Um, leftists started the current homeschooling trend back in the late 70's and early 80's. :-) Evangelical Christian pastors fought us tooth and nail until January 1990 when Michael Farris and HSLDA started selling homeschooling legal insurance. $$$
Look for Teach Your Own, by John Holt, or early copies of Growing Without Schooling which he edited, starting about 1978 or '79.
Pinz
Whose 4 'unschooled' kids are all grown up and doing fine. ;-)
Ping.
Pinz
Not in Florida. We had our law in 1984, and Christians had been homeschooling off the grid or through private schools long before the law was passed. By 1991, we had our own full-time lobbyist (Home Education Foundation) in Tallahassee.