Tag Archives: Wisconsin v. Yoder

Homeschoolers Are Normal, But Their Opponents Are Not

Posted on May 20, 2026 by David E Smith

The battle isn't really about homeschooling. It's about who ultimately has authority over children: parents or the state? Once government gains power to bypass parents, every family should pay attention. Apparently moms and dads are now viewed as the problem.

Posted in Education | Tagged Anna Holzscheiter, Anti-Homeschool Act, Bolsheviks, Choose Education Independence, Convention on the Rights of the Child, Declaration of the Rights of the Child, Department of Children and Families, Eglantyne Jebb, Elizabeth Bartholet, Family Institute of Connecticut Action, Friedrich Engels, homeschooling, James Dwyer, JB Pritzker, Karl Marx, Leslie Wolfgang, Soviet Union, The Washington Post, Wisconsin v. Yoder | Comments Off

The State Is Not a Parent

Posted on May 6, 2026 by Alyssa Sonnenburg

For the past half century, I have watched the federal government, state governments, and local governments throughout this country - including here in Illinois - systematically squeeze parents out of their children's care and replace them with agents of the state.

Posted in Child Exploitation, Illinois Politics, Marriage/Family/Culture | Tagged ACLU, ACLU of Illinois, Bellotti v. Baird, Constitution of the State of Illinois, Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, education, Equality Illinois, Governor JB Pritzker, HB 4834, Illinois Department of Human Rights, Illinois Safe Schools Alliance, Legacy Project, Mahmoud v. Taylor, mental health, Meyer v. Nebraska, National Center for Youth Law, Parental Notice of Abortion Act, Parental Rights, Pierce v. Society of Sisters, Planned Parenthood, Planned Parenthood v. Casey, public school, Reproductive Health Act, Roe v. Wade, SB 3138, SIECUS, Troxel v. Granville, U.S. Supreme Court, Wisconsin v. Yoder, Youth Mental Health Protection Act | Comments Off

Opposing Transgenderism Is Not Genocide

Posted on April 14, 2023 by Alyssa Sonnenburg

America’s children are being targeted by sex predators. Their recruiters are already in our schools and libraries. These “transgender” people need your children as converts. Consider: Children returning from school carrying "gender unicorn lessons," which teach strange ideas of sex and gender; Public libraries are conditioning your children through “drag queen readings" to get children familiar with these recruiters; Schools are hiding from parents that they're giving puberty blocking drugs to their children.

Posted in Drugs/Alcohol/Addictions, Education, Faith, Federal, Marriage/Family/Culture, Pornography, Religious Liberty, Sexuality, Uncategorized | Tagged 1920, Adam and Eve, age of consent, Dr. Phil, drag queen readings, gender unicorn, genocide, homosexuality, Minnesota Lt. Governor, Opposing Transgenderism Is Not Genocide, Puberty blockers, Reece, sexual abuse, Soviet Russia, Supreme Court, Teachers, transgenderism, Walter Hudson, Wisconsin v. Yoder | Comments Off

Hasidic Schools – A Lesson Regarding School Choice

Posted on December 29, 2022 by David E Smith

The first compulsory attendance laws in America were introduced by Horace Mann in Massachusetts in 1852. This created a shift from what I consider to be true “public schools,” which were open to the public, but controlled by parents in local communities, to “government schools,” which we have had ever since. Today’s schools are funded by the government, regulated, and controlled by the government, and all of the standards are set and enforced by government dictates.

Posted in Education | Tagged A BEKA, ACE School of Tomorrow, Amish, Bob Jones Press, Christian Law Association, Common Core, education choice, ESAs, Hasidic schools, Homeschool Legal Defense Association, Horace Mann, Pierce v. Society of Sisters, Protestants, Rutherford Institute, virtual charter schools, Vouchers, Wisconsin v. Yoder, yeshivas | Comments Off

They Are Your Children, Not The State’s!

Posted on February 16, 2022 by David E Smith

Many politicians and educators want to steal our children. According to these activists, parents can feed and house children, but can’t guide their education or tell them how to choose right from wrong. Parents merely act as custodians of the State’s property. Here are recent samples of this line of thinking.

Posted in Marriage/Family/Culture | Tagged Elizabeth Bartholet, Friedrich Engels, Grover Cleveland, James Dwyer, Joe Mathews, Karl Marx, Noah Berlatsky, Paul Vallas, Ronald Reagan, Terry McAuliffe, The Communist Manifesto, Wisconsin v. Yoder | Comments Off