Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Not about our move but.......

From Dougs Blog

U.S. Supreme Court Acknowledges Home Schooling

“If parents do not like the rules imposed by those schools, they can seek redress in school boards or legislatures; they can send their children to private schools or home school them; or they can simply move.”
There are two interesting issues in the following comment by Justice Clarence Thomas in the United States Supreme Court decision Morse v. Frederick. The case addressed the alleged free speech rights of a teenager to display a banner at school promoting illegal drug use. The first is the official mention of home education in a United States Supreme Court decision. This would have been nearly unthinkable three decades ago. For this mention of home education by Justice Thomas, we can thank God for the influence of men like Mike Farris, Chris Klicka, Mike Smith, and the hundreds of parents who were sacrificial lambs in the quarter century modern battle for home education.
The second point of interest is the simple fact that schools have the right to set rules. These rules may be favorable to Christians or unfavorable, but it is the nature of any educational institution that discipline, propriety and, perhaps especially, worldview, are implicit to the nature of the school. Rules and standards are inescapable. The only question is which worldview will govern the choice of rules.
Of course, it is true that even a broken clock is right twice a day. And this time the school was right. But next time it might not be. Christians who send their children to government schools should not be surprised when their children are given rules deeply offensive to Christians. In my view, such Christians would be well served to take the second part of Justice Thomas’ advice to them by exiting the schools in search of another alternative—home education, for example. I would simply add this—don’t wait for the rules to deteriorate further than they have, and don’t view the exclusion of illegal drug promoting t-shirts as a glorious victory upon which to accept the dominion of government schools over our children. The government school as an institution is at war with Christianity. It is a reflection of evolutionary and humanist faith. This faith is basic to the modern school. It influences its social culture, English courses, civics studies, sports programs and, of course, science classes.

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