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You and I've lived too long
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with this miracle to properly
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be appreciative.
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Freedom is a fragile thing
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and it's never more
than one generation
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away from extinction.
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It is not ours
by way of inheritance.
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It must be fought for
and defended constantly
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by each generation...
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For it comes only
once to a people.
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And those in world history
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who have known freedom
and then lost it...
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Have never known it again.
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"For it will not
be you speaking,
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but the spirit of your father
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speaking through you."
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- Mike, breakfast.
- Sorry, honey.
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No time. Love you, guys.
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Why can't my pancakes
come out round?
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This one looks like Australia.
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They'll taste the same as
any other continent, sweetie.
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- I promise.
- Hey, hey dad.
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- What about this car?
- How much have you saved?
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Okay, well if I sell my guitar
I can, you know,
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probably get couple
hundred extra bucks.
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Yeah, it's too expensive.
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- Just keep lookin', alright?
- Alright.
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You're the best.
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I love you guys.
I'll see you at 6:00.
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- Love you.
- Love you.
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- They're all yours.
- Reading and theology today.
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Pick up at 5:00. Okay.
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Hey, Jackson.
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Honey, I'll be home as
soon as work is over, okay?
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I think Shannon has a new
puzzle she wants to show you.
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- Okay.
- Hey, Jackson's here.
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Have you had breakfast yet?
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Someone at the restaurant
called in sick,
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so I'm gonna have to pull
a double tonight.
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- I'm sorry.
- It doesn't happen often.
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Anyway, uh, Jackson's babysitter
will pick him up tonight.
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Do you remember miss Meredith,
the church secretary?
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Taylor, it's gonna be fine.
Promise.
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Right. Thanks.
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This means more to us
than you know.
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This coffee is wonderful.
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So tell me about your
mission trip. Was it amazing?
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Oh, you would love China.
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She's my native country,
but I don't think I can return.
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Why?
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The persecution
of people of faith
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is much worse now
than when I left.
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And not just of christians but
of uyghur muslims and others.
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Yeah, I heard they're
tryin' to take millions
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in re-education camps.
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Now they're trying
to contextualize the Bible
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to make it more
culturally appropriate.
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Freedom is fragile, ayisha.
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Did you see your family?
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I traveled to the other
side of the world.
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They still won't speak to me
now that I'm a Christian.
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My family lives down the street
and my father won't talk to me.
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I didn't think that
christianity could be so...
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Lonely?
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Okay, this is North America.
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Put it where it
belongs on the map.
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Sorry, I'm late.
Jail ministry went long.
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No worries.
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- Hey, Brandon.
- Hey, Mr. Hill.
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- Ooh, nice.
- Hey calc now, cars later.
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- I like the truck.
- Yeah, me too.
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17, buyin' my first car.
I remember that.
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It's amazing you can get him
to think about anything else.
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Yeah, I guess.
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How's Jackson doin'?
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He's comin' out of
his shell a little bit.
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He relaxes around
Shannon, so that's good.
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Yeah. That is good.
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How about Taylor?
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She's been at the church
for like six months
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and I just realized that
I don't know anything about her.
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I guess it's my fault.
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No, don't beat yourself up.
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She keeps to herself.
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Usually works nights so she can
be with Jackson during the day.
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Didn't know that.
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Still it's my job
to let people know
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they have a home at St. Jude's.
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Alright, everyone.
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Let's get our bibles out
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and get ready
for some reading time.
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Yeah, guys. Let's get to work.
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Yeah!
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Today is, drum roll please.
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We're talkin' about Noah.
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Open your bibles
to Genesis seven.
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That's really good, Shannon.
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Okay, let's talk about
what we just heard.
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It's about to get really wet.
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Well, I think there's more
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to this story than just rain.
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How do you think
people reacted to Noah
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when he suddenly started
to build a big boat?
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They probably thought
he was nuts.
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I think you may be right.
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And that's the point.
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Sometimes trusting god means
believing and doing things
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that the world won't understand,
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but we know that god honors
our obedience to him.
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I'm Ms. Dowd
with social services.
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I'm here to review your
homeschooling environment.
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Uh, no one called
to let me know.
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We've switched
to unannounced visitations.
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May I come in?
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Good afternoon, children.
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- Good afternoon.
- Good afternoon.
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I'm Ms. Dowd.
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Since you don't have
a board-certified instructor
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I'm here to make sure you
aren't missing anything.
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Is Ms. Short for miss or missus?
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It's not short for anything.
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- It's complete by itself.
- Oh, she meant no disrespect.
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She's just asking
if you're single or married
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so she might address
you properly.
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I identify as self-partnered.
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Might I ask what
subject we're studying?
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It's a combined unit
of reading and theology.
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- And you are?
- Oh.
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I'm reverend David hill
from St. Jude's.
