Posted on 01/19/2015 8:39:40 AM PST by Oldpuppymax
Those who don’t live in the rural South find stories like this difficult to believe. We imagine an increased level of freedom in our idealized version of things in Dixie. Alas that’s not quite how things are.
Recently the parents of home schooled children in Goochland County, Virginia had to rise up in fury to force the county’s school board to back down from a most intrusive demand. It seems surreal to even contemplate this, but the power drunk school board members had to be made to abandon their demand that home-schooled children and their parents be required “to justify their religious beliefs to the satisfaction” of these government thugs.
Under this Orwellian edict, children over 14 were ordered to provide a government “approved” explanation of whatever religious doctrines they follow. This order extended to home schooling parents as well.
At a raucous meeting hundreds of furious parents confronted the country’s school board and voiced their adamant demand that the policy be reserved immediately. They got what they came for as the board caved in.
Nevertheless, doubtlessly pushed forward by the local teachers union, the board reserved the right to make this unconstitutional and infuriating demand of homeschooling parents.
With incredible hubris they think they might still be able to...
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No, of course not. They wouldn’t dare!
I still think the old Detroit Diesel’s were a manifestation of the Liberal mind such as it is. I also don’t think most people will get what I mean.
No, because the left hates Christianity and loves bearded savageism.
“”Under this Orwellian edict, children over 14 were ordered to provide a government “approved” explanation of whatever religious doctrines they follow. This order extended to home schooling parents as well.””
AS WELL?? - as what other group? I thought it pertained only to home schooled students anyway.
People - parents need to start picking off (replace) school board members all across the country. Until they do, this will continue and this is exactly where many of the problems of public schools come from. Wish I was younger....
“”home schooling parents as well””
Caught that on second time around - kids and parents BOTH would have had to justify their faith!!!! Horse hockey!
Oh muslins aren’t home schooled, they are taught sharia compliance and hate of infidels at the local mosque, otherwise the imam would have them killed.
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