We are in the midst of early voting for the primary elections here in Texas (May 14-22). The turnout will likely be very low as a result of the fact that the Republican nomination for President of the United States is essentially over. This presents an opportunity for those who choose to participate because a relatively few people will have a large impact on the choice that the Republican and Democratic parties make in nominating candidates for the fall election. [Read more...]
We Own the Courthouse & We’re Taking Your Children
May 10, 2012 By 9 Comments
The sad story of a home school mom who lost her children in a temporary order in a divorce case in a small, rural county in Texas continues. For those who are not familiar with the case, the couple had been married for eleven years and home schooled for many years, all with the approval of the father. When he decided that he wanted a divorce, the airline pilot told his wife that his parents “own the courthouse” and “We will take the children from you, and there is nothing you can do.” [Read more...]
Judge: “I’m a Fool!”
April 27, 2012 By
I read a news story this morning about a Texas judge who ruled in a decision two weeks ago that the state of Texas should exempt the sale of oil and gas extraction equipment from the state sales tax and is now reconsidering his decision. [Read more...]
Help Protect Families and Parental Rights!
April 24, 2012 By
More and more we are reading news accounts from states where there is a growing effort to develop support for increased state regulation for home schooling. One recent article in Ohio referenced the need for regulation, saying, “Stanford University political science and education professor Rob Reich likened it to ‘the Wild West,’ with nearly half the states having either no regulations or low regulations.” A recent column in Indiana lamented the fact that the “Indiana (Education) Code…specifically exempts homeschooling parents from all curricula and programs mandated in the public schools.” [Read more...]
Judges a Key to Parental Rights
April 20, 2012 By
Two years ago THSC PAC and I endorsed a challenger to a sitting judge on the Tenth Court of Appeals of Texas. I opposed the incumbent that I had supported years earlier because of his position on the fundamental, constitutional right of parents. In a blog posting that created a huge firestorm of protest by the incumbent’s supporters, I explained our opposition to the judge’s reelection, and I referred to the written opinion of the chief justice of the Tenth Court of Appeals in that case. [Read more...]
THSC PAC Launches ROBEISSLER.ORG
April 10, 2012 By
Hoping this site educates House District 15 voters on Eissler’s record
(Lubbock) Today Texas Home School Coalition PAC launched RobEissler.org in hopes of educating House District 15 voters about Representative Rob Eissler’s questionable voting record.
Texas Home School Coalition President, Tim Lambert, commented on the site saying, “Rob Eissler’s voting record leaves much to be desired. We attempted to work with Representative Eissler during the 82nd session but he insisted on playing games and working back room deals. His actions have made it clear Texas school children are not his #1 priority.” [Read more...]
Parental Rights Case Back in Court
April 3, 2012 By
Last year the Texas home school community and THSC rallied to the support of a single, fit father in Tarrant County who had lost his daughter to her grandparents by the action of Judge C. Randy Catterton of Tarrant County. The “temporary” order that he issued had resulted in the grandparents having possession and control of his daughter for three years in spite of the fact that no evidence was presented that the father was unfit in any way.
CPS Illegally Takes Children
March 30, 2012 By
In what can only be described as a vendetta, Houston CPS workers illegally took two small grandchildren from a loving, Christian, single grandmother to cover their own failure to investigate a complaint three months earlier regarding the children’s exposure to drug use. THSC has responded by suing CPS in a federal civil rights case. [Read more...]
Judge Backtracks…A Little
March 27, 2012 By
Yesterday in the Cameron courthouse, the fit mom who lost her children in a temporary order by a judge in a custody case was back in court after an earlier hearing last week in which she asked the court to give her “right of first refusal” so that when her husband travels 50 to 75 percent of the time, she, instead of the grandparents, might have her children. The grandparents have had the children as a result of Judge Youngblood’s original ruling requiring they be granted that right when the husband was out of town. Yesterday the judge ruled that the mom can have the children when the husband is out of town for more than two days. [Read more...]
Fit Mother Struggles to Regain Access to Children
March 23, 2012 By
The home school mother who had her children taken from her last week as the result of District Judge John Youngblood’s ruling in a custody case was back in court in Cameron yesterday. She has moved from New Braunfels back to Rockdale, in Milam County, in an effort to have more time with her children under the temporary orders set by Judge Youngblood in the case. [Read more...]
