Time for another RCOB moment, Denizens.
The Ninth Socialist Circus Court of Appeals has decided, in its infinite finite extremely finite practically non-existent definitely non-existent wisdom, that our kids don’t belong to us and we have no say in what they’re to be taught.
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled yesterday against parents who sued their local school district after their elementary-age children were given a sexually charged survey, saying there is “no fundamental right of parents to be the exclusive provider of information regarding sexual matters to their children.”
The three-judge panel of the full court further ruled that parents “have no due process or privacy right to override the determinations of public schools as to the information to which their children will be exposed while enrolled as students.”
Six parents sued the Palmdale, Calif., School District after finding out their kids had been asked a series of sexual questions in class. They included asking the children about the frequency of:
Touching my private parts too much
Thinking about having sex
Thinking about touching other people’s private parts
Thinking about sex when I don’t want to
Washing myself because I feel dirty on the inside
Not trusting people because they might want sex
Getting scared or upset when I think about sex
Having sex feelings in my body
Can’t stop thinking about sex
Getting upset when people talk about sex
Judge Stephen Reinhardt wrote the opinion for the court. Referring to the fact the parents lost their case at the district-court level, Reinhardt wrote:
We agree [with the previous ruling], and hold that there is no fundamental right of parents to be the exclusive provider of information regarding sexual matters to their children, either independent of their right to direct the upbringing and education of their children or encompassed by it. We also hold that parents have no due process or privacy right to override the determinations of public schools as to the information to which their children will be exposed while enrolled as students. Finally, we hold that the defendants’ actions were rationally related to a legitimate state purpose. [emphasis Reinhardt’s].
How much longer will it be before Child Protective Abductive Services SS troops begin to take our children from us, simply because we object to what they’re being taught in government schools?  Or for trying to avoid said schools by homeschooling them?
Ropes, lampposts, Ninth Socialist Circus.  Some assembly required.
UPDATE:  As usual, Misha has nailed it on the head and expounded thereupon in a way that I seem to be unable to do lately.
Hm.  Must be the unemployment thing. (shrug)