Abandoned to the State

Abandoned to the State

Thank you to Parental Rights for Up-To-Date Court Rulings

Did you know that your rights as a parent end at the door to your child’s public school?

When our child goes to public school, we, as parents abandon [our] responsibility to the state.”

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District of Massachusetts in that case held that “Parents do have a fundamental right to raise their children. They are not required to abandon that responsibility to the state. [They] may send their children to a private school…. They may also educate their children at home.” In other words, the court outlined three options for parents: [1] send your child to private school, [2] teach them at home, or [3] “abandon [your] responsibility to the state.”

The court further held that allowing students to opt out of offensive materials “might also undermine the [school’s] efforts to educate the remaining other students to understand” the subject being taught.

In 2008, the Supreme Court refused to grant review to this case, leaving the District Court’s decision to stand as precedent nationwide. Parents who believe they have a right to opt a child out of offensive material in the public school, therefore, should think again; the courts have already decided otherwise. (Read more on this case here.

The proposed Parental Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution will restore the responsibility of all government institutions (including public schools) to treat parental rights as a fundamental right. As a result, these rights will have to be respected even inside the school, and not evaporate at the front door."


Take action now to restore this and other reasonable rights of parents by signing the petitionto support the Parental Rights Amendment.

Reference:
Abandoned to the state. Parental Rights. Retrieved with permission on October 8, 2010 at http://parentalrightsus.org/parker/
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