NH Supreme Court rules girl must attend public school

via CBNNews:

The New Hampshire Supreme Court has ordered an 11-year-old girl to stop homeschooling and attend public school.

On Wednesday, the three justice panel ruled in favor of divorced father Martin Kurowski, who argued that homeschooling prevents “adequate socialization” for his daughter. The justices asserted in the court opinion that they were not choosing sides among the various forms of education.

“While involves home schooling, it is not about the merits of home verses public schooling,” they stated.

The ruling came in a custody battle between her parents. The girl’s father sued, saying his ex-wife’s Christian teachings in her homeschool curriculum were bad for their daughter.

The mother and religious freedom groups contend the courts were violating her parental and religious rights. But the state supreme court upheld a lower court ruling that said the girl needs to be exposed to other viewpoints.

This is highly bothersome to me because it is not the job of the state to force a child to go to public school because the divorced father who doesn’t have custody doesn’t like her learning about Christianity. In fact, I would even go as far to say that the state shouldn’t force a parent to send their child to any kind of schooling. It’s absolutely none of the state’s business.

This is big government gone way wrong in my opinion.

(They Christian Post has way more on the details of this story if you like.)


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