Texas court rules against homeschoolers who expected rapture and stopped teaching kids

[MohRokTah]

I would consider this ruling a no-brainer. Countdown to "war on Christianity" talk from Fox:

Texas court rules against homeschoolers who expected rapture and stopped teaching kids

A Texas court ruled this month that parents who allegedly stopped homeschooling their kids because they believed Jesus Christ was returning to Earth were not exempt from state education regulations.

According to a ruling last week by the Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals, Michael McIntyre and Laura McIntyre removed their nine children from a private school in 2004 to homeschool them.

Michael McIntyre’s twin brother, Tracy, testified that the parents used empty space in a motorcycle dealership that he co-owned as a classroom. But Tracy said that he never saw the children reading books, using computers or doing arithmetic. Instead, the children were seen playing instruments and singing.

“Tracy overhead one of the McIntyre children tell a cousin that they did not need to do schoolwork because they were going to be raptured,” the court document noted.

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Raw Story link

[Gothmog]

1. It is tough living in Texas at times

I am glad that the court ruled the right way

[Downwinder]

5. Note that it is an Appeal Decision.

[Gothmog]

6. I saw this

The Texas supreme court is full of real idiots including Nathan Hecht. I would bet that they would not either not take writ or affirm this case

[leftyohiolib]

2. an excelent example of why hom-skoling should be illegal

[Thinkingabout]

3. Home schooling could be good or bad, it is bad when a ten year old still does

Not know how to read because in his home school Mom did not want to break his spirit when he would rather be outside digging a hole. He was finally placed in a public school to learn to read, this is sad. Kids needs to be socialized with their peers. If mom and dad wants to teach their children about the rapture then so Brit, but at least give the kids a fighting chance.

[1StrongBlackMan]

4. posted to for later reading

[dembotoz]

7. cue the cowsils on the 700 club

maybe this will bring their big break