Originally posted by: eskimospy
Originally posted by: alchemize
Originally posted by: alchemize
Originally posted by: smack Down
Thats is the best you can do to back up your claim?
Here's beyond 8th grade for religious reasons:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisconsin_v._Yoder
That was the "big one" that set precedent.
And if that doesn't convince you, here's a big list of specific supreme court decisions:
http://www.hslda.org/docs/nche/000000/00000075.asp
Can I just get a confirmation from SmackDown and eskimospy that you want to usurp the constitution and supreme court rulings for your political motivations?
By the way, mandatory vaccinations haven't hit the supreme court (as far as I know), but almost all states have exemptions for religious or philosophical reasons written into the law. Likely because the Supreme Court would uphold the right to refuse...
No, that would be incredibly stupid.
You want to fight for the right of parents to teach their children things that are manifestly, provably false. In order to legislate in contravention of part of the constitution the government must prove a compelling interest. (fire in a movie theater!) In the case of mandatory vaccinations it would likely depend on the severity of the public interest... as do all other legislations on religious grounds.
Teaching children the nature of reality is such an interest in my opinion. You can disagree with that all you want, but trying to say that it's not constitutional to have educational standards is asinine. When parents then get to pick and choose which standards they enforce, the standards are then worthless.
I get the feeling like you just don't really understand this topic, but have a gut feeling that you're terribly angry and afraid might be wrong.
EDIT: Oh yeah, and I love how now teaching kids about reality is considered 'political'. That's a sad sign.