You are right that the law in Mass. does state this and as such they do have a right to teach the law and therefore a right to teach about gay marriage.

I agree with you about what you say about families teaching their children. In fact, I believe the family is where children should be taught.

In this certain circumstance, I feel that the father probably did something more than just oppose the gay issue. I’m sure he got a bit aggressive and perhaps threatening to the officials and that is why he was put in jail.

However, I also feel that certain moral principles should be taught in schools. America was founded on these principles and gay marriage wasn’t a part of it. Neither was two people living with each other out of welock and other moral issues. The purpose of this post was to point out that it is important to stand up for moral issues without being beligerant or threatening.

Kids come from different sorts of families. Is your point that those children that come from the wrong sort of families should be shunned? Because it seems to be the obvious conclusion from your premise. Gay families exist; whether you like it or not, it is a fact, and legal in Mass, where this family is.

The family is perfectly free to teach their children that gay marriage is wrong, that drinking coffee is wrong, that drinking tea is wrong, that (name any mormon commandment here that is not a law) is wrong. They are not free to make the school conform to their religious beliefs, however. It’s called separation of church and state.

I actually already addressed this issue. Please read the whole post.

I misspoke in my earlier post. A California Appeals Court has already ruled that parents, who are not certified teachers, can not home school their children.

I wrote about it here.

included in the post:

“Here’s the kicker. Pehaps you’re thinking that you can avoid the issue altogether by just homeschooling your child. If you live in California, think again. Earlier this year a California Court of Appeals ruled that Philip and Mary Long of Lynwood, CA, could not home school their children because Mary (the mom/teacher) was not a certified teacher in CA.”

‘”California courts have held that … parents do not have a constitutional right to homeschool their children’ Justice H. Walter Croskey said in the 3-0 ruling issued on Feb. 28. ‘Parents have a legal duty to see to their children’s schooling under the provisions of these laws.’

Parents can be criminally prosecuted for failing to comply, Croskey said.”

Thanks for stopping by. It is heart stirring and I think it is terrible that the government can step in like that. From looking into the details, I can understand how the father felt very frustrated, but I think he got a bit carried away and that’s what led him to go to jail.

We need to do all we can to voice that traditional marriage between man and woman is what is right without getting over-zealous.

I think it is important to protect marriage and I can see your point. However, what I read about this agency that used to be with Focus on the Family and split off, is that they have become known in recent years for “staging” certain things and mis-representing things to prove their point. Clearly in this video they show a very one-sided approach.

Now, that being said, I do not agree with the state stepping in and teaching children in public schools about things parents should be teaching them on. That is where the state crosses the line.

I can only remember one instance in the bible when Jesus became aggressive and that was when they were in the temple. For the most part, Jesus showed quiet dignity. I feel if one is opposed to something, standing outside and picketing really isn’t going to turn people on to a cause, rather, spreading the word to protect marriage as suggested in comment #11 and also on the link I provided is a much better approach and one more in line with what Jesus would do, I believe.

I agree with you about our presidential choices as well. God help us if Obama gets in there!

It’s important that we spread the word about protecting marriage.

http://ldspad.wordpress.com/2008/10/14/proposition-8-protect-marriage/

Greg