Posted by
Billy on Wednesday, November 25, 2009 1:25:51 PM
The case of a ten-year-old homeschooled girl who was forced into public
school by a New Hampshire judge now makes its way to the state's Supreme Court.
(
See earlier article)
The original order was issued July 14 in the case, In the Matter of
Kurowski and Kurowski (Voydatch). The ruling stems from a divorce and child
custody case where the mother, a Christian, was home schooling her daughter, but
the child's father disagreed and believed the girl should be sent to public
school. According to child custody agreements, any time the parents fail to
agree on a situation involving the child, the decision is then left up to the
courts. ('More than just a child custody
case' )
In this case, the judge noted the child's Christian faith and decided that
her beliefs should be challenged in a public school setting. Alliance Defense Fund-allied attorney John Anthony Simmons
filed a motion to reconsider, and the New Hampshire Supreme Court has agreed to
hear the case.
"The court wanted the child to have her Christian views
challenged, which is very different than just sort of benevolently wishing
someone a well-rounded education in the arts and travel, arts and entertainment,
and literature and the sciences and all that," the attorney contends. "So it
wasn't so much a question of wanting proactively something for a child, but
rather trying to take away from her something, which is of course her Christian
worldview, and challenging that and [saying] that she held those beliefs too
firmly.
(Say this had been a child who was of the Islam faith. Can you guess what would have happened? The job of the courts is to decide what is best for the child not to change or challenge her Christian faith. This judge was 100% wrong in what he said and did.)