Ethics

Oversimplification = Demagoguery

By Ed Brayton

The Worldnutdaily has its typically absurd article about a serious dispute over the upbringing of a child. Watch how they spin this one, then we'll compare it to reality:

A 10-year-old homeschool girl described as "well liked, social and interactive with her peers, academically promising and intellectually at or superior to grade level" has been told by a New Hampshire court official to attend a government school because she was too "vigorous" in defense of her Christian faith.

The decision from Marital Master Michael Garner reasoned that the girl's "vigorous defense of her religious beliefs to [her] counselor suggests strongly that she has not had the opportunity to seriously consider any other point of view."

The recommendation was approved by Judge Lucinda V. Sadler, but it is being challenged by attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund, who said it was "a step too far" for any court.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on September 02, 2009 (boomark / email).