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Our church, uh, helped
found the co-op.
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My interest is
only with the parents
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and with the children.
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And the lesson
plan is "the Bible."
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Well for theology,
I'd be hard-pressed
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to find a more appropriate book.
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Uh-huh.
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Why don't you continue
as if I'm not even here?
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Okay.
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Wanna pick up where
we left off, Shannon?
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Sure.
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"You are to bring into the ark
two of all living creatures
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male and female to keep
them alive with you."
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"Noah did everything
as god commanded him."
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So the takeaway,
they're teachable moment
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from the Noah myth
is obey god or die?
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I mean, that's one way
to look at it.
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Uh-huh.
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And the animals,
what exactly was the sin
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that required their destruction?
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These are my recommendations
to the state.
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Escalation?
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That's not up to me.
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I heard you pullin' up.
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- Long day, huh?
- Very. How was Jackson?
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You know I love your boy
like he's my own,
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but he needs help, Taylor.
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- Mommy.
- It's okay, honey. I'm here.
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- You came back.
- Of course.
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Mommy always comes back.
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I was just at work.
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What if you had to go to
heaven to be with daddy?
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Oh, honey,
that's not gonna happen.
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The country is just
now beginning to realize
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that unity means
winning under our terms.
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Frankly, everybody's
tired of this stalemate.
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The very idea of unity
in this country
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we've now considered
to be a myth.
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Everybody's ready to move
on from this gridlock
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which is why my staff and I
have drafted new legislation.
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Legislation that's
gonna guarantee
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that every child in this country
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gets the kind of education
that they deserve.
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Now mind you,
we're gonna get this done
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with or without the help of our
friends from across the aisle.
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We know what
the American people need.
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They need progress
and we're gonna give it to 'em.
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Thank you.
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Remember the visit we got from
social services the other day
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and we thought it wasn't
gonna be a big deal?
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- Yeah?
- It is a big deal.
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I know, Mike.
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Phone's been ringin'
off the hook here.
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Look, I'll come by later, okay?
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We'll figure this out together.
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Bye.
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Oh, hey you two.
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I'm here to pick
up those study guides
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for seminary school,
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but we can come back
if this is a bad time.
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No, no, no, no, no.
Please come on in, have a seat.
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- Meredith, can you find those?
- Yeah.
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Martin, you're gonna
be a great pastor.
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What's the latest on
the homeschooling co-op?
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Well, every family in the co-op
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has just received
a court summons.
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- How is that possible?
- I don't know.
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I always thought
the law gave parents
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the freedom to homeschool
as they see fit.
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Growing up, we always
heard that in america
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you could say
whatever you please,
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wear whatever you like
and worship whomever you will.
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And that's still true, ayisha.
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This is just a misunderstanding,
it has to be.
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Yes, the supreme court said
we can worship god
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according to the dictates
of our own conscience.
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It's how the court
defines Liberty.
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How do you know so much
about the constitution?
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I studied for the civics
test to get my citizenship.
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American history is
a hobby for me now.
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The constitution is
an amazing document.
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Yup, I suppose it is.
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Uh, hi, excuse me.
Are you selling your car?
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Sure am. You buyin'?
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Yeah. Yeah, yeah.
Uh, well, maybe.
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- I'm Brandon.
- Kayla.
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So, like what you see?
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Huh?
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The car.
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Yes. Yeah. She's very beautiful.
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- It's beautiful. The... the car.
- Uh-huh.
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I was talkin' about. This is
just a temporary right now.
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May I ask why you're selling it?
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I start college in the fall.
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It's too expensive
to have a car on campus.
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Totally, college. Yeah.
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Well, it'd be great if I could,
uh, get some pictures.
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Uh, yeah. Brandon.
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- Kayla.
- Yeah. I already asked you.
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Yup.
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Sorry.
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It all seems so extreme.
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Dave, I want you to know
that we will not
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be cooperating at all, 'Kay?
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Not giving in is more like it.
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Yeah, I've spoken to the board.
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We could certainly
adjust the curriculum
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to be more accommodating.
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Don't you mean
compromise the curriculum?
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We already told them
we're not conforming.
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Religion has been removed
from our schools.
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They're teaching kids
that they don't need god.
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Their faith is irrelevant to
their personal choices, Dave.
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I hear you.
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I mean these are some of the
reasons we started the co-op
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in the first place. It's just...
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I need you to understand
what you're getting
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yourself into
when you fight city hall.
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Church really should've
moved off-campus
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50 years ago when...
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Court costs, attorney fees.
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Communities become divided.
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A beacon of violence
and controversy
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and it has no place here
at Hadley university campus.
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It's a time-consuming
draining experience
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that rarely ends
the way that you had hoped.
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We understand.
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Lemme know if there's
anything else I can do.
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Sorry I couldn't
be of more help.
