Cal Thomas is a Christian columnist who gets it right. Courtesy of Pam's House Blend, I found this gem where he gives a lot of food for thoughts on whether parents should keep their kids in public schools:

That the state once did such things, or at least did not undermine what parents taught their children, is irrelevant. The culture in which we now live no longer reflects the beliefs of our grandparents' generation. For better, or for worse (and a strong case can be made that things are much worse), people who cling to the beliefs of previous generations have been given another chance to do what they should have been doing all along.

Religious parents should exercise the opportunity that has always been theirs. They should remove their children from state schools with their "instruction manuals" for turning them into secular liberals, and place them in private schools - or home school them - where they will be taught the truth, according to their parents' beliefs. Too many parents who would never send their children to a church on Sunday that taught doctrines they believed to be wrong, have had no problem placing them in state schools five days a week where they are taught conflicting doctrines and ideas.

It mirrors some of my own thoughts about the public school system. After all, the problem is not just curriculum, its personnel, the entire bureaucracy and staff of the schools. Making changes to curriculum is not going to fix it. Moving out of the system is the best solution. Now, I'm not saying, you're a bad parent if you send your kid to public school, but logically it doesn't make any sense.

Now, Pam with a traditional show of liberal love, compassion, and understanding endorsed the proposal:

See ya, fundies...

Well, there's a bit of a problem that Cal Thomas alluded to in his column:

Private schools or home schooling cost extra money (another reason to favor school choice) and extra time...

Notice, that Pam has no problems with the kids leaving, but the left will still want the parents to pay not only to support their own children's education, but a public school system that doesn't represent their viewpoint.

I'm reminded of the Old Testament Story of Pharoh and Moses where Pharoh would agree to let the people go Worship the Lord under a ridiculous condition: "You can go, but your wife and kids stay." As Rabbi Schmuley Boteach pointed out in a great piece six months ago, America, unlike France, Sweden, England, Canada, or the various Liberal European Countries makes religious people pay twice for education, but America does.

So my message to the left is "Let Our Children Go!"