too religious as a parent to do that? that s exactly right. i home schooled my daughter for four years. first, second, third and fourth grade. and then they the court found that my home school was an absolute success both academically as well as socially and they really just moved that criteria aside and they came in and they said but we have also found that your religion is too rigid so we re putting your daughter into public schools. mr. simmons, i don t quite understand this because we actually have religious schools, private schools all across the country that teach religion. what the heck would be the difference? well, you re not the only person scratching your head. i ve been involved in this case for two years and i m trying to figure that out. don t feel annicademically inep for asking yourself that same question. parents have the fundamental right to make the decision for
he s up big in the polls. and snow and rain won t stop the u.s. postal service from delivering the mail. but a wild turkey just might. a mailman on cape cod ran afoul of a very territorial turkey. the bird blocked the mailman s path and even attacked his truck and eventually it did back down. that s what happens when you give amnesty to a turkey every thanksgivi thanksgiving. should the government decide what kind of education your child gets? they are deciding if 11-year-old amanda should be forced to go to public school instead of being home schooled. in 2009, amanda s dad sued her mother to stop home schooling their daughter because he claims the schooling was too religious. we re joined by amanda s mother and her attorney john anthony simmons. good morning aboto both of you. good morning. i m trying to get this straight in my head. you decided to home school your daughter and the state and the government is telling you you re
their child s education. everybody does. the court punished my client for having religious beliefs and the child as well. we believe that crosses a line that no court should cross and if a court can make these types of decisions, there s essentially no limit on the court s power over families and that should be chilling to all of us. yeah, well, let s take a listen to the other side of this story. this is the attorney for the father in this case. the case isn t really about religion and it s not really about education either. it s just about two parents who disagree about child rearing philosophy. it is a marital case. a divorce case where one parent is on one side and one parent is on the other. both parents have equal rights. so, you know, whether or not she has a constitutional right, another has the identical constitutional rights. what are you going to do now? well, now i m going to wait for the supreme court decision. and pray that they do the right thing by allowing me t
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on the culture warrior. he s a sparer. also, bret bosell will be joining us talking about the double standard in the mainstream media and chris wallace who is, of course, your favorite host on sunday morning will be joining us live. what s missing in that wonderful guest list? women. women? so far, it s all men until we end the show with an homage to women and the entire gender. actually, we ll have judith miller with us very, very shortly chatting with you about what s going on with egypt. that s our lead story. when the cell phones were up, she was making calls. they have since taken all that down. more shuffling of the deck chairs at the white house. did you hear about this? robert gibbs is out. guess what? we have a replacement. jay carney, he is in, the president s new press secretary. doug lazader is live in washington with how that news is being received. hey, doug. good morning, guys. we knew press secretary rob erpt gibbs was leaving. he announced he wa