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Originally posted by smooth
*sigh*
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*hug*
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These parents are homeschooling their children.
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They don't have to display the flag at their home. They can burn it at home if they like.
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The facility (where they presumably have to take state mandated tests and drop off homework) is funded by their local tax dollars.
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Well well well, funded by tax dollars you say? If the state wants to put up a flag, they have the right to do so. If the parents are frightened of their child seeing the nasty nasty American flag, they can cover their eyes while they walk them into the building.
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Why should they send them to a private school? Isn't home school the most private kind? Why should they be subjected to exposing their children to a teaching they don't want if they choose to educate their children at home but maintain a schedule with the local government because of state law dictating that children, even those educated at home, have to come to a government building to take their tests?
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Now, are you debating whether or not the flag should be able to be flown at
tax-dollar-funded buildings, or whether or not Oregon is in the right by forcing home-schooled kids to take tests at a public facility? I'm all for home-schooling, and I think it's ridiculous to have to take your child to a public facility merely to take a test. It's nonsense. The parents should be contesting that, not whether or not the state has a right to display its nations flag at a facility which it pays for.