In other words, if you want your child to attend pre-school, you must first get him a flu shot.  And kids who don’t get the shot will be banned from attending classes unless parents can prove that their child will receive the shot within two weeks of the law’s deadline.

And it won’t stop there–it will only be a matter of time before the law precludes children from attending public school without a flu shot.

No matter that according to statistics, last year’s flu season was the worst in three years.  Why? Reports state that this was due to the fact that the virus that so many people had injected into their systems was completely ineffective against the flu.

No matter that there are many children who should not get the vaccine–children with certain types of cancer or who are taking drugs that lower the body’s ability to resist infection.  No matter that some studies indicate that the flu shot may be linked to autism. In addition, all recommendations state that children younger than 6 months of age should not get the influenza vaccine.  Will they be exempt?

Perhaps you have no difficulty with giving your child the influenza vaccine.  But at what time did we decide to hand over our right to determine what we will subject our children to to the government?

And what better way for the government to control what we can and cannot do with our children than through the school system?

I personally have experienced the tragedy of a loved one who died as a result of a flu shot gone wrong.  That is not a risk I want to take with my children.

Just another great reason to homeschool-hold onto our rights as parents and have the freedom to choose whether or not to vaccinate our children.

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Homeschoolers in Switzerland are now facing the same battle that our friends in California just fought.  As of next summer, only those with teaching certificates will be permitted to homeschool.  Learn more about their struggle here.

The question is, how did we allow government to gain the kind of power that allows them to dictate the education of our children?  And what rights will they try to take from us in the future?

The time is now to make our voices heard on the issue of homeschooling and the issue of parental rights.  We are responsible for our children-we are responsible to feed them, to teach them to walk, talk, live right, love, to be responsible, to work hard . . . why is it that we can be trusted to do all of that, but not to provide academic training?  Seems to me we are already taking care of the more difficult training.

And why is it that when all of the statistics state that schools are failing and homeschoolers are succeeding, we are still faced with this battle?

If you have ideas or input on how we can work together to ensure that our rights to homeschool remain in tact, please post them here.  We need to lay the foundation now—let’s not wait for the next crisis.

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That is why I thought Donald Wildmon’s letter was important enough to post here!

Homeschoolers–protect your freedom to homeschool.  Get out and vote this November!

In my 70 years, I have never seen an election where coverage was so one-sided and biased or where censorship by the liberal media was so widely practiced and where media coverage was so slanted as I have seen in this election process. Their plan is working. The only chance conservatives have is to make sure they care enough to vote.

If the liberals win the upcoming election, America as we have known it will no longer exist. This country that we love, founded on Judeo-Christian values, will cease to exist and will be replaced by a secular state hostile to Christianity. This “city set on a hill” which our forefathers founded, will go dark. The damage will be deep and long lasting. It cannot be turned around in the next election, or the one after that, or by any election in the future. The damage will be permanent. That is why it is so important for you to vote and to encourage friends and family to vote. This is one election where your vote really counts.

Sincerely,

Donald E. Wildmon,
Founder and Chairman
American Family Association

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