Well it begs the question doesn't it. Did this Mena woman actually know *anything* about the specifics of the case which she intervened in?

And which is worse?

Her intervening *with no knowledge* of the specifics, purely for the purposes of promoting her religiously fueled agenda?
Or intervening *with knowledge* of the specifics, purely for the purpose of promoting her religiously fueled agenda?

In any event from comments she has made, she appears to harbour a serious antipathy towards unmarried families. It seems pretty clear that she would have had no interest in becoming involved in the case, had the parents not been married. Thus keeping the "family" together, seems something of a side-issue altogether.