Posted on 08/08/2008 5:40:26 PM PDT by average american student
STIFF RIGHT ALERT: Liberty Counsel
Los Angeles, CA – Today, the California Court of Appeal upheld the fundamental right of parents to homeschool their children. The ruling comes after a request for a rehearing, and reverses an earlier adverse determination. Liberty Counsel filed a brief on the case in favor of a parent’s right to homeschool their children.
The court concluded that “California statutes permit homeschooling as a species of private school education and the statutory permission to homeschool may constitutionally be overridden in order to protect the safety of a child who has been declared dependent.” Much of its decision was based on previous statutes, which recognized homeschools as private schools.
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Now we have children homeschooling their children????? I would actually prefer my children not to have children until they are adults!!!!!!!!!!
that’s good!
i was afraid it might go the other direction after reading the los angeles times.
No surprise to me. Checks and balances work like they should in this country.
"Oh, thank you California Supreme Court. Thank you, thank you, thank you. What would we ever do without you."
Gives me little confidence that the same court, earlier, said “no way.” Now, just as convinced that they got it right, say, “OK.”
And these folks have ultimate say over our rights. YIKES.
Now the courts need to determine if the state has the ability to school children.
HUH?
In 1925, the U.S. Supreme Court stated: “The fundamental theory of liberty upon which all governments in this Union repose excludes any general power of the state to standardize its children by forcing them to accept instruction from public teachers only. The child is not the mere creature of the state; those who nurture him and direct his destiny have the right, coupled with the high duty, to recognize and prepare him for additional obligations.”
Tom Feeney bump
Amen wonderful to hear...Now one to go on Nov 5th to protect Marraige!
Your post does not indicate that you support homeschooling 100%. As a result, I have little respect for your opinions.
Classic. Classic. How true. Especially in CA.
Precisely. Never give in. Never surrender. Something like that.
Excellent news. Our judocrat overlords finally got one right.
I hear you.
But just like the libs, we have to move forward on every front ...
One place I think for starters would be to limit the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court out of the education issue ... which in turn removes the federal pressure that exists on local school districts, counties, states, and their courts to rule this or that.
Same thing for family issues.
And that all starts with the locals, cities, counties, and states getting off the “strings always follow” federal doles.
If we fail to do this, any jurisdictional claims will have a hard time when tested by liberal lawyers to hold up in court.
Nor would it hurt to expose and cut off federal and any state subsidies to the NEA.
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