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LAW OF THE LAND
Dobson blasts 'frightening' court ruling
9th Circuit said parents don't have exclusive rights in child's education
Posted: November 12, 2005
1:00 a.m. Eastern
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James Dobson
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." ...