tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102565543549142384.post2846594315580325162..comments2024-02-24T01:54:03.710-05:00Comments on Regent Law Family Restoration: Court-Ordering Public School Will Not Restore a Child's FamilyRegent Law Centershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07743497742242077738noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102565543549142384.post-51075305875096830232013-11-18T11:44:31.192-05:002013-11-18T11:44:31.192-05:00This decision should be reversed as it is unconsti...This decision should be reversed as it is unconstitutional. By considering the reilgion as a deciding factor the court infringed upon the mother's first Amendment rights. As the author correctly pointed out, "Parents have a fundamental right to make educational choices for their children. Courts can settle disputes, but they cannot legitimately order a child into a government-run school on the basis that her religious views need to be mixed with other views." The court should've considered other factors beside religion in making this determination. As it stands it's an unconstitutional infringement on the mother's first amendemtn rights.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102565543549142384.post-89307159007236682052012-08-06T09:07:14.375-04:002012-08-06T09:07:14.375-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Regent University School of Lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02053409599918131703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102565543549142384.post-40970429095408691152012-08-03T23:50:47.532-04:002012-08-03T23:50:47.532-04:00RE: John Anthony: “Parents have a fundamental righ...RE: John Anthony: “Parents have a fundamental right to make educational choices for their children. Courts can settle disputes, but they cannot legitimately order a child into a government-run school on the basis that her religious views need to be mixed with other views. That’s precisely what the lower court admitted it was doing..." <br /><br />After reading the full court opinion, it would seem they did not merely base the decision on the idea that the daughter's beliefs should be "mixed with other views" but found that the daughter lacked the ability to engage in socialization with others when faced with situations outside the training she was given by the mother.<br /><br />Though I am a stern supporter of homeschooling and the right to Christian education, I can understand the counts ruling in this issue because they were dealing with two parents who had equal rights and apposing ideas about the best educational interests of the child. In such a case, the secular court based its decision on the socialization issue, in what might otherwise be a stalemate regarding the parental tug of war in the courts--and perhaps it was right in doing so.<br /><br />First, Christians should look upon this as yet another example of the pitfalls in store for those who choose to enter into a marriage with someone who does not share the same beliefs. That being said, a public education can still be supplemented at home with religious training. <br /><br />From the opinion information, it does appear that the mother exercised a stifling degree of religious indoctrination which inhibited free thinking and fostered socialization issues. <br /><br />Call it parental intuition, but I suspect that the future of such a child would likely include a serious rebellion against her faith in the future if it becomes the source of repeated social conflict among peers.<br /><br />It's unclear to me that the court made a poor decision in this case because both parents do have equal rights, and there were finding which tilted the scale. I am hopeful that in this instance, a bright future as a socially viable individual, and a Christian, is in store for the child.<br /><br />While Christian parents are quick to respond with guttural frenzy when courts breech the sacred walls of religious training and educational rights of parents, we need to stop to contemplate whether or not such intrusion is based on religious grounds, or not. In this case, the court was clear. It was not a religious decision, but a decision based on the evidence that community socialization was lacking in the development of this child.Glenn Lyversnoreply@blogger.com