Ohio State Senator withdraws controversial homeschooling bill after backlash

As my readers will recall an Ohio State Senator introduced a bill that would require all parents who home schooled their children to be investigated.

Well, I am quite happen to report that thanks to the voices of outrage in the homeschooling community, the Christianity community, and the Conservative blogosphere; the bill has been withdrawn!

The Christian News Network has the story:

COLUMBUS, Ohio – An Ohio state senator recently introduced a bill that would have forced homeschoolers to undergo government investigation, but promised on Thursday to withdraw the legislation following widespread criticism.

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Matt Walsh, a popular talk radio host, likewise argued in a blog post this week that the Ohio state government was wrong in using “one isolated incident … as a tool to intrude into the lives of every homeschool[ing] parent.”

“[SB 248] has the effect of giving the government a claim to your child,” he wrote. “Certainly, you should be able to lose your claim over your child if you are truly abusive, or if you commit any felony crime that would put you in prison and require your kids to be cared for by someone else, but homeschool laws assume abusive and criminal intent in every parent. If that is not tyranny, then there is no such thing.”

Therefore, following widespread backlash surrounding SB 248, Cafaro announced late Thursday that she would officially withdraw the bill. In a statement, she claimed that “the true intent of the bill to curtail child abuse has been eclipsed the by the issue of homeschooling.”

“After consultation with Teddy’s family,” Cafaro’s statement explained, “we have collectively decided the best course of action is for me to withdraw SB 248, and instead pursue a more comprehensive approach to address the current challenges in the state’s social service and criminal justice system. … I will not include any content related to education in the home in a new bill, or in any other bill.”

You see my friends; this is what happens when Conservatives, Christians, and Americans decide that they are not going to be servants of the Government, this is what happens when the American people straighten their backs up and throw down the gauntlet and tell the Government, “From this point you shall proceed no further!”

My hats off to everyone, including Matt Walsh, who took this situation by the horns and kept the big Government socialists at bay. Good job! Well done!

Now, let’s keep fighting, there are many more battles to be won. We can rejoice for a bit. But, there is more work to be done.

 

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