Religious Homeschooling Editorial Policy
This is a religious
tolerant website.
It is not in my long-range plan to make this a predominantly
religious homeschooling website. Personally, I'm an "unschooler,"
and though Christian, I don't consider myself a fundamentalist,
and I'm not homeschooling for religious reasons. Thus, you'll
find this a site, I hope, to be moderately comfortable for homeschoolers
of all creeds and national origins.
Sometimes I have to make a determination: does a site primarily
focus on the religious aspects of homeschooling or on another
aspect? For example, some sites focus more on their state, and
helping members of their faith homeschool within the laws of
their state and the politics there. Should a "Regional"
site have lots of information that would be helpful to members
of a particular faith outside their geographic area, I may post
it here, too.
While a homeschool site may well have a section on a particular
religion, but it is not dominant at the site, it is probably
linked elsewhere, according to its strengths. I am trying to
link to the best pages of a site, those with the most help to
the most homeschooling families.
Also, some religions just don't have a website for homeschoolers
of their faith, or don't have a national or international association
that I can find. The Christian fundamentalists are really pushing
to have a presence on the web. Other denominations just aren't
focusing as much. It may be a "niche" you can help
fill. If you see there is no homeschool site for your religion
or cultural group with good links for resources, etc., perhaps
you could create one, and then email me and let me know the site
title and web address.
Personally, I'm uncomfortable with homeschool groups that
advocate hitting children. If the organization that puts up a
site says it requires a "statement of faith," I may
chose not to link it. If it has other redeeming features, I might,
but also stating that it has requirements. This is, after all,
my web site, and my goal is to provide as many good links as
I can to homeschoolers in general.
I also will not attempt to link religious sites that are not
directly related to homeschooling. I leave that up to the religious
homeschooling sites themselves. They are in a better position
than I am to determine if a religious website would be right
for their particular religion, not I.
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