UK civil rights
Please sign our urgent petition and spread the word http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Home-ed-families/
The Children Schools and Families Bill (second reading due 11/1/10) reverses the assumption of innocence, places the state, rather than parents as primarily responsible for children, and imposes an incredibly bureaucratic scheme without evidence of either need or benefit. it conflicts with many international human rights laws, and relies on enforced compliance through fear to avoid legal challenges. it attempts to portray an element of choice in a number of clauses, which in effect does not exist since the penalties for exercising these choices effectively exclude the option of Home Education. Although it appears to only relate to Home Education, it will set a dangerous precedent regarding the role of the state in basic parenting decisions, and will have huge consequences for all families regarding rights of access to the family home, and to routinely interview children on their own.
Here’s a poem /card you could send to others too http://www.newsfromnowhere.org.uk/XmasPoem.pdf
And this one’s just for fun! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QjdcdG4mP4
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