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During our observed instruction,
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a number of
deficiencies were noted.
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These include one, lack of
instructional effectiveness.
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Two, an environment inferior
to a group-learning experience.
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Three, the parents' inability
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to cover all intellectual areas.
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And four, the absence
of sufficient equipment
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especially in the sciences.
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We are concerned
that these children
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may not acquire
the essential skills
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for good citizenship
and for their learning.
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Has there been some attempt
at upgrading the curriculum?
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There has, your honor.
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But the parents
in the St. Jude co-op
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have refused to conform
their curriculum
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with district norms.
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- Is this true?
- Yes, your honor.
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But you need to understand...
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A simple yes or no
would answer the question.
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If you say yes,
that's a problem.
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Does the district
have a recommendation?
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We recommend
the children be returned
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to an accredited learning
program immediately.
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Your honor,
the district is complaining
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about the lack of socialization.
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00:15:53,964 --> 00:15:55,733
But our children are
being denied the chance
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to participate in any kind of
extracurricular activities.
286
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State law is clear.
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Homeschoolers have no right
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to exploit
extracurricular activities
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00:16:03,673 --> 00:16:05,441
at a school they don't
see fit to attend.
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00:16:05,475 --> 00:16:07,610
It's an either/or
situation, Mr. McKinnon.
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00:16:07,644 --> 00:16:10,380
The children in your co-op
cannot ask for dessert
292
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without eating
their dinner first.
293
00:16:12,415 --> 00:16:15,385
Their parents pay
taxes though, right?
294
00:16:15,418 --> 00:16:19,322
- Excuse me?
- I mean their property taxes.
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00:16:19,355 --> 00:16:22,258
That would cover the dessert
and the dinner too, correct?
296
00:16:22,291 --> 00:16:23,459
And you are?
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00:16:23,493 --> 00:16:24,962
Reverend David hill, your honor.
298
00:16:24,995 --> 00:16:26,675
It was our church
that organized the co-op.
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00:16:27,831 --> 00:16:30,400
I remember you well, pastor.
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00:16:30,433 --> 00:16:33,536
I do not pretend to be
an educational professional
301
00:16:33,569 --> 00:16:37,407
and I also note however
that neither are any of you.
302
00:16:37,440 --> 00:16:39,409
This case could
take years to settle
303
00:16:39,442 --> 00:16:42,245
and your children simply
can't wait that long.
304
00:16:42,278 --> 00:16:44,514
In the interim,
I am going to sign an order
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00:16:44,547 --> 00:16:47,350
giving you 10 days
to either conform
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00:16:47,383 --> 00:16:49,720
to the district
supervisor's recommendation
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00:16:49,753 --> 00:16:53,757
or enroll your children
in accredited schools.
308
00:16:53,791 --> 00:16:55,458
And if we refuse?
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00:16:57,660 --> 00:17:00,563
Parents have the freedom
to raise their children
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00:17:00,596 --> 00:17:03,734
in line with their moral
and religious beliefs.
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00:17:03,767 --> 00:17:07,838
Your children, however, enjoy
the right to an education.
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00:17:07,871 --> 00:17:09,707
Your freedoms as parents
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00:17:09,740 --> 00:17:14,444
do not supersede
your children's rights.
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00:17:14,477 --> 00:17:17,781
Your beliefs do not exempt
you from the law, Mr. McKinnon.
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00:17:17,815 --> 00:17:20,550
Therefore, if your children
do not show up at school
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00:17:20,583 --> 00:17:23,754
a week from Monday,
you will be fined $1,000 a day
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00:17:23,787 --> 00:17:25,588
for the first two weeks.
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00:17:25,621 --> 00:17:29,026
Thereafter, you will be
charged with contempt of court,
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00:17:29,059 --> 00:17:31,461
meaning you will be
incarcerated.
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00:17:31,494 --> 00:17:33,496
During which time,
the court will appoint
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00:17:33,529 --> 00:17:35,766
temporary custody
of your children
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00:17:35,799 --> 00:17:39,669
to someone who will abide
by the court's decision.
323
00:17:39,703 --> 00:17:42,472
Perhaps the good reverend
can explain further
324
00:17:42,505 --> 00:17:45,876
the ramifications of contempt
in this courtroom.
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00:17:45,909 --> 00:17:47,845
So ordered.
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00:17:52,315 --> 00:17:54,517
Just tell me, lord.
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00:17:54,550 --> 00:17:56,419
Is my family's
isolation the price
328
00:17:56,452 --> 00:17:57,721
that you're asking me to pay?
329
00:18:02,558 --> 00:18:05,229
Of course, they'll abide by your
will, whatever that may be.
330
00:18:08,531 --> 00:18:10,600
If there's any other way,
just please show me.
331
00:18:13,469 --> 00:18:15,271
I'll do anything...
