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| Date: From: Subject: | 2/19/2013 12:15:23 PM Scott Woodruff--HSLDA Virginia--Calls Needed Now to Advance Parental Rights Bill |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== Virginia--Calls Needed Now to Advance Parental Rights Bill Dear HSLDA Members and Friends: Your calls are urgently needed to support a bill that will protect parental rights in Virginia! HB 1642 has moved successfully through committee in the House, the House floor, and Senate committee, and now it faces a crucial test on the Senate floor. The Virginia General Assembly has never stated whether parental rights should be protected at the highest level--as fundamental rights--or whether they are merely "ordinary" rights that can be pushed aside for nearly any reason. Your right to raise your child as you see fit is under fire from many directions. It is no longer adequate for the General Assembly to remain silent. ACTION REQUESTED Please call your Virginia state senator in Richmond right away and ask him or her to support HB 1642. Your message can be as simple as: "Please vote YES on HB 1642. The right of parents to make decisions about their children should be protected the same as our other most important rights." Use our Legislative Toolbox http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=16807 and type in your ZIP code to find out the name of your Virginia state senator. BACKGROUND HB 1642 is the companion bill to SB 908. Both have been amended somewhat during the legislative process, but as of right now, the contents of both are good. Both protect a parent's right with respect to their child's education. When SB 908 reached the Senate floor earlier, it was approved with good bipartisan support. However, the language of HB 1642 is now slightly different from SB 908, so we cannot assume that every senator who voted for SB 908 will also vote for HB 1642. Your calls are important to maintain momentum! SB 908 itself came out of the House Courts of Justice committee yesterday in good shape. It will go to the House floor soon. When people ask courts to protect their rights against government intrusion, courts first decide whether the right is fundamental, or not fundamental. If the judge decides it's not fundamental, he will allow the government to infringe on the right as long as it has a "rational" reason. But if he decides the right is fundamental, it gets much better protection. The government is allowed to infringe on it only if there is a truly compelling reason, and there is no other way for the government to accomplish a very high priority. Without legislation, a future court could downgrade your rights from fundamental to ordinary. Senator Bryce Reeves, sponsor of SB 908, and Delegate Brenda Pogge, sponsor of HB 1642, are doing excellent work on their bills. ParentalRights.org, the Home Educators Association of Virginia and the Family Foundation are united with HSLDA in supporting these bills. Thank you for standing with us for freedom! Sincerely, Scott Woodruff HSLDA Senior Counsel P.S. We greatly value you and your support--it is a privilege to serve you! If you or someone you know is not a member of HSLDA, will you consider taking a moment today to join or recommend us? Your support for our work enables us to defend individual families and protect homeschooling freedom for all. Join now: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=17251 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> Will your friends stand by you in trouble? They will if you're an HSLDA member and your homeschool is threatened. HSLDA is ready to stand by your side along with 80,000 other homeschool families. 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