Posted on 01/13/2015 11:13:14 PM PST by Olog-hai
He believed that his authorship of the Virginia Statue of Religious Freedom was more important than the fact the he doubled the size of the country, was the first Secretary of State, the Vice President of the United States, and twice President of the United States.
Beneath the stone, he must have been rolling like a lathe over this. Thanks to all those Virginians who showed up to put an end to this absolute disgrace.
I’d take the opportunity to explain what is wrong with the school system, send it to them, and then publish it for all to see letting everyone know the idiot’s asked for it.
From what you posted, unless I am misunderstanding, the FoxNews article is incorrect.
Or am I misunderstanding?
Just claim you’re Muslim
That may be an established "legal" principle, but in actual, logical fact it can be a valid REASON.
The effort came as part of a long and ultimately failed campaign to persuade Congress to revise the criminal code, which by the 1980s was scattered among 50 titles and 23,000 pages of federal law.
Yet another school board filled with weapons grade stupid people. I say weapons grade because their sort of stupidity is actually dangerous to others.
This is way too complex to get into here.
VA has long allowed both homeschooling (where families have to tell the school board they are doing it, AND “Religious Exemption” from any schooling based on religious beliefs. The two are completely separate and different.
Homeschooling requires, among other things, notification, and providing the school board with your curricula, materals, synopsis, and regular testing.
Religious exemption requires none of those things at all, but is a declaration by the family they are not bound by the law that requires children to be in school by their religious convictions. This only requires notifying the board of your intention to be exempt and nothing else.
VA law is here:
https://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+cod+22.1-254
And here is the critical section:
“B. A school board shall excuse from attendance at school:
1. Any pupil who, together with his parents, by reason of bona fide religious training or belief is conscientiously opposed to attendance at school. For purposes of this subdivision, “bona fide religious training or belief” does not include essentially political, sociological or philosophical views or a merely personal moral code; and”
In 2013 the board decided, based on lawsuits in Fairfax and another VA county that the wording “Any PUPIL along with his parents.......”by reason of bona fide religious training or belief” meant that the board was required to determine if the BELIEF OF THE PUPIL WAS “BONA FIDE”.
Several board members were VERY uncomfortable with this, but 4 to 1 voted in Dec. to require the child to prove their “bona fide” belief to the school board under this section of VA Law. They developed a horrible, interrogative questionaire that was required of pupils claiming the religious exemption. This is where they went off.
A horrible questionaire was then required of those claiming “Religious exemption” which really doesn’t required the parents to educate their children at al!.
Wife and I are in the front row in this video...
http://wtvr.com/2015/01/14/goochland-co-school-board-votes-to-repeal-religious-exemption-policy/
See this for the central issue:
http://wric.com/2015/01/12/controversy-in-goochland-over-homeschooling/
Here in Texas, if one wishes to homeschool, you just homeschool. In metro areas such parents have gotten together to foster team sports and the like with other homescoolers.
It is surprising how many state academic prizes (spelling bees and math olympics are won by homeschooled kids.
I have a friend who homeschooled his two kids.
They tried all of the options - public, private, public again, then settled on home.
He had a career as an engineer, his wife stayed home - but she didn’t feel capable to teach the kids, so he did the teaching in the evenings.
At about 12, the daughter developed what once was called a pen-pal relationship with Marvin Olasky, Editor in Chief, World Magazine, author of The Tragedy of American Compassion. This past year, at 22 she was accepted as a doctorate candidate at University of Washington on a fellowship.
The son was also accepted into a doctorate program this year, at 20, at Arizona State. He received the dean’s fellowship, and will be doing his summer internships in research at MIT.
Both kids are very socially adept, although they relate much better to adults 10 years or more older than themselves. (A young lady from the church the son attends in Arizona, a senior at ASU, is quite enamored with him, and does not yet realize he is 5 or 6 years younger than she thinks he is! But he hasn’t yet tumbled to the extent of her interest.)
And still, my buddy faces criticism from some acquaintances, friends and family for homeschooling.
“God said it. I believe it. That settles it.”
Thank you so much for this eye witness report. Our grandchildren in Texas are homeschooled, so it is imperative that we fight totolitarian attempts to take away this freedom wherever it occurs. There is definitely strength in numbers. Congratulations on a job well done!
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The new generation doesn't know of or remember HR6.
While homeschooling was involved, it wasn’t the central issue. The central issue was Virginia’s “Religious Exemption” law which allows parents to NOT come under homeschooling laws by virtue of their religious convictions......claiming this exemption, parents are free from the reporting requirements of the homeschooling laws, and actually free to not educate their children at all.
But none we know of do this - they believe that the school authorities shouldn’t even have a say in their homeschooling by conviction - generally from scripture and their faith.
We did this before it was cool - beginning in ‘82, and homeschooled all 8 of our kids, now 25 - 40. I could brag on their achievements, but I’ll just point out our eldest: first homeschooled kid admitted to major VA university - received 4 year full ride (3/year at this Univ.) that turned into 5 years, graduated with 4 simultaneous degrees (Math, Computer Science, Physics, Greek) Summa Cum Laude. Another a straight-A student now at UVA, a tough school that is very difficult to get in to.
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Thank you.
My son’s homeschool baseball team was part of a league that included, mostly, private schools. A couple of years ago they were informed that homeschooled teams would no longer be allowed. They couldn’t take the competition.
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