332
00:18:17,040 --> 00:18:18,842
If I could just see
my family again.
333
00:18:57,047 --> 00:18:59,683
Uh, excuse me, pastor hill?
334
00:18:59,716 --> 00:19:01,417
Jude.
335
00:19:01,450 --> 00:19:03,053
I told you,
you can just call me David.
336
00:19:03,086 --> 00:19:05,989
- Oh, right.
- Hey, you know what?
337
00:19:06,023 --> 00:19:07,724
Maybe you can help me
with this sermon.
338
00:19:07,758 --> 00:19:10,426
- Certainly, pastor David.
- Ah!
339
00:19:10,459 --> 00:19:12,528
- Okay.
- What's the topic?
340
00:19:12,562 --> 00:19:15,866
Topic is "what does
faith look like?"
341
00:19:15,899 --> 00:19:17,935
It's so hard to nail it down.
342
00:19:17,968 --> 00:19:19,368
Yes.
343
00:19:19,402 --> 00:19:21,905
Because it's relative.
344
00:19:21,939 --> 00:19:25,142
In Nigeria, many of the people
that we minister to
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00:19:25,175 --> 00:19:28,544
are only ever a moment
away from death.
346
00:19:28,578 --> 00:19:33,616
Death from hunger,
disease, bad water.
347
00:19:33,649 --> 00:19:37,486
Villagers walk to church,
many for hours.
348
00:19:37,520 --> 00:19:41,557
They don't say, "oh, I have
to go to church today."
349
00:19:41,591 --> 00:19:45,128
They say, "yes, it's Sunday.
I get to go to church."
350
00:19:45,162 --> 00:19:48,732
In the backcountry,
people don't have money.
351
00:19:48,765 --> 00:19:52,468
They bring carrots, eggs, milk.
352
00:19:52,501 --> 00:19:53,770
It's all they have.
353
00:19:55,005 --> 00:19:57,040
It's their widow's mite.
354
00:19:57,074 --> 00:19:59,843
They're happy to give
the lord thanks
355
00:19:59,877 --> 00:20:02,645
for one more week of life.
356
00:20:02,679 --> 00:20:05,015
So, when somebody puts
a gun on their heads and say,
357
00:20:05,048 --> 00:20:07,784
"denounce Jesus and die,"
358
00:20:07,818 --> 00:20:12,655
they say, "Jesus, I'm coming
home to you."
359
00:20:12,689 --> 00:20:17,094
That's what faith looks like
for those who have nothing,
360
00:20:17,127 --> 00:20:19,495
who are so close
to death every day
361
00:20:19,528 --> 00:20:22,431
and still have that
fire and love for god.
362
00:20:26,502 --> 00:20:29,172
- You humble me, Jude.
- No.
363
00:20:29,206 --> 00:20:31,909
We all have our cross to bear.
364
00:20:31,942 --> 00:20:36,947
America is a country so blessed
with prosperity,
365
00:20:36,980 --> 00:20:40,918
it only makes sense that much
will be asked of her in return.
366
00:20:42,819 --> 00:20:46,823
To whom much is given,
much will be required.
367
00:20:49,960 --> 00:20:51,527
Much will be required.
368
00:21:02,205 --> 00:21:03,707
I miss you, old friend.
369
00:21:20,523 --> 00:21:21,858
Ah, St. Jude's church.
370
00:21:23,093 --> 00:21:24,593
Yeah, this is he.
371
00:21:27,998 --> 00:21:28,998
Oh, okay.
372
00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:31,467
Wait, what?
373
00:21:33,136 --> 00:21:35,005
Who is this again?
374
00:21:35,038 --> 00:21:36,683
I don't have the money
to pay for those kinds of fines.
375
00:21:36,707 --> 00:21:38,909
- None of us do.
- Well that's it.
376
00:21:38,942 --> 00:21:40,853
We're gonna enroll our kids
into oakwood on Monday.
377
00:21:40,877 --> 00:21:43,814
Look at this.
You know the Andersons, right?
378
00:21:43,847 --> 00:21:45,849
Okay, all their
kids go to oakwood.
379
00:21:45,882 --> 00:21:47,884
Matty Anderson brought
that home from school.
380
00:21:49,753 --> 00:21:52,122
This is an advertisement
for birth control.
381
00:21:52,155 --> 00:21:54,858
Yeah. They passed
it out in class.
382
00:21:54,891 --> 00:21:57,761
Matty's in the second grade.
He's 7.
383
00:21:57,794 --> 00:21:59,296
How long 'til
they bring that here?
384
00:21:59,329 --> 00:22:00,807
I mean we're not
subjecting Shannon to that
385
00:22:00,831 --> 00:22:02,631
and none of you should have to.
386
00:22:02,665 --> 00:22:03,967
No, you shouldn't...
