I am a member of HSLDA. Beyond my membership, they haven't asked me for money, at all. They have asked for support for their proposed Constitutional amendment, with which I have issues. When I raised those issues with HSLDA, they were good enough to send me a well-crafted and lengthy personal response, with which I still disagree.
No hustle, just good responsible service. Their effort to internationalize home education is very intelligent. Their commitment to even flaky cases like this one where the parents haven't given them a dime has been proven over 25 years. They do a lot of pro-bono work. I have nothing but respect for the way they've conducted themselves.
As to your inference that I'm just being emotional, it looks to me as if you are projecting. You misrepresented their position by posting generic information as if it was their opinion on this case. You went as far as to generate a thread excerpting the opinion incorrectly to paper things over. The opinion is a threat, as HSLDA, after taking the time to review the case, has clearly indicated.
HLDSA is like all other activist organizations: they have to hype in order to raise money and spin. It is a worhtwhile exercise to examine their own long-standing analysis of the law when looking at their opinion on a new legal opinion. Consistency is the a character trait - examining the consistency of HLDSA is a wrothy endeavor. Taking HLDSA seriously will always require an analysis of their published perspective.
Directing people to check out HLDSA’s own website when discussing HLDSA’s actions is so beyond reproach that your repeated insistence to the contrary is not worth further commentary.
HLDSA expressing outrage on its main page and noting that it taking legal action is both 1)spinning and 2)fundraising.
That you won’t acknowledge as much evidences your emotional appraoch to this matter.
Homeschooling was not outlawed in CA by this opinion. The opinion is troublesome, and should be criticized, but being dishonest about it is not helpful to the cause of those of us who homeschool.