{"id":44559,"date":"2022-02-15T10:40:35","date_gmt":"2022-02-15T15:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=44559"},"modified":"2022-02-15T10:40:35","modified_gmt":"2022-02-15T15:40:35","slug":"homeschoolers-pay-attention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=44559","title":{"rendered":"Homeschoolers, Pay Attention"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Sunday, The Daily Signal<\/a> posted an article about a proposed law in Maryland.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

If we have learned anything about left-wing cultural revolutionaries over the past few years and decades, it\u2019s that they insist that all conform to their view of \u201cdiversity.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

All are welcome, except for those who disagree.<\/strong><\/p>\n

That\u2019s why it\u2019s so troubling to see government authorities rope in, and attempt to control, people attempting to maintain their independence.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Maryland Delegate Sheila Ruth, a Baltimore County Democrat, recently proposed legislation in the Maryland House of Delegates that would create a deeply worrisome \u201cadvisory council\u201d to watch over and gather data on homeschool families.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 16-seat council would be staffed by four political appointees, four government officials, and eight members of the homeschool community. It would \u201cgather information on the needs of homeschool parents and homeschool umbrella schools,\u201d and would effectively sweep homeschool parents under the wing of a government agency.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is precisely the sort of thing many homeschool parents wanted to avoid when they chose that path for their children in the first place.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article notes:<\/p>\n

The advisory council\u2014whatever its current stated intent\u2014could easily be used to browbeat homeschool families.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019ll pass more restrictive rules on us and say, \u2018It was suggested by homeschooling families themselves! We have a council!\u2019 (That they chose.),\u201d Mandel wrote.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Home School Legal Defense Association, a legal support group for homeschoolers based in neighboring Virginia, also warned about the potential for abuse by the proposed advisory board.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThis bill would create a quasi-official source for information on homeschooling, which would, in turn, minimize the effectiveness of grassroots homeschool groups and individual advocates,\u201d HSLDA noted in a statement<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Homeschooling has thrived for decades without government assistance. Instead of creating a new bureaucratic entity to gather information on the needs of homeschool programs, HSLDA encourages government entities and actors to respect homeschooling programs by preserving liberty and avoiding unnecessary regulation.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The legislation was so worrisome that a group of members of the Maryland General Assembly called for the bill to be withdrawn.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article concludes:<\/p>\n

An agency constructed to \u201cgather information\u201d and staffed by political appointees could quickly turn into a governmental hammer to bludgeon homeschool parents into looping their children into the cult of diversity, equity, and inclusion.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It should be no surprise that this effort comes as parents around the country have begun to protest<\/a> the curriculums and policies<\/a> of public schools, both for their embrace of critical race theory\u2014or whatever they want to call its associated ideas\u2014and absurdly restrictive COVID-19 policies.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The left\u2019s attitude is that they have an inherent right to indoctrinate your children<\/a>. Any attempt to stop them from doing so, from within the public school system or from without, is treated as illegitimate<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

That\u2019s why what\u2019s happening in Maryland is so concerning and a sign of things to come.<\/strong><\/p>\n

They want you and your family to comply with the cultural revolution that\u2019s sweeping our institutions. They won\u2019t let you go. They don\u2019t want you to have a choice until all your choices are the same.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is a law that needs to be buried permanently.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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