387
00:22:05,302 --> 00:22:07,004
Which is why
388
00:22:07,037 --> 00:22:09,773
I think we should fight this.
389
00:22:09,806 --> 00:22:11,674
We need to.
390
00:22:11,708 --> 00:22:13,877
With all due respect, Dave,
391
00:22:13,910 --> 00:22:16,179
you're not the one
on the hook for fines.
392
00:22:16,213 --> 00:22:17,848
Not to mention,
the contempt of court.
393
00:22:19,750 --> 00:22:22,185
The church will stand
with you on this.
394
00:22:22,219 --> 00:22:23,820
We'll organize a plan
and help with any
395
00:22:23,854 --> 00:22:25,922
court costs
and attorney fees if need be.
396
00:22:25,956 --> 00:22:28,992
Dave, the church doesn't
have those kinds of funds.
397
00:22:30,794 --> 00:22:34,031
We have eight days
to figure it out
398
00:22:34,064 --> 00:22:37,300
and I... I will personally
399
00:22:37,334 --> 00:22:41,171
cover the cost of any fines
if we have to.
400
00:22:41,204 --> 00:22:42,906
David, unless you
won the lottery,
401
00:22:42,939 --> 00:22:45,308
there's no way you'll be
able to pay for all this.
402
00:22:45,342 --> 00:22:46,943
Unless you're betting,
you won't have to.
403
00:22:46,977 --> 00:22:49,813
I have faith
that I won't have to.
404
00:22:49,846 --> 00:22:52,916
And if I do,
I'll deal with it then.
405
00:22:52,949 --> 00:22:54,084
This is important.
406
00:22:55,185 --> 00:22:56,552
Why the change of heart?
407
00:22:58,621 --> 00:23:00,589
An old friend reminded me that
408
00:23:02,125 --> 00:23:03,827
our freedoms came with a price.
409
00:23:05,362 --> 00:23:07,064
China banned homeschooling
410
00:23:07,097 --> 00:23:09,766
because homeschool
students are not exposed
411
00:23:09,800 --> 00:23:12,803
to state-sponsored
indoctrination.
412
00:23:12,836 --> 00:23:15,338
If any parents chooses
to homeschool,
413
00:23:15,372 --> 00:23:18,708
they must do so underground
and at great risk.
414
00:23:18,742 --> 00:23:21,211
Once a freedom is taken away...
415
00:23:21,244 --> 00:23:23,213
It is very difficult
to get it back.
416
00:23:23,246 --> 00:23:24,247
Exactly.
417
00:23:24,281 --> 00:23:25,949
And to that end,
418
00:23:25,982 --> 00:23:27,951
I think we might
have a little help.
419
00:23:27,984 --> 00:23:30,687
Earlier, I got a phone
call from Daryl Smith.
420
00:23:30,720 --> 00:23:33,090
- A congressman from Texas.
- Congressman?
421
00:23:33,123 --> 00:23:35,692
Mr. Smith told me congress
is meeting next week
422
00:23:35,725 --> 00:23:37,894
and they're having
hearings on education.
423
00:23:37,928 --> 00:23:39,705
They asked if any of us
would go to Washington
424
00:23:39,729 --> 00:23:41,064
and describe our situation.
425
00:23:43,700 --> 00:23:45,634
Washington, DC?
426
00:23:45,668 --> 00:23:46,970
Washington, DC.
427
00:23:48,138 --> 00:23:49,139
Yeah.
428
00:23:53,743 --> 00:23:55,121
Hey, son, make sure
to help grandma.
429
00:23:55,145 --> 00:23:56,889
It's only gonna be a
couple of nights. Promise.
430
00:23:56,913 --> 00:23:59,116
Yeah, sure.
431
00:23:59,149 --> 00:24:00,693
Hey so dad, I know with
everything going on,
432
00:24:00,717 --> 00:24:02,052
money might be tight
433
00:24:02,085 --> 00:24:03,720
especially if you guys have
to pay fines.
434
00:24:03,753 --> 00:24:05,122
Everything's gonna be fine.
435
00:24:05,155 --> 00:24:07,390
We're gonna work this out.
What's this?
436
00:24:07,424 --> 00:24:10,794
Well, just in case. I want you
to take the money for the car.
437
00:24:10,827 --> 00:24:13,396
It's not gonna kill me to ride
a bike a little while longer.
438
00:24:13,430 --> 00:24:16,066
You're gonna make me
cry now, okay? No.
439
00:24:16,099 --> 00:24:18,869
Me and your mother are gonna
work this thing out, I promise.
440
00:24:18,902 --> 00:24:20,379
But you know, I want you
to know somethin', okay?
441
00:24:20,403 --> 00:24:22,272
I couldn't be any more proud
442
00:24:22,305 --> 00:24:24,040
than I am of you right now, son.
