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Location: Jonquil City (aka Smyrna) Georgia- by Atlanta
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I have mixed feelings about Tim Tebow. He is a great football player and I hope he does well in the NFL. Lord knows they need some excitement there. But he is also a religious nutcase.
I was shocked when I found out that he played high school football for a school that he never attended for even one class! It seems like the state of Florida allows the "home schooled" to play sports for any school they want without attending school there. No only that but they may go there for a variety of activity including the free lunch program if they wish.
And unlike most athletes who must play for the school they attend- usually the one in their neighbourhood, the home schooled religious nutcases can actually CHOOSE the school they want to play for.
In my view if the school is not good nuff for your kids to attend, they should not be going there for other things. If they home schoolers want to have athletics they ought to have their OWN league- maybe "Jesus League" or something.
I agree with the basis of your argument, however... all the religious nutcase/anti-religion mumbo jumbo really has no merit in this discussion. Home schooled children should not be allowed to play for any school they want. They should not be allowed to play on any state funded team in my honest opinion. They should have to start their own team. And then they can schedule games against schools/each other.
In some areas the public schools are doing a pretty good job of working with homeschooling families. Plenty of home schooled students take one or two classes at their local public school; I think it's a positive trend. And somehow I doubt that too many religious nutcases choose to play sports for schools that are terribly far from their homes.
agnostics and their children that don't pay for their public education independent of their tax dollars should be banned from high schools sports as well
Location: Jonquil City (aka Smyrna) Georgia- by Atlanta
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Originally Posted by southernnaturelover
Why? Their taxes pay for public schools just like yours do. You do also know that not all home-schoolers are religious right?
Well my tax money pays for lots of things. It pays for the gym in the White House but do I get to go there and use it? It pays for the day care center in the federal building downtown here but I cannot put my kids into it. It pays for lots and lots of things I do not get to use. If you are going to use the facilities and programs of a public school then enroll there. Otherwise stay home.
I've never lived in Florida but don't home-schooled folks pay public school taxes?
Don't know about Florida, but here the parents of homeschooled children pay school property taxes just like those who send their children to public schools. They should be able to let their children partake of classes/extracurricular activities the same as other children.
As for the religious rant,....the OP really needs to get a life. Because he/she finds religious people distasteful is no reason to punish their children.
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