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| Date: From: Subject: | 9/9/2009 11:59:04 AM Home School Legal Defense Association California--Family Protection Ministries Urgently Needs Support |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== California--Family Protection Ministries Urgently Needs Support Dear HSLDA Members and Friends: Family Protection Ministries (FPM) is in critical need of increased financial support in order to continue their work in the California Legislature, now and through the fall. It is going to be tight for FPM to meet all their limited expenses and payroll this month and these next few months. The downturn in the economy has taken its toll on nearly every nonprofit organization in the nation. Several donors to FPM have either had their incomes reduced or lost their jobs. Our prayers are with them. This comes at a time when the victory which we gained in the monumental California In re Jonathan L case last year is vulnerable to the possibility of the Legislature regulating homeschooling as a result of the following comment made by the court: "Given . . . the absence of any express . . . regulation framework for homeschooling in California, additional clarity . . . would be helpful." If the Legislature did this, they could eliminate the level of freedom we currently enjoy in California. FPM is the only organization with a full-time presence in Sacramento dedicated to protecting the freedoms of both private homeschooling and parental rights in the California Legislature. HSLDA has been partnering with Family Protection Ministries for more than 25 years to advance and protect your freedoms in California to teach your children at home. Roy Hanson, Jim Davis, and Nathan Pierce of FPM are our eyes and ears and "troops on the ground" in Sacramento. They work hard against incredible odds and massive opposition in an increasingly hostile Legislature. Yet, God continues to bless their hard work and dedication with the amazing result of a continued 100% preservation of our homeschool freedoms! Both before, during and after our successful court case last year, Family Protection Ministries (FPM) has been leading the fight for us in the California Legislature to successfully prevent and stop several plans to introduce legislation that would have resulted in unacceptable and burdensome regulation of homeschooling. In addition, Family Protection Ministries has led the charge to successfully defeat horrible bills over the last several years which would have significantly reduced your freedom. The following defeated bills would have: (1) Sent parents to jail for homeschooling; (2) Sent good parents to prison for non-abusively spanking their child as a means of discipline; (3) Added "educational neglect" as a category of child abuse, giving social workers power to investigate your homeschool and possibly take your children from you; (4) Mandated mental health examinations for every Californian every three years; (5) Required at-risk screening and intrusive homes visitations of newborn babies; (6) Added a state daytime curfew law; (7) Lowered the compulsory school attendance to age 5 and introduce mandatory kindergarten; (8) Added habitual truancy as a new category of child abuse, resulting in CPS social workers investigating homeschoolers; and (9) Required regular inspections of bathrooms of all schools, including homeschools. Some of these defeated proposals are reintroduced almost every legislative session. We need Family Protection Ministries' leadership to stop bills like these every session. FPM is constantly monitoring thousands of bills and working behind the scenes on bills that could affect private homeschoolers. We must ensure that Family Protection Ministries has the proper resources to be able to continue to monitor all new and amended legislation and to be able to mount an effective opposition to dangerous legislation. In order for FPM to survive, they need an additional $15,000, which is roughly equivalent to an increase in average monthly giving of about $1,200 per month. I know Roy, Jim, and Nathan personally and work with them closely on a regular basis. They are committed to God and the ministry He has given them. They are well respected as competent professionals among those with whom they work. God has given Roy Hanson, Jim Davis, and Nathan Pierce expertise and experience, along with strategic legislative contacts to equip them for this unique work of successfully preventing and eliminating dangerous legislation and getting good legislation passed. FPM must invest their resources and time in developing and maintaining important relationships with dozens of organizations, hundreds of families, and 120 legislative offices. Without FPM's past and current efforts, we would be living under the oppression of a highly regulatory homeschool law. Family Protection Ministries is funded solely by tax-deductible donations from homeschool families in California. Without our giving, FPM will not exist, and home education will be at the peril of the state. We must have FPM's presence in Sacramento to protect our liberties! I am asking you to give sacrificially and generously today to ensure our continued freedom to homeschool in California. FPM needs both new regular monthly support and one-time gifts. For those of you who are already giving regularly to FPM, I thank you and ask you to please consider giving an extra amount at this time. Please also consider forwarding this request onto other homeschoolers. Those who give $40 or more each calendar year will receive FPM's newsletter on a complimentary basis. Make your tax-deductible gift payable to FPM, and mail it today to: FPM P.O. Box 730 Lincoln, CA 95648-0730 Roy, Jim, and Nathan need your help now! Thank you for your consideration of FPM's urgent need as they work diligently to protect our freedoms. Your freedoms as you know them today depend upon having a strong voice in Sacramento to keep the liberal Legislature from imposing their radical views on home education and families. God Bless, Mike Smith President, HSLDA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> Who are the nation's best lobbyists? 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