443
00:24:25,475 --> 00:24:28,278
- I love you, man.
- Yeah, I love you.
444
00:24:28,311 --> 00:24:29,746
Alright, don't cry. Don't cry.
445
00:24:29,779 --> 00:24:31,414
Be good for grandma,
do whatever she says
446
00:24:31,448 --> 00:24:33,216
and no arguing
over bedtime, okay?
447
00:24:33,250 --> 00:24:34,918
Mom, really?
448
00:24:34,951 --> 00:24:36,419
I got this.
449
00:24:36,453 --> 00:24:37,888
Too big to give your mom a hug?
450
00:24:39,789 --> 00:24:41,158
You guys heard from Taylor?
451
00:24:41,191 --> 00:24:43,059
- We need to get goin'.
- There she is.
452
00:24:51,468 --> 00:24:53,479
- I hope I haven't made us late.
- What's wrong, honey?
453
00:24:53,503 --> 00:24:56,740
- Is it Jackson?
- He's with miss Meredith.
454
00:24:56,773 --> 00:24:58,775
Okay. It's worth it, right?
Our kids?
455
00:24:58,808 --> 00:25:00,744
'Course it is. Taylor,
what's the matter?
456
00:25:00,777 --> 00:25:02,257
We should go.
We can't miss our plane.
457
00:25:05,482 --> 00:25:06,716
I really appreciate you comin'
458
00:25:06,750 --> 00:25:07,918
along and keepin' me company.
459
00:25:07,951 --> 00:25:09,452
Did you know that two presidents
460
00:25:09,486 --> 00:25:11,188
kept alligators
at the white house?
461
00:25:11,221 --> 00:25:13,757
It's just sometimes
I feel a little out of place
462
00:25:13,790 --> 00:25:15,458
being the only
non-parent in the group.
463
00:25:15,492 --> 00:25:17,894
- No way.
- I know, it's silly, but...
464
00:25:17,928 --> 00:25:19,462
There's a statue
of Darth Vader's head
465
00:25:19,496 --> 00:25:21,831
on top of
the national cathedral.
466
00:25:21,865 --> 00:25:22,966
- What?
- What?
467
00:25:25,168 --> 00:25:27,437
Thanks for letting me come
along. It means a lot to me.
468
00:25:27,470 --> 00:25:29,105
Ah, don't mention it.
469
00:25:38,515 --> 00:25:41,718
Hey, what do you think
of this car?
470
00:25:44,521 --> 00:25:46,122
That's freedom right there.
471
00:25:46,156 --> 00:25:48,124
It's a chance to hang
with people my own age.
472
00:25:48,158 --> 00:25:50,427
What car? I see some girl.
473
00:25:50,460 --> 00:25:52,963
And, oh wait, there it is.
474
00:25:52,996 --> 00:25:56,132
- Are those the wheels?
- You're so funny. Yeah.
475
00:25:56,166 --> 00:25:58,268
But what do you know?
You're just a fifth grader.
476
00:25:58,301 --> 00:26:00,003
I know mom and dad would be mad
477
00:26:00,036 --> 00:26:02,105
if you waste your money
on the wrong car.
478
00:26:03,273 --> 00:26:04,741
What? It's a great car.
479
00:26:06,576 --> 00:26:08,144
- Yeah.
- All in one piece.
480
00:26:08,178 --> 00:26:09,879
Okay, got it.
481
00:26:11,381 --> 00:26:12,983
Thanks for this.
482
00:26:13,016 --> 00:26:14,884
I know you're gonna be
very happy with the car.
483
00:26:14,918 --> 00:26:17,020
No, um, thank you.
484
00:26:17,053 --> 00:26:19,456
I can finally give
the bike to my sister
485
00:26:19,489 --> 00:26:21,858
and travel in style.
486
00:26:27,397 --> 00:26:29,299
So, um, can I, uh...
487
00:26:30,533 --> 00:26:32,435
Ask you a question?
488
00:26:32,469 --> 00:26:36,106
- Okay.
- I just gotta be real with you.
489
00:26:36,139 --> 00:26:38,041
I mean this is
my first car and all.
490
00:26:38,074 --> 00:26:41,478
I look a little
older than my age.
491
00:26:41,511 --> 00:26:43,013
You know,
it's a big step of my life
492
00:26:43,046 --> 00:26:44,881
and well I was just
kinda wondering...
493
00:26:44,914 --> 00:26:46,182
If it's a good car?
494
00:26:48,285 --> 00:26:49,452
Yeah.
495
00:26:49,486 --> 00:26:53,423
It's actually an awesome car.
496
00:26:53,456 --> 00:26:56,092
I'd take her with me if I could.
497
00:26:56,126 --> 00:26:57,427
That's great.
