Re: [Phys-L] The war on teachers
There is also "The War on Parents" as discussed by many people, including
Andrea Picciotti-Bayer in her Federalist article, "Biden-Appointed Judge Rules
Religious Parents Can't Opt Kids Out Of Pro-LGBT School Lessons"
(https://thefederalist.com/2023/09/04/biden-appointed-judge-rules-that-religious-parents-cannot-opt-their-children-out-of-pro-lgbt-lessons-at-school/),
which states, in part:
"On Aug. 24, the U.S. District Court judge denied a requested injunction from a
group of Muslim, Catholic, and Orthodox parents to opt their children out of
LGBT storybook lessons, exposing the judge's grave misunderstanding of the
Supreme Court's religious freedom jurisprudence.
"When parents initially raised objections to the books, the school board said
they could opt their children out of instruction involving the books, as
parents can for other parts of the curriculum. By the spring, however, the
school board announced parents would not only no longer be notified in advance
when the books would be read, they also couldn't opt their children out of
instruction involving the books.
"Perhaps the most bizarre part of Boardman's opinion is her opinion that 'the
plaintiffs asserted due process right to direct their children's upbringing by
opting out of a public-school curriculum that conflicts with their religious
views is not a fundamental right.'...
"Under long-standing Supreme Court precedent, government schools are not
'empowered ... to 'save' a child from himself or his [religious] parents' by
imposing 'compulsory' education to 'influence ... the religious future of the
child.' In fact, the court recently reaffirmed as an 'enduring American
tradition,' the 'rights of parents to direct the religious upbringing of their
children.' Boardman's attempts to distinguish these cases borders on the
ridiculous."
Rick Strickert
Austin, TX
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Eliminating the most expensive part of teaching, the teachers, by
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