tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6970915.post4211240883865802932..comments2023-11-02T07:27:20.894-04:00Comments on Not Another Homeschool Blog: Why I won't be HSLDA's pansyAhermitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12246307693236606434noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6970915.post-63940565748246556452007-11-15T08:14:00.000-05:002007-11-15T08:14:00.000-05:00I took it as more the HSLDA was against more gover...I took it as more the HSLDA was against more government intrusion/regulation than that they were against GLTBQ.<BR/>Of course, I didn't actually read the email I got, since I've gotten about 400 from 12 different organizations all calling for the same thing (at least it's not an internet petition).Milehimama @ Mama Sayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04755353355022539817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6970915.post-90347100189854010252007-11-14T14:14:00.000-05:002007-11-14T14:14:00.000-05:00This is precisely the reason why I did not complet...This is precisely the reason why I did not complete my HSLDA application. I would like to support them, I think they have done a great job promoting and protecting the rights of homeschoolers in the legal arena, and I would of course like to have access to their services should I ever need them. But they have spread themselves out into other areas beyond the scope of their original mission. I am not enthusiastic about some of their involvements, and I do not fit in their political box. It is annoying that in order to become a member and support other homeschoolers with legal issues, I must also support a host of agendas with which I may or may not agree. I understand their concerns as a conservative and evangelical Christians, but I wonder if they are aware that by *not* limiting their objectives as an organization, they are alienating many homeschoolers as well as contributing to the widening rift between "secular" and "religious" homeschoolers -- in the long run hurting the very cause they wish to defend.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6970915.post-65771271775521093162007-11-13T19:02:00.000-05:002007-11-13T19:02:00.000-05:00Unfortunately, many legitimate religious organizat...Unfortunately, many legitimate religious organizations are being denied exemptions to laws that violate their faiths. I'm not talking about businesses such as Chick-Fil-A but non-profits like Catholic Charities and Catholic hospitals. They are being forced to pay for their employees' contraceptives and fertility treatments, dispense the abortifacient "morning after" pill, adopt to homosexual couples, and so on in violation of Church teaching. Even though there are tons of secular institutions which provide the services in question so it would not be any big deal to exempt these religious-affiliated ones. If someone does not agree with the policy, simply go elsewhere!<BR/><BR/>I personally see it as part of the hostility towards Christianity in our society. Why should the government force a religious-affiliated organization to violate the tenets of that faith?Crimson Wifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03254830856234479999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6970915.post-82671400597037360572007-11-06T14:37:00.000-05:002007-11-06T14:37:00.000-05:00I agree that HSLDA has some odd tactics. I do like...I agree that HSLDA has some odd tactics. <BR/><BR/>I do like many of the things they provide, but those emails about things that have nothing to do with homeschool are a little weird, not to mention discriminatory. <BR/><BR/>Sometimes I agree with them and sometimes I don't. <BR/><BR/>I think the only ones they should send out are those that actually have something to do with education.Lyn Lomasihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13766313487753607113noreply@blogger.com