498
00:26:57,460 --> 00:27:00,897
Yeah, that's, um,
really good to know.
499
00:27:09,472 --> 00:27:14,044
Well, so, um, I guess you'll be
leaving for state in the fall.
500
00:27:14,077 --> 00:27:17,113
Yeah, last little hurrah
before I have to start adulting.
501
00:27:17,147 --> 00:27:20,483
Yeah. Well, um, I was just...
I was thinking.
502
00:27:20,517 --> 00:27:23,019
Hey, sorry. This is my mom.
503
00:27:23,053 --> 00:27:25,455
- I kinda have to take it.
- Yeah. Yeah, of course.
504
00:27:25,488 --> 00:27:27,223
Hey, mom.
505
00:27:27,257 --> 00:27:29,959
Um, yeah, I'm here with
the boy who bought my car.
506
00:27:31,594 --> 00:27:34,097
It's fine.
I can fend for myself.
507
00:27:36,399 --> 00:27:40,970
Yeah, I'll just throw something
in the microwave I guess.
508
00:27:45,308 --> 00:27:47,177
Yeah. Okay, mom. Got it.
509
00:28:36,559 --> 00:28:38,962
Hi, baba, it's me.
510
00:28:38,995 --> 00:28:41,364
I just wanted to call
to tell you that
511
00:28:41,398 --> 00:28:44,234
I love you and I miss you.
512
00:28:44,267 --> 00:28:46,269
I really wish that
you would talk to me.
513
00:28:50,173 --> 00:28:52,108
Please call me.
514
00:29:06,489 --> 00:29:08,591
It's still early.
You guys wanna grab a bite?
515
00:29:08,625 --> 00:29:10,560
How about touring the city?
516
00:29:10,593 --> 00:29:12,962
Guys, I don't think Taylor's
gonna wanna do any sightseeing.
517
00:29:12,996 --> 00:29:14,330
On the flight over here,
518
00:29:14,364 --> 00:29:16,933
she told us that she was
released from her job.
519
00:29:17,333 --> 00:29:18,736
Why?
520
00:29:18,769 --> 00:29:20,212
I guess she's been takin' too
much time off
521
00:29:20,236 --> 00:29:22,238
and the trip to DC
certainly didn't help.
522
00:29:23,206 --> 00:29:25,175
Wow.
523
00:29:25,208 --> 00:29:28,044
Mike, you, uh,
you mind checkin' us in?
524
00:29:28,077 --> 00:29:30,046
I wanna go see
if she needs anything.
525
00:29:30,079 --> 00:29:32,015
Martin, you always
wanted to be a pastor.
526
00:29:32,048 --> 00:29:33,950
C'mon, this is
what it looks like.
527
00:29:34,718 --> 00:29:36,319
Okay.
528
00:29:36,352 --> 00:29:39,456
Taylor, um, I'm so sorry
to hear about your job.
529
00:29:39,489 --> 00:29:42,125
Thanks. I can get another one.
530
00:29:42,158 --> 00:29:43,169
This one just worked
'cause I could be
531
00:29:43,193 --> 00:29:44,961
with Jackson during the day.
532
00:29:46,396 --> 00:29:47,464
Okay.
533
00:29:52,402 --> 00:29:53,503
Is there somethin' else?
534
00:29:55,572 --> 00:29:57,307
I'm fine. Really.
535
00:29:57,340 --> 00:29:59,260
You guys don't have to sit here
and hold my hand.
536
00:30:00,744 --> 00:30:02,612
I'm your pastor, Taylor.
537
00:30:02,645 --> 00:30:04,047
We're here for you.
538
00:30:06,049 --> 00:30:07,183
You guys, it's...
539
00:30:09,219 --> 00:30:12,055
Look, if you don't wanna
talk about it, that's okay.
540
00:30:12,088 --> 00:30:14,424
But sometimes it's better
if you do.
541
00:30:14,457 --> 00:30:17,360
Everyone is feeling
the stress, I think.
542
00:30:17,393 --> 00:30:19,162
Yeah, Shannon said last night
she doesn't
543
00:30:19,195 --> 00:30:21,498
want her parents going to jail.
544
00:30:21,531 --> 00:30:23,375
Children shouldn't have to worry
about things like that.
545
00:30:23,399 --> 00:30:25,668
I know, she even asked to sleep
in our bed.
546
00:30:25,703 --> 00:30:27,771
I mean, she hasn't
done that in years.
547
00:30:27,805 --> 00:30:29,645
Jackson hasn't slept
without me in over a year.
548
00:30:37,146 --> 00:30:40,517
My husband left for
an air force training mission
549
00:30:42,418 --> 00:30:44,287
and that was the last time
we saw him.
550
00:30:45,488 --> 00:30:47,524
Equipment malfunction.
