9th Court Ruling Frightens Dobson
Posted on November 12, 2005
Via WND
A federal appeals court’s dismissal of a lawsuit by parents outraged that a school district surveyed their elementary school-age children about sex is “frightening,” says family advocate James Dobson.
“I think that’s one of the most frightening examples of judicial tyranny that has come down,” said Dobson, founder and head of Focus on the Family, on his daily radio broadcast.
Dobson called the 9th Circuit “the most out-of-control, imperious, unelected, unaccountable court in the country.”
The court determined there is “no fundamental right of parents to be the exclusive provider of information regarding sexual matters to their children.”
“What parents do not have is the right to raise their own children,” Dobson said.
He noted the ruling concerned not only sex education but the whole curriculum.
“I mean the parents either have the responsibility to raise their own children or they don’t,” said Dobson.
The three-judge panel of the full court further ruled that parents “have no due process or privacy right to override the determinations of public schools as to the information to which their children will be exposed while enrolled as students.”
Six parents sued the Palmdale, Calif., School District after finding out their kids had been asked a series of sexual questions in class. They included asking the children about the frequency of:
Touching my private parts too much
Thinking about having sex
Thinking about touching other people’s private parts
Thinking about sex when I don’t want to
Washing myself because I feel dirty on the inside
Not trusting people because they might want sex
Getting scared or upset when I think about sex
Having sex feelings in my body
Can’t stop thinking about sex
Getting upset when people talk about sex
Here is the disturbing part of the ruling:
We also hold that parents have no due process or privacy right to override the determinations of public schools as to the information to which their children will be exposed while enrolled as students.
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This is the most outrageous of all the decisions this collection of miscreant jurists have made to date. In an earlier time during the course of our country’s history this would have been enough to start the Revolution!
Eugene I dont know you but do know the family name. It looks like we are related because our thoughts are the same. I wonder if they keep this crap up if there will not be another one.
This is another case of the right wing media distorting another story. The right wing media leaves out that the survey was done by an outside vendor and asked questions that were not approved by the school district. The school district aknowledged the questions were inappropriate and offered the parents an apology. The school district also modified their policy to prevent something like this from happening again. This did not stop the parents from suing the school district and trying to get money from them.
It bothers me greatly that Dobson and other half-wits are portraying this as judicial activism, when, in fact, the court did a fine job of applying established law to a disturbing set of facts. These parents ran to the courtroom to see if they could bilk the taxpayers out of money instead of accepting the apology and moving on with their lives.
Dan, you are full of crap. Lets apply this same ruling when some school tries to teach the Bible. Isn’t it ironic that parents concerns were ruled in favor of in the case of the pledge of alliegence not having God in it by the same Court? If you think the retards in the 9th Circus did a good job here, then I would like to hear the same rhetoric when your child is being taught something you do object to.
What is wrong with the parents going to the courts to bilk the taxpayers out of money when the ACLU have vulgars sitting around just looking for reason to go to court to bilk money from the taxpayers. I had rather that the parents (who have some morals) have my tax money then the ACLU slimballs.
They read Hillary’s book and they are playing the part of the village-idiots.
To the 9th Circuit Court:
And We the People also hold that “The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with
the blood of patriots and tyrants.”
You are right david it is time for a new 9th Circuit Court
Jay,
You clearly have no understanding of this case. This case has nothing to do with parents concerns. The parents concerns had already been met. The case was entirely about whether the school district should pay damages to the parents. It had nothing to do with what curriculum was being taught in school.
I would guess that the justices of the 9th Circuit Court are much better educated than you are.