Pretty much all Christians agree our country has problems. The problem is the solutions offered by most Christians is more of the same that has been tried over the last 50 years. Here’s an example from a friend running for the local school board, which he posted on Facebook:

“Children have been entrusted to their parents and parents trust the schools to educate their kids. This means that schools must honor the request of the parents when it comes to thier kids. And this means that schools do not have the right to do as they please with our kids!”

The problem is that some parents request crazy things like their sons to use the girls locker room and bathroom.

It’s also just not true as courts have ruled. For example, “Fields v. Palmdale (2005), which held that parents have no say in what, when, or how their children are taught about controversial subjects in the public schools; and Parker v. Hurley (2007), which held that parents have no right to opt their children out of objectionable material, even if it does not involve a core curricular subject.”

Not only that, but schools can hand out birth control and even help girls get an abortion. Colorado law only requires that parents be notified–not that they consent.

The problem is we’re forced to pay for public school whether we like it or not. As with all socialist systems, they get their money regardless of whether they provide good service. There’s no good way to force biblical beliefs on a socialist system, because the very existence of socialism is contrary to Scripture.

Public school is failing and we need to give it a push.