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I am terribly sorry for my lack of posting. I had anticipated posting last night, but I got caught up in my search for a laptop and failed to update my blog. I am horrible. So then I was going to take the day off of work today because I did not have any caterings today. But I just got a call for a catering so I will have to go to work and will not be able to post this morning. I will try to get someting on here this afternoon or evening. But in the meantime this will have to do for an update. Sorry, again.

In the service of Christ,
Chris

Homeschooling Terror

As usual it has been almost a week since my last post. I promise I will try to get better at this whole thing. Just bear with me.

I wanted to give everybody an update just in case you didn't already know. There has been a decision made by a California Court of Appeals that basically states that it is unconstitutional for a parent to decide to homeschool their children. I will give some more information at the bottom of this post, but I just want everybody to be in continual prayer for this matter. Think of what could happen if this is not overturned. Other states may soon follow. Let's pray that this decision will be overturned by the California Supreme Court, but ultimately pray for God's will in this matter. After all he is sovereignly in control of this situation and His will is what is best for us.

Here is some more info from Dr. Albert Mohler's blog.

Like a bolt from the blue, a California appeals court has ruled that the
state's parents have no constitutional right to homeschool their own children.
In a flash, a child welfare case that no one had noticed has become a flash
point of controversy in the nation. Will homeschooling be ruled illegal in
California?
Here is how The
San Francisco Chronicle introduced the story:
A California appeals court
ruling clamping down on homeschooling by parents without teaching credentials
sent shock waves across the state this week, leaving an estimated 166,000
children as possible truants and their parents at risk of prosecution.
The
homeschooling movement never saw the case coming.
"At first, there was a
sense of, 'No way,'" said homeschool parent Loren Mavromati, a resident of
Redondo Beach (Los Angeles County) who is active with a homeschool association.
"Then there was a little bit of fear. I think it has moved now into
indignation."
From The
Los Angeles Times:
Parents who lack teaching credentials cannot educate
their children at home, according to a state appellate court ruling that is
sending waves of fear through California's home schooling families. Advocates
for the families vowed to appeal the decision to the state Supreme Court.
Enforcement until then appears unlikely, but if the ruling stands,
home-schooling supporters say California will have the most regressive law in
the nation. "This decision is a direct hit against every home schooler in
California," said Brad Dacus, president of the Pacific Justice Institute, which
represents the Sunland Christian School, which specializes in religious home
schooling. "If the state Supreme Court does not reverse this . . . there will be
nothing to prevent home-school witch hunts from being implemented in every
corner of the state of California."
The court's decision states that
California's compulsory education statute does not allow for parents to teach
their own children as an exemption. Instead, the only teachers qualified to
teach children under the law are those with official teaching
credentials.
The decision is sending shockwaves across the homeschooling
movement nationwide. In California alone, over 160,000 families homeschool their
own children. Some believe that the number is actually far higher.
In any
event, the requirement of teacher credentials has long been used by the public
school systems and teacher unions as a ploy to shut down competition.
In the
most important section of the court's ruling, the 3-judge panel ruled that
California parents have no constitutional right to educate their own children.
As the decision reads [see full text
here]:
The trial court's reason for declining to order public or private
schooling for the
children was its belief that parents have a constitutional
right to school their children in their own home. However, California courts
have held that under provisions in the Education Code, parents do not have a
constitutional right to home school their children. Thus, while the petition for
extraordinary writ asserts that the trial court's refusal to order attendance in
a public or private school was an abuse of discretion, we find the refusal was
actually an error of law.
The words, "parents do not have a constitutional
right to home school their children," are nothing less than explosive. Even as
the court's decision is expected to be stayed pending appeal, some parents are
already making clear that they will move their families from the state if
necessary.
As The
Los Angeles Times reports:
Glenn and Kathleen, a Sacramento-area couple
who requested that their last name not be used for fear of prosecution, home
school their 9-year-old son Hunter because their Christian beliefs would be
contradicted in a public school setting, Glenn said. He is troubled by the idea
that his son would be exposed to teachings about evolution, homosexuality,
same-sex marriage and sex education ."I want to have control over what goes in
my son's head, not what's put in there by people who might be on the far left
who have their own ideas about indoctrinating kids," he said. If the ruling
takes effect, Glenn vowed to move his family out of state. "If I can't home
school my son in California, we're going to have to end up leaving California.
That's how important it is to me."
This is a controversy that demands the
attention of all parents. After all, if parents have no constitutional right to
educate their own children, what other aspects of the parent's choices for their
own children lack protection? This question reaches far beyond educational
decisions.

Dangerous

Did you know that this animal kills more people annually than this animal:

Yet we consider the lion the "king of the jungle"(even though it doesn't even live in the jungle). Why is this?

The lion is more stately. It looks majestic with its mane, almost like a crown.

Don't get me wrong--the lion is dangerous. But it is majestic. Reminds me of God. Majestic in holiness. Christ is described as the Lion of Judah. He is King of kings. Yet he is dangerous. Praise God He is good and gentle and loving, but make no mistake--He is dangerous. A dangerous King!