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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
There isn't and there can't be. People either have rights, or they don't. The way things have been sliding down the slope, now all one needs to do is make an anonymous phone call about drugs, guns, child abuse/neglect, or some other socially repugnant issue and tada, an instant SWAT raid on your home. Hooray for freedom, you get to have your door ripped off it's hinges, automatic weapons pointed at the faces of your family members, try on high grade handcuffs, lay on the ground for an hour or more, and all while the police get to ransack every room in your home until they find evidence of any crime. THEN, if nothing is found, you'll get to be released, usually with no apology, and then have to salvage what's left of your personal belongings, pride, and humanity as you try to assuage your families terror of having armed people swarm your home while you tell them they just wanted to 'protect' you.  |
Well thats true and not true.
I agree with you for the most part. The difference between these kids and 'normal' kids is that they are never outside of their parents/church influence. If someone is abusing a child in main stream society they are often caught due to a doctor visit, how they act in school, just something they say in passing to a stranger can trigger a red flag. I was required by law to report ANYTHING that looked like abuse or neglect while working a free clinic, and there were a few cases that seemed pretty borderline on that I had to deal with.
Now I have no real issue with the concept of home schooling, or even a religious community, but I would not have a libertarian hissy fit if basic level competency exams were mandated for home schooled children at certain ages to prove they were in fact getting an education and at the same time look for at least overt signs of abuse.