Writer and cultural activist Liza Sabater takes aim at HSLDA with this post at her blog today: “As a member of several national e-mail lists for homeschoolers I have been hearing of the Homeschool Non-Discrimination Act for about two years. This piece of legislation is being pushed by the Home School Legal Defense Association, a controversial organization in the homeschool movement.”
Liza pulls no punches in detailing their activities: “For over 20 years HSDLA has been sounding the alarm of discrimination and persecution of homeschoolers all across the country. Actually, not all homeschoolers –because HSDLA would never vouch for unschoolers or atheist. Their battle plan has been to work from every locality, every state and all the way up to the Hill to ensure the extremists’ unfettered right to choose how to educate their children.”
“One way of doing it has been through bills pushed across municipalities and state senates that were allegedly intended to clarify or legalize homeschooling. The most recent strategy though is to claim homeschoolers are discriminated in the military due to the fact there is no federal definition of or mandate over homeschooling.”
“Why is this a strategy and not a legal palliative? It gives the HSLDA, a faith-based organization with strong roots in the Reconstructionist and Dominionist movement the opportunity to write themselves into the law as the vouchsavers of homeschoolers across the nation…”
I advise clicking over to read Liza’s entire post.
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