[Dustbunny]

Proof of the need of home schooling.

[stm]

Parents damn sure DO have a say in what their children are taught, especially when it comes to queers.

[SamuraiScot]

Under the Constitution

Your Honor, under the Constitution, there is no compulsory education and there are no public schools.

[69ConvertibleFirebird]

The constitutional right of parents to raise their children does not include the right to restrict what a public school may teach their children. Under the Constitution public schools are entitled to teach anything that is reasonably related to the goals of preparing students to become engaged and productive citizens in our democracy.

So this is why Montgomery County Schools are now teaching 8th graders about the joys of anal sex.

This judge is a moron - and obviously a liberal (they so often go hand-in-hand).

Teach the Ten Commandments - something VERY useful in life and in becoming "productive citizens" (don't murder, no adultery, etc.) - no doubt this judge would strike the program down.

[metmom]

ANOTHER REASON TO HOMESCHOOL

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[metmom]

"The constitutional right of parents to raise their children does not include the right to restrict what a public school may teach their children," Wolf unambiguously wrote in dismissing a suit by two Lexington, Mass.

Taxation without representation.

The parents sure do have a say. It's their tax money that's funding the schools and it's their children who are being educated there.

There's so much wrong with his ruling that it would take pages to refute it.

[metmom]

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[Little Ray]

Okay, so we MUST send our children to school, and that school can teach anything it pleases?

I think that judge is a good candidate for superglue and foam rubber.

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

"Under the Constitution public schools are entitled to teach anything that is reasonably related to the goals of preparing students to become engaged and productive citizens in our democracy"

And where in the constitution does it even say that the state is responsible for educating children?

Idiot. We are, or were, a republic, not a democracy.

[YOUGOTIT]

And the Constitution does not give any judge the right to say what a school can teach. That is left to "We the People" But then who cares what the Constitution says: NOT any Federal Judge that I have read about lately.

[TYVets]

Wolf unambiguously wrote in dismissing a suit by two Lexington, Mass. couples,,,,,

Massachusetts?

Why am I not surprised!

[wintertime]

"Plaintiffs may attempt to persuade others to join them in electing a Lexington School Committee that will implement a curriculum . . . more compatible with their beliefs." ( Judge Wolf)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

In other words, the biggest political bully gets to destroy the most precious religious, political, and cultural values of other people's children.

Great! Isn't this a recipe for revolution?

Government schools are a violation of freedom of conscience. They have **never** been religiously, politically, or culturally neutral. They haven't, can't, and never will be. It is axiomatic. The education of children is **NEVER** neutral! ( Yes! I am shouting!)

Government schools are **compulsory**! That means armed police, courts, and foster care workers have the government power to make the life of parents and children a living hell.

Government schools are also a price-fixed monopoly making private school choice scarce and expensive. Then when parents, who are bankrupted by high taxes, can not find an affordable private school, or afford one, the government gives these parents a choice: Government school or prison. Some choice! ( eyeroll) I call it the Godfather's offer that can't be refused.

Then once government get children into its government indoctrination centers, it proceeds to destroy the most precious religious, political, and cultural beliefs of some children, while establishing the religion, cultural, and politics of others. Establish? Hm...don't our state and federal constitutions have something to say about "establishment" of religion?

Solution: Get your children **out** of government schools! Encourage everyone you know or meet to do the same. Then organize with parents to elect representatives who will turn off the government school money plug.

Government schools need 2 things: students and money. Starve them of both! It is possible to shut down these centers of ignorance, and socialist, pro-homosexual, anti-constitutional, anti-American, pro-pagan, anti-Christian, pro-mother earth worshiping, Marxist indoctrination.

[highlander_UW]

"The constitutional right of parents to raise their children does not include the right to restrict what a public school may teach their children," Wolf unambiguously wrote in dismissing a suit by two Lexington, Mass. couples who objected to lessons the local elementary school was teaching their children. "Under the Constitution public schools are entitled to teach anything that is reasonably related to the goals of preparing students to become engaged and productive citizens in our democracy."

If this ends up being upheld by the supreme court then it SHOULD be the point at which we discard public education. Shut down all the schools, give vouchers or just stop taking the taxes or a combination of the two. People can place their children in what is certain to be a better educational environment than public schools.

[Rummyfan]

"Under the Constitution public schools are entitled to teach anything that is reasonably related to the goals of preparing students to become engaged and productive citizens in our democracy."

It's been a while since I've read it but I don't remember anything in the Constitution about 'public schools' or 'teaching'.

[spotbust1]

Is this just for the state of Massachusetts? Only for public schools though right? I am trying to decide where to send my Kinder gardener next year. It may just be home. It gets scarier and scarier to have kids these days.

[stinkerpot65]

Government schools are evil.

[Orca]

Judge Wolf cites the US Constitution as the authority for the state to "educate"/indoctrinate the children of citizens in whatever manner the state chooses?

Judge Wolf seems to be manufacturing another "right" for the government out of thin air. Using his own interpretive gymnastics and convoluted logic, he has, in effect, illegally amended the Constitution to make it say something that cannot be found anywhere in the text. In so doing, he has blatently stolen the right of parents to educate their own children and transfered that right to the government.

This type of government power is common to dictatorships. Our Constitution was designed to limit government power, not enhance it. Once again, as in the years prior to our revolution, the inalienable rights of the common man are being trampled by government dictators. This time they are not wearing red coats, Nazi Swastikas, or red stars, but the black robes of our own judiciary.

It is obvious that our Constitution alone will never protect us from the assaults of dictators like Judge Wolf. Such unprincipled men, when placed in positions of power, consistently twist the words of the Constitution to make it say anything they want. At this time, the only recourse of resistance available to the common man is the ballot box. We elect government officials who, in turn, appoint men to the bench. When many of these men turn out to be tyrants like Judge Wolf, who rape our Constitution at will, the common citizen, by himself, is powerless to legally resist.

The angry frustration of abused citizens is growing to explosive levels. Our elected officials should take note. They need to do something about these tyrants on the bench soon.

[.cnI redruM]

Parents should immediately sue for the right to school choice.

[A. Pole]

Wolf in a judgeskin?

[redgolum]

Remember the whole point of government schools is to indoctrinate the next generation. It is not about education, and really has never been since the Prussian model.