Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute

March 10, 2008

The government ruling us will occasionally stand unveiled in its full malignant majesty. A recent California appeals court decision offered such an opportunity.

The court ruled that "parents do not have a constitutional right to home-school their children.? Parents who teach their own children without state-recognized credentials, the court continued, ?may be subject to a criminal complaint against them? and various penalties, including the loss of custody over their children.

The court observed that the ?primary purpose of the educational system is to train school children in ? loyalty to the state and the nation?."

The Ten Commandments, the foundational document of our civilization, is silent regarding loyalty to any government, but it commands children to honor and obey their parents. The primacy of the family over the state was recognized by British philosopher of liberty John Locke, and by the founders of our republic. But the proto-totalitarian government ruling us now can permit no contending loyalties.

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.