Letter to the Editor
by Julanne Burts
I recently attended a meeting of the
Governors' Commission on Early Childhood Learning (GCEL). While I do not doubt that the participants
have the best interests of children at heart, their solution is typical of what
is wrong with the government's one size fits all solutions.
I know that there are times when the
arm of the government must reach into homes to protect children. But this commission’s proposals would bring
the government into every home. They
seek to intervene where intervention is not needed; to impose the values of the
bureaucrat on families and to use the power of the government to do it. The commission proposes the use of our tax
dollars to accomplish these goals.
For years the cry of the left has been,
"Don’t force your morality on me!"
Today, I join them in that cry.
Don’t force your morality on our families. Don’t send your un-elected agents to our door
to pass judgment on our parenting or on the life lessons we are teaching our
children. Most of us are doing fine with
our children. Don’t seek to solve the
problems of a small minority of families by imposing government solutions on
all of us.
I am sure that the esteemed chairwomen
of this committee, Mrs. Locke and Mrs. Gates, would not tolerate such intrusion
into their family life. Please respect
our right to diversity of thought, religion, and morality and stay out of our
families.
Thank you for giving me an opportunity
to speak for freedom and the rights of families and parents.
Web sites for more information:
Governor's
Commission on Early Learning
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