Education: The Court's Opinion in Rachel L.

Posted by: Admin on Wednesday, August 13, 2008 - 07:36 AM PST
	SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION THREE JONATHAN L. et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent;
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Education: Court OKs home schooling in state

Posted by: Admin on Saturday, August 09, 2008 - 07:01 AM PST
	By PAUL ELIAS - Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO ---- A California appeals court ruled Friday that parents lacking teaching credentials can still home school their children, reversing its previous decision.
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Education: Parents rights to direct kids' education affirmed

Posted by: Admin on Saturday, August 09, 2008 - 06:59 AM PST
	'This is tremendous victory for thousands of families' By Bob Unruh © 2008 WorldNetDaily Homeschool supporters and pro-family advocates spent today praising a California court ruling that affirmed the right of parents to direct their children's education, and provide that education if they choose.
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Education: Homeschooling OK – even in California

Posted by: Admin on Saturday, August 09, 2008 - 06:58 AM PST
	Reversed: Ruling that parents had no right to teach children By Bob Unruh © 2008 WorldNetDaily An appeals court in California has ruled that state law does permit homeschooling "as a species of private school education" but that statutory permission for parents to teach their own children could be "overridden in order to protect the safety of a child who has been declared dependent."
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Education: Homeschoolers win landmark case

Posted by: Admin on Saturday, August 09, 2008 - 06:54 AM PST
	From Home School Legal Defense Association Purcellville, VA—In a 3-0 decision the California Court of Appeal for the Second Appellate District reversed its earlier ruling which would have required homeschoolers to be certified teachers in order to homeschool in California. “This is a great victory for homeschool freedom,” said Michael Farris, one of the team of attorneys who argued the case before the court and Chairman of HSLDA.
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Education: Calif. Court of Appeal says homeschooling OK under state law

Posted by: Admin on Saturday, August 09, 2008 - 06:51 AM PST
	Parents not required to obtain state credentials to teach their own children LOS ANGELES — The California Court of Appeal Friday found that the California Education Code allows parents to homeschool their children, reversing its own previous decision on the matter. The decision means that parents do not have to obtain state credentials in order to educate their own children at home.
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Protection of Marriage: News and Commentary from Randy Thomasson

Posted by: Admin on Wednesday, August 06, 2008 - 10:45 AM PST
	Randy Thomasson, president Campaign for Children and Families Aug. 6, 2008 Two California marriage battles in court this week This Thursday, Proposition 8, the California Marriage Amendment will be in a Sacramento courtroom. There are at least three issues at stake.
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Education: News and commentary from Randy Thomasson

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.
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Education: Judge dismisses juvenile case prompting homeschool ban

Posted by: Admin on Monday, July 14, 2008 - 06:31 AM PST
	Advocate calls decision 'significant favorable development' for families By Bob Unruh © 2008 WorldNetDaily A judge in California has ended juvenile court jurisdiction over two children in a family case that prompted an appeals court at one point to declare that parents had no right to homeschool their children in the state.
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Education: Judge dismisses home-schooling credentials case

Posted by: Admin on Monday, July 14, 2008 - 06:29 AM PST
	Family court ends jurisdiction on children at the heart of the dispute. Some advocates say this makes decision the moot, but the appellate court will issue a decision this summer. By Seema Mehta Los Angeles Times Staff Writer July 12, 2008
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Education: Favorable Development in the California Homeschooling Case

Posted by: Admin on Saturday, July 12, 2008 - 06:10 AM PST
	From the Home School Legal Defense Association Thank you for your continued prayers for the California homeschooling case, In re Rachel L. Home School Legal Defense Association has learned that the juvenile court judge terminated jurisdiction over the two youngest L children in a hearing held on July 10, 2008. Mr. L is represented by Gary Kreep, who is the director of the California-based United States Justice Foundation, which has long been a close ally of HSLDA and homeschoolers in California.
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Readers Speak Out: Thanks from a reader

Posted by: Admin on Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 07:12 AM PST
	Thanks you have given me hope where mine was about gone.
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Protection of Marriage: Conservative California County Mulls Anti-Gay Marriage Ordinance

Posted by: Admin on Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 07:11 AM PST
	By Kilian Melloy EDGEBoston.com Contributor Conservative Kern County in California is mulling a new ordinance to outlaw marriage equality, even as gay and lesbian families continue to celebrate their court-mandated freedom to marry.
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Protection of Marriage: County surrenders in same-sex marriage war

Posted by: Admin on Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 07:08 AM PST
	Backs away from opportunity to protect traditional families © 2008 WorldNetDaily
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Protection of Marriage: Kern County supervisors fail to approve ‘Marriage Protection Ordinance’

Posted by: Admin on Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 07:05 AM PST
	California Catholic Daily Bakersfield -- Campaign for Children and Families (CCF), a leading California organization defending marriage between a man and a woman, is sad and frustrated that the Kern County Board of Supervisors today “round-filed” a proposed ordinance to reserve marriage for a man and a woman.
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Legal Issues: Supervisors reject anti-gay marriage proposal

Posted by: Admin on Tuesday, July 08, 2008 - 01:15 PM PST
	BY JAMES BURGER Californian staff writer County supervisors rejected two gay marriage proposals Tuesday, one banning the unions in Kern, the other asking San Bernardino to deputize locals to perform civil ceremonies here.
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Legal Issues: Kern County Supervisors All Talk, No Action, to Protect Marriage

Posted by: Admin on Tuesday, July 08, 2008 - 01:12 PM PST
	Board fails to approve Marriage Protection Ordinance despite written California Constitution, written California statutes, and support from 80% of county voters
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Legal Issues: Counties to Supreme Court on 'gay' marriage: Drop dead

Posted by: Admin on Tuesday, July 08, 2008 - 06:26 AM PST
	'This will be as inspirational as Alamo, without the guns' By Bob Unruh © 2008 WorldNetDaily At least two counties in California have begun reviewing a plan to uphold the state's laws regarding marriage as being between one man and one woman and disregard a state Supreme Court opinion that has yet to be implemented by the Legislature.
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Legal Issues: Analysis of the Marriage Protection ordinance

Posted by: Admin on Monday, July 07, 2008 - 06:48 AM PST
	Dear California Supervisor, The highest law in our state, the California Constitution, allows counties to pass ordinances, such as the “Marriage Protection Ordinance,” which do not conflict with the California state statutes.
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Education: California homeschooling case to be reheard

Posted by: Admin on Sunday, June 29, 2008 - 06:46 AM PST
	Bob Egelko San Francisco Chronicle Staff Writer Thursday, March 27, 2008 LOS ANGELES -- A state appeals court has agreed to reconsider its decision last month that barred homeschooling by parents who lack teaching credentials, raising the possibility that the judges will change a decision that has infuriated homeschool advocates nationwide.
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