Preserving Homeschooling in America
Homeschooling parents across the nation have cause to worry, when an elite group of rabidly liberal judges from the west coast claim that parents do not have the right to homeschool their children. The danger is that their tyrannical views could have national implications. Back in the nineties, when homeschooling was still a new thing in the south, my mother would sometimes keep me indoors during the early morning and afternoon hours, especially when the school-bus went by. There had been reports of children from being abducted from their homes by social workers and placed in foster homes, in response to their failure to comply with the government school system. Ten years later, homeschools have become commonplace in the South, though not so much in the far North.
Today, the right to homeschool our children is once again in jeopardy, and it’s up to responsible Christian people to fight for their right to educate their own offspring. But more important than the right to home education, is the right to educate our children from a Christian perspective. Today’s government education system is not only unconstitutional, but decided antichristian in its curriculum and its leadership. Parents who sent their children to be taught in this kind of atmosphere are ignoring the fact that 75-80% of students enrolled in government schools have nothing to do with spiritual matters by the end of their freshman year in college. We have failed to recognize the fact that our teachers are our disciplers. Expect your child to learn that evolution is a fact, that God is a myth, that fornication is okay if done “the safe way”, that guns are bad, that any reference to Christian faith is a criminal offense, that boys and girls are the same in every way, and finally that their own Christian parents are religious bigots. Expect them to either be beat up in school, or become a bully themselves.
I would argue that home education should not only be legal, but it should also be considered mandatory for Christian parents. We ignore the fact that the Constitution of the United States gives the government no jurisdiction over education whatsoever! There is also no biblical justification for it either. The scriptures specifically places the responsibility of discipleship and training of a godly generation in the hands of responsible parents. The rise of government “interference” in matters of healthcare, welfare, charity, religion, and education are the seeds of socialism beginning to take root.
It is indeed fortunate that our country is still divided into states. Otherwise, a decision made by a federal court on the other side of the continent might well be binding upon us in the Bible Belt. It’s time we made our voices heard. It’s time we made it clear that we will not stand and let our opponents take away the hearts and minds of our children. Let us make a stand for homeschooling, right here in the South!
