{"id":28052,"date":"2015-11-16T22:20:04","date_gmt":"2015-11-17T03:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/utah-judge-scott-johansen-removes-himself-from-gay-foster-parent-case\/"},"modified":"2015-11-16T22:20:04","modified_gmt":"2015-11-17T03:20:04","slug":"utah-judge-scott-johansen-removes-himself-from-gay-foster-parent-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/utah-judge-scott-johansen-removes-himself-from-gay-foster-parent-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Utah Judge Scott Johansen Removes Himself From Gay Foster Parent Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Utah Judge Scott Johansen Removes Himself From Gay Foster Parent Case<\/b><\/p>\n<div data-type=\"embed-asset\" data-provider=\"Embed\" data-title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div><span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A Utah judge who had ordered a baby <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">girl<\/a> taken away from her <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">lesbian<\/a> foster mothers and placed in a heterosexual home removed himself from the case Monday as criticism turned into <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=grq0&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">calls<\/a> for his impeachment.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Though Judge Scott Johansen had reversed his decision and allowed the 9-month-old baby to stay with the married <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">women<\/a> recommended by state welfare authorities, there were concerns he could still have the baby removed from their home in Price later on.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>April Hoagland and Beckie Peirce asked for the judge to be disqualified, saying that the decision revealed a potential bias that broke the rules of judicial conduct, their lawyer Jim Hunnicutt said.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>While Johansen disputed their legal standing to <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=grq0&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">call<\/a> for his removal, he nevertheless stepped aside nearly a week after the Nov. 10 order criticized by national <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> rights groups, the state&#8217;s Republican governor and others.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">couple<\/a> applauded Johansen&#8217;s decision and said they&#8217;re happy the family is being treated equally.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our greatest concern now is taking care of our beautiful baby foster daughter,&#8221; Hoagland and Peirce said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Utah officials are pleased the child will stay in a nurturing home with the &#8220;very capable&#8221; parents, said Ashley Sumner, a spokeswoman for the Utah Division of Child and Family Services.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The case will be referred to presiding juvenile Judge Mary Manley. The <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">couple<\/a> feels like the change will make them much more likely to get a fair shot at adopting the baby <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">girl<\/a> they&#8217;ve been fostering for three months, Hunnicutt said.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They are just two wonderful, normal parents with a happy baby to take care of,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>In his initial decision handed down during a routine hearing, Johansen mentioned research showing children do better when raised by heterosexual families. The <a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/topics\/news\/issues\/american-psychological-association.htm\">American Psychological Association<\/a>, however, has said there&#8217;s no scientific basis for believing that <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gays<\/a> and <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">lesbians<\/a> are unfit parents based on sexual orientation.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>A <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> rights group has filed a complaint with state judicial officials, and the watchdog group Alliance for a Better Utah on Monday called for state lawmakers to impeach the judge.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Johansen is barred from speaking about pending cases and a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=grq0&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">call<\/a> to his publicly listed phone number went unanswered Monday.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Josh Kantor, the founder of the progressive-leaning Alliance for a Better Utah, said the judge&#8217;s move would not change the group&#8217;s push to get state lawmakers to remove him from the bench.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">guy<\/a> now has a pattern of doing these kinds of outrageous things,&#8221; Kanter said.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Johansen, who has been a state judge since 1992, has had previous questions about his conduct. He was given a reprimand from the Utah Judicial Conduct Commission after he slapped a 16-year-old <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">boy<\/a> who allegedly became belligerent and insulting in his chambers in 1995.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Three years ago, a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">woman<\/a> filed a complaint against the judge after he told her to cut off her 13-year-old daughter&#8217;s ponytail in court in order to reduce the <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">girl<\/a>&#8217;s sentence for cutting off a 3-year-old <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">girl<\/a>&#8217;s hair.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The Human Rights Campaign is also pressing their complaint with the Judicial Conduct Commission, which can recommend a judge&#8217;s removal. 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