Marlon Menezes wrote: > ---> > Why don't you tell us what you believe to be the main > motivation for the home school movement in the US?
Marlon, My opinion on this issue merely detracts from the bigger argument in favor of homeschooling--freedom to provide better education. That having been said, there are a multitude of reasons that influence my bias in favour of homeschooling. >> I fully support the right of an adult man and a >> woman to marry. > ---> > Not really. You have stated on this forum that you > support the right of governments to restrict marriage > precluding a HIV test. I said nothing of the sort. The comment you allude to was concerning mandatory pre-marital AIDS testing by the Goa government which was not a determinant of whether the state would permit marriage. Here's an excerpt from a recent news posting from Mario Goveia which conffirms this: "If either or both individuals test positive, THE COUPLE THEN CAN DECIDE whether to proceed with the marriage." >> It has always been okay for governments to dictate >> certain moral codes, >> that is a part of government's job. There is not a >> government on earth, >> that I am aware of, which does not have a moral >> code...they're often >> called laws. > ---> > It is also called tyrany. The overbearing reach of the > Taliban moral police in Afghanistan or of the mullas > in Iran is not something I would be willing to live > under. Likewise, I would not tolerate a christian > equvalent of the above. There cannot, by definition, be a Christian equivalent of the above. Fear not. If you find any of Christ's teaching advocating a Christian state or a government run by Christians, please correct me. > Based on your support for > christian based home schooling and your support for > strict government controls on marriage, I get the > impression that you support some form of a theocratic > role for government. I support all homeschooling if its primary goal and end result are a well educated child. Once again, your dig about me supporting government controls on marriage is baseless; however, your last remark above, namely the linking of Christian homeschool education with an implied role of government, might help illuminate my stand on the issue--I fully support the separation of school and state. You seem to implicitly convey that the government deserves the role of education provider, I do not see it as its mandate. It does a fair enough job in the USA, but you can't say the same about the way government education works in India. Peter _____________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list ([email protected]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: %(user_optionsurl)s This email sent to %(user_address)s
