Slowly but surely they are taking our rights away!

[olde_fashioned]

What's next?

This is absolutely apalling. Do you want the government telling you how to raise your child? California's liberal courts have just ruled that "parents possess no constitutional right to homeschool their children." This is disgusting, maddening, but it is also scary. Our God-given and supposedly inalienable rights are being chipped away at, little by little.

The scope of this decision by the appellate court is breathtaking. It not only attacks traditional home schooling, but it also calls into question home schooling through charter schools and teaching children at home via independant study through public and private schools," stated Brad Dacus, president of the Pacific Justice Institute. "If not reversed, the parents of more than 166,000 students currently receiving an education at home will be subject to criminal sanctions," he continued.

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The wonderful HSLDA (Home School Legal Defense Association) is doing everything they can to change this ruling, and to get it unpublished, which would mean it cannot be used as a law by other courts.

They are also getting up a petition, and we need all the signatures we can get! Please take a few minutes and sign it HERE.

Comments

[ancientwhispers.livejournal.com]

I've just signed the petition. This is apalling indeed. The government does not have the right to dictate to parents how their children should be educated. It should be solely the decision of the parents.

Thank you for informing us of this attack on our freedoms.

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

Thank you for signing it! We need to preserve our rights.

My brother informed me, so he deserves the credit. :-)

[ancientwhispers.livejournal.com]

In that case, please thank your brother on behalf of me! ;-)

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

That I will most certainly do! :-D