The Times had a thoughtful piece entitled, Religion Joins Custody Cases. The piece discussed the alleged increasing role of a parent's religious choice as a factor in how judges decide custody cases. Of course religion along with education and healthcare have always been the so-called big 3 factors of custody...so not sure what's new here.

Of course then there are the "circumcision" cases where religion is often a factor. A Chicago judge recently denied a parents desire to have a son circumcised.