Posted by: Admin on Monday, July 14, 2008 – 06:35 AM PST
Randy Thomasson, president
Campaign for Children and Families
Good news for homeschooling in California. The bottom may have fallen out of the case that has threatened to ban homeschooling in California.
Late Thursday, Campaign for Children and Families received word from the lead attorney in the case, Gary Kreep of the United States Justice Foundation, that a juvenile court judge has terminated his jurisdiction over the two children at the center of the Rachel L. case. Attorneys “will move to dismiss the petition pending in the court of appeal on the ground that the petition is now moot,” said Michael Smith of the Home School Legal Defense Association. “In other words, the children are no longer under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court. Therefore, any decision by the appellate court based on the two-year-old petition could not be enforced against the L. children.”
ACTION: Please ask God to have mercy on California families by influencing the three appeals court judges who are still weighing this case — Croskey, Kitching and Klein — to reverse themselves and rule that homeschooling is legal in California, or to drop the case entirely.
ACTION: Campaign for Children and Families recently spent numerous hours introducing topnotch homeschooling experts to Sacramento pastors. We encouraged these spiritual shepherds to open low-cost church schools and promote homeschooling to parents. For the love of God and of children, please explore homeschooling to rescue your children and other children from government schools, where academics are weak, family and Christian values are under attack, and sexual indoctrination is the law from kindergarten on up in every California public school. Visit RescueYourChild.org for the facts and helpful resources to empower you as a parent, grandparent, pastor, or concerned citizen who cares about children.
Update: California’s war for real marriages
The Kern County Board of Supervisors has rejected Campaign for Children and Families’ proposed ordinance reserving marriage licenses for a man and a woman. Swayed by their spineless county counsel who openly worried about the minor “costs of litigation,” the supervisors on July 8 said they weren’t willing to disagree with the California Supreme Court, despite the court’s outrageous judicial activism.
This lack of courage may seem amazing, given that 80% of Kern County voters said to keep marriage for a man and a woman in 2000. Yet it’s not surprising. Deep down, most California county supervisors are not courageous. They’re well paid, comfortable, and unwilling to do what they perceive as “rocking the boat.”
You’ll be glad to know that CCF fought the good fight in Bakersfield. We testified before the supervisors, partnered with the United States Justice Foundation to write an 11-page legal analysis, did numerous media interviews, and helped local citizens issue professional action alerts and news releases. Tens of thousands of Kern County voters were educated and aroused to vote for marriage protection on the ballot. In addition, the pressure that CCF and local citizens put on the supervisors helped defeat a competing proposal to undermine pro-family Kern County Clerk Ann Barnett, who’s decided not to perform any marriages in her office, whether they be heterosexual or homosexual.
At this point, local leaders in Bakersfield want to challenge their supervisors to pass a non-binding resolution upholding marriage. This is a good idea that CCF hopes to take to other counties, because both an ordinance with teeth or a toothless resolution will contribute to the battle. Every city or county government that publicly says that marriage for a man and a woman is right and the Supreme Court is wrong will generate noticeable media attention and stir voters to rise up and pass Proposition 8, the California Marriage Amendment, on the November ballot. Stay tuned!
Bakersfield marriage war media coverage: WorldNetDaily | CalCatholic | Bakersfield Californian
More on CCF’s fight against false marriages
Behind the scenes, Campaign for Children and Families is continuing to strategize ways to block the false “same-sex marriages” that have infected California since June 15. CCF and our friends at the United States Justice Foundation plan to file briefs next month in Sacramento Superior Court.
The California Department of Public Health’s order to counties to issue “Party A/Party B” homosexual “marriage” forms violated both the California statutes and the very specific state regulations governing “rules,” “orders,” and “standards.” First, we must convince the judge that the case belongs in Sacramento. Next, we will argue the merits of the case, which are very strong in our favor.
At the very least, California law required 45 days of public notice and public hearings before the marriage forms could be lawfully changed. Here are the exact words from the California Office of Administrative Law:
State agencies, with few exceptions, are required to adopt regulations following the procedures established in the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). A regulation is defined in Government Code section 11342.600:
“Regulation means every rule, regulation, order, or standard of general application or the amendment, supplement, or revision of any rule, regulation, order, or standard adopted by any state agency to implement, interpret, or make specific the law enforced or administered by it, or to govern its procedure.”
If a state agency issues, enforces, or attempts to enforce a rule without following the APA, the rule is called an “underground regulation.” State agencies are prohibited from enforcing underground regulations.
In addition to going to court on this regulatory matter, CCF is promoting Proposition 8 and is working on other strategies, which we’ll announce to you soon. To help us work, lead, and fight on your behalf, will you support our work in this important time? Please make a helpful donation to:
Campaign for Children and Families: Donate securely online or print a donate-by-mail form
> United States Justice Foundation, 932 “D” Street, Suite 2, Ramona, CA 92065 donate online
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