WorldNetDaily: Abuse case prompts rethink of homeschool laws

At issue: in Arizona, all a homeschooling parent has to do is to file an affidavit of his intent. An unidentified man filed such an affidavit and then kept a 14-year-old girl confined while he repeatedly raped her.

And of course, the Democratic (who else?) governor of Arizona wants to use that as an excuse to destroy homeschooling in her State. Even Kim Fields, the superintendent of schools in the county involved (the one seated at Tucson, AZ), doesn't agree with that. Says she, "You can't stop abuse by changing an education setting."

Now I would never condone the sexual abuse of a child by her caregiver. But as Superintendent Fields would surely agree, you don't force children to school outside of home just because you want to have the child out where "outside authorities" can see her.

The real issues here are twofold:

1. State Child Protective Services had received five complaints against that nut-case before June of 2001, but could or did not find enough evidence to substantiate them.
2. Liberals don't want anyone homeschooling, and would prefer that no one go to any school except a government school. That's because they have to mess with your kids' heads, because they're not having any kids of their own--or at least, not enough, anymore, to outvote your kids in the elections of the next generation.

Kudos to WorldNetDaily for asking all the right questions, such as "would stricter laws have changed anything?" (Answer: no.)