Tag: Michael Farris

6th Circuit Court: Freedom to Homeschool Not Protected For Asylum Seekers

| May 15, 2013 | Reply

The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the Romeike family who sought asylum in the United States due to Germany’s ban on homeschooling.

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Eric Holder: Banning Homeschooling Doesn’t Violate Fundamental Rights

| February 12, 2013 | 168 Replies

I read an article written by Michael Farris, the founder and chair of HSLDA – the Home School Legal Defense Association.  In it he discussed the case made by government lawyers representing Attorney General Eric Holder during the court hearing for the Romeike family.  You may remember the Romeike’s sought political asylum in the United [...]

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United Nations Treaty Threatens Families, Senate Vote Imminent

| November 27, 2012 | 2 Replies

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has scheduled a vote on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities treaty this week.

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Evangelicals, Romney, and the vote: A matter of conscience

| October 19, 2012 | 25 Replies

Is there only one way that Evangelicals can approach on whether or not to vote for Mitt Romney? Is a vote the same as an endorsement? What is the nature of a vote?

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Do You Share Mitt Romney’s Values?

| October 11, 2012 | 5 Replies

Mitt Romney has been invited to speak in the past at Value Voter’s conferences. One of the many reasons given to vote for Mitt Romney is that he supposedly shares the values or worldview of many on the Christian Right. This does not bode well, if we share his values. Michael Farris, founder of the Home [...]

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Romney Pledges Not to Sign UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

| July 20, 2012 | 3 Replies

I’ve been very critical of him before, but I have to give him kudos here.  In a letter sent to Michael Farris, chairman of the Home School Legal Defense Association Mitt Romney pledged not to support or sign the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child.  He wrote: Thank you for contacting me on [...]

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National Right to Life Committee Addresses Prolife Concerns with the Parental Rights Amendment

| March 27, 2012 | Reply

By Douglas Johnson The article written by Mr. Farris contains numerous misstatements, which we may address in detail at a later date.  Suffice it to say, for the moment, that Mr. Farris provides only a crude caricature of the scope of NRLC’s actual concerns regarding the current language of the PRA — concerns that are [...]

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Obama’s Lust for Power Revealed in State of the Union Education Remarks

| January 25, 2012 | Reply

Shane Vander Hart says not only were President Obama’s education proposals in his State of the Union address unconstitutional, they are historically unprecedented and reveal his lust for power.

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On South Carolina Primary Eve Rick Santorum Surges In Endorsements

| January 20, 2012 | 1 Reply

Rick Santorum on the eve of the South Carolina Primary saw a surge in endorsements from national and local social conservative leaders and activists.

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Overruled: Government Invasion of Your Parental Rights

| August 11, 2011 | Reply

The following is a trailer of a new docudrama from ParentalRights.org entitled Overruled: Government Invasion of Your Parental Rights.

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Planned Parenthood Attacks the Parental Rights Amendment

| February 16, 2011 | Reply

By Michael Farris No doubt you’ve heard about Planned Parenthood in the news lately. They’ve been criticized for covering up the sex trafficking of minors, and they’ve come under media investigation. Their dishonorable techniques have once again been exposed by Live Action’s president Lila Rose. They have counseled an investigator posing as a pimp on [...]

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Protecting Parental Rights

| March 17, 2010 | 8 Replies

Over 800 homeschoolers brought together by the Network of Iowa Christian Home Educators (NICHE) descended on the Iowa Capitol Building yesterday to meet with their legislators, hear from gubernatorial candidates, and hear Michael Farris speak on preserving parental rights.  Dr. Farris is the chairman of the Home School Legal Defense Association, the founder of ParentalRights.org, [...]

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Twenty Items of Interest (v.46) (Updated)

| February 16, 2009 | 8 Replies

1.  2009 Ten Best & Worst States on abortion, bioethics and end-of-life concerns.  (HT: Reasoned Audacity) 2.  New name for the Stimulus Porkulus plan coined by Mike Huckabee this weekend on his show on Fox News.  If I find video of this I’ll post it. Congressional Relief Action Plan.  Tell Congress that we aren’t going [...]

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United Nations Attacking Parental Rights

| February 7, 2009 | 22 Replies

WorldNetDaily reports on an imminent United Nations’ assault on parental rights with Michael Farris, president of ParentalRights.org, chairman of the Home School Legal Defense Association and chancellor of Patrick Henry College weighed in. The item of concern is the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child: He told WND that under the U.N. Convention [...]

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