http://www.petitiononline.com/hr1815/petition.html
Interesting petition that sheds some light on this debate
I find the "comments" of the folks who have signed this petition against HR 1815 MUCH more enlightening than the text of the actual petition!......especially because HR 1815 contains the following:
(3) An exemption of graduates of home schooling from the requirement for a secondary school diploma or an equivalent (GED) as a precondition for enlistment in the Armed Forces.
scanning the comments of the petition signatories will convince anyone that this is a group with aims OTHER THAN helping home-schooled kids to enlist in the Armed Services.
this link allows one to read the comments of the signatories:
http://new.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?hr1815
I'm not sure who is who or what is what on this thread