The court system is so contradicting in regards to their ruling of custody battles. It is blatantly obvious that some judges are biased against homosexuals and in favor of heterosexuals when deciding who should have custody of a child. The judicial branch is symbolized by a lady of justice holding a balance scale blindfolded. The blindfold means that the court will decide cases without being influenced by personal feelings or political preferences. Every federal judge takes an oath, "I . . . do solemnly swear that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich, and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent upon me . . . under the Constitution and laws of the United States, so help me God." After analyzing the courts rulings in the Bottoms v Bottoms and Weigand v Houghton cases, it was clear that homosexuality weighed down the scale of justice. The lady of justice did not seem to have a blind fold, but the Judges sure did. They were blinded by the horrific thoughts of same sex couples causing them to lack the ability to see the substantial facts in these cases. The Bottoms v Bottoms custody battle involved Pamela Kay Bottoms, grandmother of the child, and Sharon Lynne Bottoms, the lesbian mother. Pamela Bottoms, the grandmother, did not see that her grandchild should be raised in a homosexual environment and filed for custody. The Weigand v Houghton case involved a custody dispute concerning an adolescent, Paul, between his Mother, Machelle, and his homosexual father, David. As stated in the court opinion, there are many factors that should be considered in weighing decisions regarding custody. Age, as well as health, parenting skills, capacity to provide child care, employment and employment responsibilities, physical and mental health and age of the parents, stability of the home environment, and preference of the parent the child would rather live with, as well as other factors that are carefully examined throughout custody battles. In the Bottoms v Bottoms case, the Grandmother did not file for custody until after discovering that Sharron was in a lesbian relationship with another woman. The juvenile court granted custody to the grandmother stating it was in the best interest of the child. The Court of Appeals remanded the case in favor of custody by the mother which was also appealed granting custody with the grandmother. During the las