From: Michael Craft <jsi@idiom.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Nov 1996 10:03:57 -0800 (PST)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Parents effectively lose their right
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> Family Research Council Washington Watch News - October 25, 1996 - Vol.
> 8:1
> 
> "Parents effectively lose their right to direct the upbringing of their
> children when they drop them off at school, according to one federal
> court judge.  Earlier this year, Judge Melinda Harmon, appointed by
> President Bush, ruled that Katy Independent School District in TX did
> not violate parents' rights by allowing Child Protective Services to 
> interrogate a student without notifying his parents, nor by instructing 
> him to lie to his parents about the incident."

Spanking and ecumenical prayer may be illegal in the schools, but 
methinks the above is actually more harmful to society than mindless
prayer or a little paddling.