The Left never stops, and this is them opening up another front in the ongoing cultural war against Christians and traditional Americans. The first step is to challenge a previously unexceptional part of American life and culture as “extreme,” “racist,” or “out of the mainstream.” (The mainstream, of course, is always defined by the Left.) Once the challenge has been laid down, another normal part of America is suddenly “controversial.” The next step is to define those who support the suddenly “controversial” practice as evil - they themselves must be extreme, racist, and out of the mainstream. But very few are willing to bear the stigma of being defined that way, and thus another piece of America is wiped out by the Left.
Mr. Farris deserves a lot of credit for founding the Home School Legal Defense Association. They do more than just play defense on the leftists’ latest chosen battlefield, but also try to advance the liberty of home schoolers.
One more thing - Mr. Farris should probably give up on the idea of having dinner with Elizabeth Bartholet in an attempt to convince her of anything regarding home schooling. She’s not interested in facts, she’s interested in moving the “Overton window” to eliminate home schooling.