On Sacrificing Children to Educational Abstractions

There are two heathen altars in American cities on which ordinary citizens sacrifice their children on a regular basis, and it’s unclear which has done the most evil, overall.  I’ll let others decide which is Molech and which, Chemosh, but the first, most obvious idolatry takes the form of Planned Parenthood’s so-called “clinics” and other abortion mills.  The second altar, whereon we sacrifice not their bodies (usually) but their souls, strengths, and minds, is that government Monopoly called the Public Schools.

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From Pierce v. Society of Sisters, 1925 (emphasis added):

Under the doctrine of Meyer v. Nebraska,262 U.S. 390, we think it entirely plain that the Act of 1922 unreasonably interferes with the liberty of parents and guardians to direct the upbringing and education of children under their control: as often heretofore pointed out, rights guaranteed by the Constitution may not be abridged by legislation which has no reasonable relation to some purpose within the competency of the State. The fundamental theory of liberty upon which all governments in this Union repose excludes any general power of the State to standardize its children by forcing them to accept instruction from public teachers only. The child is not the mere creature of the State; those who nurture him and direct his destiny have the right, coupled with the high duty, to recognize and prepare him for additional obligations.