I stand by what I said--You can't tell a family they can't teach their religious beliefs in their own home, you simply can't. It's a such a gross violation of civil rights, and there is no more OBVIOUS separation of church and state than religious homeschooling.
So what would you propose we do? Ban evangelical homeschooling?
Puffy: You're taking this personally. You shouldn't. I trust your beliefs and your teaching skills.
You don't want Christanity taught in the public schools, obvious--especially a particularly branded and bigoted version of it...so let them do it at home.
Is that education? No...that's exactly what the silly politicians above are preaching for while preaching against (think about that) - it's
indoctrination. Not teaching.
As a teacher, you know how
malleable children are. You know they put their trust in the authority figures of their lifes, their parents, their teachers, and (maybe) their clergy. The parents are, or should be, there to teach the children what's right and wrong, as are the clergy who should also instill in the child a sense of love for their fellow man and faith; whereas the teacher is there to teach them about what's outside the home environment and hopefully help them obtain the skills necessary to survive outside the home environment once they get older.
Religion? Why do you think religious subjects aren't taught until one gets to the university level at which time their psyche will be able to make their own decisions regarding it and the faith that accompanies it?
"Teaching" a child to hate gays, or hate Muslims, or hate blacks, or hate hispanics, or
hate anyone who doesn't think the same way Mommy and Daddy do is not what "teaching" is about. "Teaching" a child to believe that global warming is a fallacy, or that the earth has only been around for six hundred years, isn't "teaching" either. It's pushing an agenda.
And that's what these particular homeschoolers do.
They are the ones I take issue with. Not you or any other homeschooler who provides their child with a rounded education to prepare them for life outside the home.
