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You read that correctly. The infraction occurred six years before the policy was ever put into place. So, Fauber “violated” a policy that didn’t exist at the time. To be called a Realtor, you have to be a member of the National Association of Re- altors. And in order to stay in that exclu- sive club (which you pay to be a member of), you subject yourself to the scrutiny of its ethics board.
While Fauber’s attorneys from the Founding Freedoms Law Center are preparing for the next step in his legal bat- tle against the Virginia Association of Re- altors (which administered the sanction based on the national association’s guide- lines), we are left to consider the “suppres- sion” ripples that each instance like this causes. Despite the eventual victories in court of
people like Phillips and Kennedy, how many businesses compromised their be- liefs rather than get targeted like Master- piece Cakeshop? How many coaches or teachers decided not to try to be an exam- ple of humility to the young people that were in their charge, lest they get fired like the coach? How many parents decided not to speak out at their school board meet- ings because the former attorney general
of the United States might have started a dossier on them and the FBI might have investigated them as domestic terrorists? You don’t even need to have done any- thing illegal or immoral to face firing or cancellation. In fact, you may have even done something entirely moral and stood up for your principles. But for the Left, it’s no longer a Culture War. It’s become a Culture Jihad.
Democrat States Targeting Homeschoolers
By Alex Newman Summer 2025
families. “I’d like to talk with the legislature about ways we can stay in better communication – make sure those kids are being well protected, not just in school, but at homeschool as well,” he said.
Also alarming is that the measure would restrict home education to a “primary address” in Minnesota. “As any homeschooling parent knows, homeschool- ing does not exclusively take place at home,” said
jailing those who refuse to comply. And yet, despite the hysteria manufactured by well- funded activists and far-left media outlets, the peer- reviewed research shows homeschooled children are safer than children in government school. In- deed, massive amounts of research and data now exist showing that home-educated children do better on every metric, from safety and academics to so- cialization and tolerance. Unfortunately, even in Republican states, home- schooling is in the crosshairs. The attacks are not as blatant, of course. But as government-funded “school choice” programs proliferate, regulation and controls are following. Even strong Republican states with su- permajorities such as Florida are facing more and more efforts to impose control on tax-funded home- schoolers and private schools. At the national level, multiple totalitarian-minded “child advocates” are openly pushing to end home education altogether. Leading the charge is Harvard Law Professor Elizabeth Bartholet with the “Child Ad- vocacy Project.” In an article for the Arizona Law Re- view, she openly called for a “presumptive ban” on homeschooling. Her sidekick James Dwyer at William and Mary Law School, meanwhile, has sought to “debunk” the idea of parental rights. Yes, seriously. “The reason that parent-child relationship exists is because the state confers legal parenthood on people through its paternity and maternity laws,” he claimed, apparently oblivious to how that sounds to normal people. Beyond the powerful but fringe advocates seeking a total assault on the rights of parents to control the education and upbringing of their children, there are also less obvious threats. The “Coalition for Respon- sible Home Education” (CRHE), for instance, pres- ents itself as a more moderate group merely seeking to “protect” homeschooled children from their par- ents. But in reality, parents are virtually always the best protectors of children. There is a dangerous and powerful effort to have the state usurp all control and responsibility over chil- dren from parents — the very people who most love the children, and those who the Bible says are re- sponsible for their upbringing. It is not new, of course. From Adolf Hitler and his National Socialists to Mao Zedong and his Chinese Communist Party or Joseph Stalin and his Soviet regime, the goal is always the same. And the results are always horrific. Parents must resist this evil like everything depends on stopping it — because it does.
Multiple Democrat states are targeting home- schooling families with draconian new laws and poli- cies, raising alarm among advocates of parental rights and educational freedom. The escalating at- tacks on home education are part of a growing and coordinated movement to control, undermine, and eventually end homeschooling, experts warned. From Minnesota and Illinois to Connecticut and be- yond, lawmakers have in recent months been ex- ploiting extremely rare incidents of abuse or neglect as a pretext to target the millions of parents who pro- vide a world-class education for their children outside of state control. It is part of a strategy to bring all chil- dren and families under government control. Just recently, thousands of parents were forced to descend on the state Capitol in Hartford to push back against a major assault. Following a state report call- ing for more government “protection” of home- schooled children — as if they needed protection from their parents — lawmakers held an “informa- tional hearing” designed to demonize home educa- tion. No legislation has been formally proposed, yet. But bureaucrats, activists, and far-left media outlets such as NBC News seized on the story of a stepmom in Waterbury who allegedly held her stepson captive for two decades to push for more government over- sight. Apparently, the stepmother offered “several ex- planations” to school officials about why she was withdrawing the then-11-year-old victim, including a mention of homeschooling. The state’s “Office of the Child Advocate” (OCA) released a report in May calling for more control. Among the policy recommendations: “that the parent and child appear annually to provide enrollment doc- umentation, that the child be independently evalu- ated annually for academic progress, and that the parent provide initial and periodic assurances that the child is in good health.” State Senator Ceci Maher, who leads the legisla- ture’s “Committee on Children,” argued it was just about keeping children safe. “What we’re looking at is, how do we thread this needle of keeping children safe and supporting homeschooling,” she was quoted as saying in news reports, with no reference to the appalling conditions faced by so many victims of government schools. Gov. Ned Lamont, also a Democrat, has echoed calls for more government control of homeschool
Republican lawmakers, though, blasted the ex- ploitation of the highly unusual case as a pretext to regulate all innocent homeschool families. “To re- spond [to the Waterbury case] by targeting the 40,000 law-abiding families who successfully edu- cate their children at home is misguided, unjust and unfair,” argued State Sen. Jeff Gordon. Meanwhile, Senate Minority Leader Steve Harding lambasted the OCA’s proposals for more control and how they were released the same morning as they were going to be discussed in the legislature. “What a disgrace, what a disgrace — what a spit in the face it is to people in this room,” he said. Separately, homeschoolers in Minnesota are under attack as well. On April 24, the Minnesota Senate ap- proved an amendment that the Home School Legal Defense Association warned would “fundamentally alter the state’s homeschool law.” The new restric- tions would be among the “most onerous in the na- tion,” HSLDA added. Among the restrictions included in Minnesota’s Senate File 1740 is a provision to restrict who can educate the children to just parents or legal guardians. Many homeschooling families also in- clude grandparents, uncles, aunts, and other ex- tended family members in the process. The scheme also prohibits homeschooling by a parent convicted of a broad list of crimes, including misdemeanors.
HSLDA, which represents hundreds of thousands of homeschooling families nationwide. “It can happen on the road, at grandma’s house, at your co-op, or at the park.” “Limiting homeschooling to a residential address is an antiquated understanding of how homeschool- ing works, and it eliminates much of the flexibility that makes homeschooling so great,” continued the ad- vocacy group. “This bill would prevent families from taking advantage of that flexibility.” It would also re- strict coops, online classes, dual enrollment, and many other options that homeschool families fre- quently use. Because it was adopted as an amendment in the Senate, parents did not even have an opportunity to testify. Urging members to push back against the ef- fort with their representatives, HSLDA said there were numerous ways the scheme could be adopted — even if the House does not take it up. One way would be for it to be approved would be in a confer- ence committee. As The Newman Report documented in March, lawmakers in Illinois are also pushing hard to impose draconian restrictions on homeschooling families. Under the proposed “Homeschool Act,” homeschool families would be forced to register and provide de- tailed information to government. Bureaucrats would also be free to investigate parents on a whim, even
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