No, children are not the property of the State:
It is getting far, far too easy for idiotic progressives to impose their views, and take children out of their homes based on their belief that they aren’t getting the “right” care, the “right” education, or the “right” modern amenities. There is a major difference between “unconventional” parenting and child abuse.
It’s not child abuse to either live off the grid, or not attend public schools. In fact, I’d argue that it’s getting to the point at which sending your kid to public school is both child abuse and child endangerment.
What are they going to do, shut down the state of Alaska? Seize all their kids?
Are they going to go hippie shack to hippie shack in California, Oregon, and Washington taking kids away from their loving but nutjob progressive parents?
And yet the government actively protects the FLDS communes, up to and including using police force to prevent parents from removing their children back to society…
You’ve got it backwards. We are all property of the state. Neglect is our best hope.
Pamela Geller upsets the apple cart because she believes in freedom.
To claim any sort of independence is to label yourself strange.
Thomas gave me a great complement (unknowingly) when he recently said, “You are too hung up on independence.” I wasn’t talking about my personal independence. My concern includes protecting yours and other’s.