2003 Pa. Super. 140 - Shepp v. Shepp’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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1. “[Father’s] promotion of his beliefs to his stepdaughter involved not merely the superficial exposure of a child to the theoretical notion of criminal conduct, but constituted a vigorous attempt at moral suasion and recruitment by threats of future punishment. The child was, in fact, warned that only by committing an illicit act could she comply with the requirements of her religion.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Shepp v. Shepp

2. “The question whether we would find ... benign advocacy of drug abuse or child prostitution were they presented as foundational religious beliefs is no question at all.”). . As noted previously, see supra n. 3, the”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Shepp v. Shepp