The decision, from the 2nd Appellate Court in Los Angeles, stemmed from a single case involving charges of abuse brought against a home schooling couple. Home school advocates agree that the couple in question, based on the facts of the case, should have lost their ability to educate their children at home - but add that the court overreached in applying the restrictions to all home schooling families.

So, one family was found to be abusing their children, and automatically that means that all homeschooling parents are like this, so the government is going to take over and tell us we can't teach our children???

Look. I am well aware of "those" homeschooling families - the one's that are "edjucatin' thur youngun's". The families that are lazy and could give two poops about the quality of education their children receive - do the tests for them, etc. BUT! This is not an accurate picture of the homeschooling family. Most families that homeschool their children are doing so because they believe the public education system is failing (which it is) and that the morals, or lack of, represented in the public schools leaves much to be desired when trying to raise your children that believe in "One Nation Under GOD".

Taking away our rights as parents to decide what is best for our children in regard to their education is nothing short of putting us closer to Communism.  This is outrageous!

Please take the time to sign the petition here which will ask the Supremem Court to "depublish" the case, making the ruling applicable to the particular family, not the entire state of California.  Remember, folks - California typically sets the precedent that other states follow!

For more on the story, you can read it here, or check out Dr. Dobson's press release here.