GOP activist judge Charlie Prine bans gay dad from leaving kids alone with any male non-relative, including doctors, teachers and pastors

Texas Blogger Geoff Berg reports this story about a Harris County Judge who also just happens to be the Regional Political Director of the Republican National Committee:

A Houston judge entered an order on June 24 which prohibits a  father from leaving his children alone with any man they aren’t related  to “by blood or adoption.” Because there was no allegation of abuse in  the case, family law practitioners say the order is an unheard of  infringement on the rights of parents and a judicial condemnation of the  fact that the man, William Flowers, is not only gay but married to his  partner, Jim Evans.
     ...When William and his ex-wife divorced in 2004, they agreed that their  three children would live with her. Wanting to change the arrangement,  William recently filed for custody in Harris County. A jury found that  she should keep the kids, though his regular visitations would continue.  Neither William nor his ex-wife alleged that the children had been  abused or were in any danger of being abused.
     Following the trial, Harris County Associate Judge Charley  E. Prine, Jr.  issued a ruling which included an injunction applicable  only to  William. It prohibits him from leaving his  children alone with any male  to whom the kids are not related by “blood or  adoption.” So if, for  example, William wants to visit his  mother in the hospital (where she’s  been for several weeks), he can’t leave his kids at home with his  husband. As written, the injunction also prohibits male doctors,  teachers and pastors from being alone with the children...
     Teresa Waldrop,  who is board certified in family law and a member the of the Family Law  sections of the State Bar of Texas and Houston Bar Association, ...  said that not only had she never seen such an order, the provision is  “just not reasonable.” The fact that William can’t leave the children  alone with any man to whom they aren’t related by blood or  adoption “strikes at the very heart of the fact that he’s gay…it’s  judicial activism, legislating from the bench,” and has nothing to do  with protecting the best interests of the children, said Cochran.
     William says he will appeal.

(Via towleroad; see bloglist.)