.”
I interpret this testimony by the husband as other than hearsay. It is not our duty to weigh the evidence on appeal and substitute our judgment for that of the trial court. I would affirm the order and judgment of the trial court under the any evidence rule and therefore respectfully dissent as to Division 3 of the majority opinion.