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[In the comments for a poll on whether the "faith healer" exemption for criminal charges resulting from a child's death in Idaho should be lifted.]
Two families, the Romeikes and the Wunderliches, fled Germany for the United States because the government was to take away their children because they were homeschooling. That is illegal in Germany. The government knows better than parents what is best for children.
California has a similar law saying parents of children in public (government) schools have no control over what is taught their children. Parents have no ability to opt their children out of teaching they believe is wrong.
That is the problem with passing this law. Parents love their children and take the best care of them they know. If we say the government knows better, we are opening the door to further encroachments on parental rights.
I heard from one person who said our attorney general told him parents have no rights. Legally that is true. That is why many of us want a parental rights amend- ment in our Constitution. The point is, if you let the camel's nose into the tent, eventually the entire camel will be in. Another expression is if you give an inch they will take a mile. That has happened in the homosexual area. Let's not let that happen to parental rights.