Atheists & Agnostics

WillParkinson

(16,867 posts) Sat Jun 25, 2016, 07:21 PM Jun 2016

TX Supreme Court sides with homeschooling parents who didn't teach kids due to Rapture

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2016/06/25/tx-supreme-court-sides-with-homeschooling-parents-who-didnt-teach-their-kids-due-to-the-rapture/

Should homeschooling Christian parents be allowed to withhold education from their children because they believe the Rapture is imminent? The Texas Supreme Court — in true Texas fashion — just ruled in favor of the parents. But they didn’t exactly settle the issue.

The case involved Laura and Michael McIntyre. In 2004, they removed all nine of their children from a private school in order to homeschool them. But Michael’s brother Tracy said he “never observed the children pursuing traditional schoolwork” when they were supposed to be learning.

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TX Supreme Court sides with homeschooling parents who didn't teach kids due to Rapture (Original Post) WillParkinson Jun 2016 OP

So, the kids will grow up to be the same kind of idiots their parents already are. n/t CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2016 #1

All nine of their children.... Curmudgeoness Jun 2016 #2

Well where do you think.... WillParkinson Jun 2016 #3

I thought that they crawled out from under rocks. Curmudgeoness Jun 2016 #7

At least one of them seems to have strayed from the fold. Thankfully. progressoid Jun 2016 #4

Ugh... sakabatou Jun 2016 #5

we all have a right to be stupid RussBLib Jun 2016 #6

Yes, but.... WillParkinson Jun 2016 #8

I fear for the future of our society. n/t trotsky Jun 2016 #9

Why not bind their children's feet while they're at it... Freelancer Jul 2016 #10

CaliforniaPeggy

(152,351 posts)

1. So, the kids will grow up to be the same kind of idiots their parents already are. n/t

Reply to WillParkinson (Original post)

Sat Jun 25, 2016, 07:22 PM

Jun 2016

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)

2. All nine of their children....

Reply to WillParkinson (Original post)

Sat Jun 25, 2016, 07:30 PM

Jun 2016

Oh goodie. A whole brood of ignorant, uneducated fundies. As if the world needs any more.

The judge probably believes that the Rapture is imminent too, so no harm. Of course, there would be no harm in the kids having an education when the Rapture happens either.

WillParkinson

(16,867 posts)

3. Well where do you think....

Reply to Curmudgeoness (Reply #2)

Sun Jun 26, 2016, 05:43 AM

Jun 2016

Republicans come from?

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)

7. I thought that they crawled out from under rocks.

Reply to WillParkinson (Reply #3)

Sun Jun 26, 2016, 06:46 PM

Jun 2016

But this makes sense too.

progressoid

(50,784 posts)

4. At least one of them seems to have strayed from the fold. Thankfully.

Reply to Curmudgeoness (Reply #2)

Sun Jun 26, 2016, 12:08 PM

Jun 2016

...It wasn’t until the McIntyres’ 17-year-old daughter Tori ran away from home so she could “attend school” that the family was more closely scrutinized....