Unfortunately, some people do have bad experiences. I've been in homeschooling forums where parents' motivations have been to get their children away from black children (no matter how well mannered the black kids are) and other non-christian undesirables. CP's experience shows the need for parent education and research into homeschooling groups. I am glad CP got the kids out there. Having said that, I'm a HUGE supporter of homeschooling children. That's my number one option. Homeschooling education does not limit what a child can do. Sky is the limit.
It just seems silly to me to judge the whole movement by a few outliers.
I don't have a school-age kid right now, but I am seriously considering homeschooling when I do. But, I'm not kidding myself; I realize it takes a lot of commitment, hard work, preperation, etc. My wife has a B.A. in English, and took some preparatory courses for a teaching credential, and I am a liberal arts major as well, so we'd likely need to bring in tutors for those nasty hard sciences. ;-)