THE CAUSE CONTINUED

So it was that the will of the people gave way to the consent, and so they declared their Independence and Freedom from Absolute Rule and Power, mutually pledging their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred Honor.

"We, therefore, the representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the name and by the authority of the good people of these colonies solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, FREE AND INDEPENDENT STATES; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British crown and that all political connection between them and the state of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved; and that, as free and independent states, they have full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and do all other acts and things which independent states may of right do. And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor."

Last paragraph, Declaration of Independence


Indeed, a long and bloody war soon followed, casualties of immense proportions were suffered upon by both sides. Each battling with courage and valor, soldiers in combat, and identical in respect for one another.Freedom,in the end and as it should be, was justified with honorable means. So a new nation was born, with a populace that understood any society which strives to be righteous, must be a governed society, with a form of order, whereas for certainty, that the will and power of the people will not be usurped.Henceforth, they made certain that their new nation, created by the people, for the people, and of the people, set firm laws so as to the will of the people would always overpower the want of special interests.


Fact

In California, it is against the law to home school your own child unless you have a teacher accreditation.

A California appeals court ruling clamping down on homeschooling by parents without teaching credentials sent shock waves across the state this week, leaving an estimated 166,000 children as possible truants and their parents at risk of prosecution.

Yet the appeals court said state law has been clear since at least 1953, when another appellate court rejected a challenge by homeschooling parents to California's compulsory education statutes. Those statutes require children ages 6 to 18 to attend a full-time day school, either public or private, or to be instructed by a tutor who holds a state credential for the child's grade level.


San Francisco Chronical March 7, 2008


This is only one example of the direct contradiction this is to the principles of what America was founded upon. Not only is freedom of choice stripped away, your child basically becomes a ward of the state .this country was formed to escape this type of control. Am I the only one who see's that the abuse of power has gotten way beyond our rights as a people? I argue not theology, philosophy, or conspiracy. I do not think our government is out to get me. I certainly do not believe I can change the world. Nor do I profess to be so wise as to say I have all the answers. What I offer is this: