The California couple that allegedly held captive their 13 home-schooled children has provoked national debate about home-schooling regulations.
The Home School Legal Defense Association’s Mike Smith recently did an interview on the Los Angeles radio show KNX In Depth with Charles Feldman and Mike Simpson, along with Rachel Coleman of the Coalition for Responsible Home Education, during which he gave the following bizarre statement.
SMITH: … Whether we like it or not, in America, there is no fundamental right for a child to have an education. Do I believe they should…? Absolutely. That’s the reason I’m in home-schooling: because I wanted my children to have a superior education, and they got it because my wife taught them…
Smith was then asked what’s so wrong with the state making sure that children are being home-schooled in safe environments — a reasonable accommodation, you would think, regardless of anyone’s faith — to which he responded, “We either recognize the liberty of parents to direct their children, or we let the state come in and determine how these children are educated.”
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