ParentalRights.org Rally in Dallas, TX – Saturday, March 1, 2008
We’d like to remind you of an exciting upcoming rally on Saturday, March 1, 2008. Michael P. Farris, J.D. will speak on the important topic of eroding parental rights in the U.S. This issue affects EVERY PARENT IN AMERICA. Don’t miss this special opportunity to hear Farris’s SOLUTION, which he describes as “the battle of the century for every parent in America.” This is a free event, and all parents and concerned citizens in Texas and surrounding states are invited. Read the rest of this entry »
From the November/December 2006 Court Report Cover Story
By Michael P. Farris
Human rights should not be viewed as being in conflict with the promotion of pluralism. At the core, any theory of human rights views the decisions of individuals for their own lives to be presumptively superior to governmental authority. Of course, there are limits to this theory, and not all things that are claimed to be a human right survive logical analysis. But there is something about the right of private judgment that is fundamental to the idea of human rights.
One of the most important applications of this right of private judgment, at least to the homeschooling community, is the right of parents to decide how their children should be educated. Parents should have a prior right to make such decisions that is superior to any claim of government.
Pluralism, properly defined, is a compatible goal with human rights. In an operational sense, pluralism means that people of different races, religions, and views should live together with mutual respect and as equal citizens.
A government may promote pluralism. But if pluralism and human rights are to mean anything, they must mean that a person may not be compelled to give up his or her individual views in the name of making a pluralistic society. In fact, coerced pluralism is a self-defeating objective. Read the rest of this entry »
