Comments on: Will Hosanna-Tabor v. EEOC Give Hope to the Headleys? http://realitybasedcommunity.net/archive/2011/08/will-hosanna-tabor-v-eeoc-give-hope-to-the-headleys.php Sat, 30 Nov 2013 22:22:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 By: Scott Pilutik http://realitybasedcommunity.net/archive/2011/08/will-hosanna-tabor-v-eeoc-give-hope-to-the-headleys.php/comment-page-1#comment-25 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 20:06:08 +0000 http://realitybasedcommunity.net/?p=285#comment-25 That’s a great question and one I honestly hadn’t thought much about. I haven’t seen much in the way of documents in the Montalvo case so I’m not in much of a position to render a useful opinion. My limited understanding is that Daniel Montalvo has the functional education of an 8th grader [see Jonny Jacobson on this], although I’m not sure what that literally means–whether he completed the eighth grade or whether that represents a guesstimate of the sum total of educational experience coming in drips and drabs while at Bridge Publications. The complaint suggests that while he attended school, he did so once a week. I don’t believe the complaint noted which school, but it’s notable that the public school system wasn’t named a party, nor was any other school or school district, so we may never know.

To answer your question in the most general form, though, school attendance laws are neutral laws and not subject to religious exceptions or accommodations. The way around this for religious adherents is to homeschool, but there’s never been any suggestion that Scientology has even attempted to homeschool its underage SO members. And why should they when they’re the only ones bothering to save the planet? Plenty of time for those younger meat bodies to learn in subsequent lifetimes.

]]> By: me with a question http://realitybasedcommunity.net/archive/2011/08/will-hosanna-tabor-v-eeoc-give-hope-to-the-headleys.php/comment-page-1#comment-24 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 18:38:01 +0000 http://realitybasedcommunity.net/?p=285#comment-24 Thanks Tikk.

I always appreciate your analysis and links.

Reading through some of the briefs got me wondering about the Daniel Montalvo case.
Will the secular laws requiring teachers to report truancy and abuse to protect minors take presidence above religious protections?

]]> By: AnonLover http://realitybasedcommunity.net/archive/2011/08/will-hosanna-tabor-v-eeoc-give-hope-to-the-headleys.php/comment-page-1#comment-23 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 00:13:14 +0000 http://realitybasedcommunity.net/?p=285#comment-23 Thanks Tikk, as always – this was extremely helpful!

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