Mennonite Pastor Goes to Prison For Helping Mother and Child Flee Lesbian "Mother"

Matthew Cullinan Hoffman : Feb 19, 2016
LifeSiteNews

"There are some things that can never be locked up behind prison walls. Truth. Conscience. Moral righteousness. The saving Gospel of Jesus." -Kenneth Miller

(Montpelier, VT)—Kenneth Miller, a Mennonite pastor who helped a woman and her daughter flee the country in 2009 to avoid court-ordered visitations with the girl's lesbian "mother," has ended his appeal against a 27-month federal prison sentence and will be required to begin his term on March 1. (Photo: Isabella and Lisa Miller/via LifeSiteNews)

Lisa Miller and her daughter Isabella are believed to have flown from Canada to Nicaragua in late 2009 after Kenneth Miller drove them to the Canadian border. Kenneth Miller was convicted of "aiding an international kidnapping" in 2012 but was allowed to remain free while he appealed the sentence.

"God allows hardships and trials to make us into the image of His Son. THAT'S GOOD. So if this time in prison makes this poor sinner a little more like Jesus, it will be good and I will be happy," wrote Kenneth Miller in response to his impending imprisonment.

"We are not discouraged or depressed about the future, because God is in the future and we are with God, therefore we are encouraged," he added.

"There are some things that can never be locked up behind prison walls. Truth. Conscience. Moral righteousness. The saving Gospel of Jesus."

Lisa Miller, who is not related to Kenneth Miller, decided to flee the U.S. after a Vermont judge insisted that she allow her daughter to have unsupervised visits with lesbian Janet Jenkins, with whom Miller had had a relationship before converting to Christianity.

Vermont judge Richard Cohen ruled that Jenkins is Isabella's "mother," despite the fact that she has no biological relationship with...

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