551
00:30:47,557 --> 00:30:50,660
But I've worked for
the government long enough
552
00:30:50,694 --> 00:30:52,328
to read between the lines.
553
00:30:52,362 --> 00:30:53,831
How he died isn't
important anyway
554
00:30:53,864 --> 00:30:58,067
because I know why he did.
It's just...
555
00:31:01,304 --> 00:31:03,606
Jackson isn't dealing
with it very well, you know?
556
00:31:06,442 --> 00:31:09,579
We moved to hope Springs
in the fall for a fresh start.
557
00:31:12,248 --> 00:31:15,084
- It's where my mom grew up.
- I'm so sorry, Taylor.
558
00:31:16,386 --> 00:31:17,453
I didn't know.
559
00:31:17,487 --> 00:31:19,589
You guys, the church,
the co-op...
560
00:31:20,858 --> 00:31:23,192
You've all been lifesavers.
561
00:31:23,226 --> 00:31:25,628
I don't know what my son
and I would do without you.
562
00:31:25,662 --> 00:31:29,499
Jackson wouldn't last 10 minutes
in a public school.
563
00:31:29,532 --> 00:31:31,467
They'd classify him
as special education
564
00:31:31,501 --> 00:31:33,503
and label him
emotionally disturbed.
565
00:31:35,204 --> 00:31:37,240
They'd give him
an individual education plan
566
00:31:37,273 --> 00:31:39,175
which might not even
challenge him at all
567
00:31:39,208 --> 00:31:41,578
until eventually Jackson
becomes the label
568
00:31:41,611 --> 00:31:44,447
the state pins on him
and why his father died
569
00:31:44,480 --> 00:31:46,449
I feel like would
all be for nothing.
570
00:31:47,851 --> 00:31:49,218
Why?
571
00:31:52,555 --> 00:31:54,157
Defending our freedoms.
572
00:32:00,229 --> 00:32:02,800
I feel like
such a fool. I had no idea.
573
00:32:02,833 --> 00:32:07,503
I'm ashamed to admit it, but I
assumed that she was divorced.
574
00:32:07,537 --> 00:32:10,239
I mean, but would it
have mattered if she was?
575
00:32:10,273 --> 00:32:12,241
We failed her, Mike,
576
00:32:12,275 --> 00:32:15,578
as christians, as just
decent human beings.
577
00:33:10,868 --> 00:33:12,235
Hey.
578
00:33:24,614 --> 00:33:26,182
What's wrong with you?
579
00:33:28,251 --> 00:33:29,552
Nothin', I got a date.
580
00:33:33,991 --> 00:33:35,793
"Four score and seven years ago,"
581
00:33:35,826 --> 00:33:39,362
our fathers brought forth on
this continent a new nation...
582
00:33:39,395 --> 00:33:40,864
Conceived in Liberty
and dedicated
583
00:33:40,898 --> 00:33:44,968
"to the proposition that all men
are created equal."
584
00:33:45,002 --> 00:33:47,570
"Now we are engaged
in a great civil war"
585
00:33:47,603 --> 00:33:50,306
testing whether that
nation or any nation
586
00:33:50,339 --> 00:33:53,777
"so conceived and so dedicated
could long endure."
587
00:33:53,811 --> 00:33:56,512
"It is for us the living,
rather, to be dedicated
588
00:33:56,546 --> 00:33:59,348
here to the unfinished work
which they have fought here."
589
00:33:59,382 --> 00:34:00,751
"That from these honored dead,"
590
00:34:00,784 --> 00:34:03,519
we take increased devotion
to that cause
591
00:34:03,553 --> 00:34:06,355
"for which they gave the last
full measure of devotion."
592
00:34:08,792 --> 00:34:11,394
"That we here highly resolve
that these dead"
593
00:34:11,427 --> 00:34:13,831
shall not have died in vain,
594
00:34:13,864 --> 00:34:16,734
that this nation under god
595
00:34:16,767 --> 00:34:18,501
"shall have a new birth
of freedom."
596
00:34:20,070 --> 00:34:22,371
"And that government
of the people,"
597
00:34:22,405 --> 00:34:24,474
by the people, for the people
598
00:34:26,309 --> 00:34:27,811
"shall not perish
from the earth."
599
00:34:31,647 --> 00:34:33,459
I guess I just assumed
that you went to oakwood.
600
00:34:33,483 --> 00:34:35,418
No, um...
601
00:34:35,451 --> 00:34:38,321
No, my sister and I have been
homeschooled since the start.
602
00:34:38,354 --> 00:34:39,655
What's that like?
603
00:34:39,690 --> 00:34:42,291
Well, uh, the lunches
are better.
604
00:34:42,325 --> 00:34:44,037
Don't need a hall pass
to go to the bathroom.
605
00:34:44,061 --> 00:34:45,829
Uh, teachers don't have
favorites.
606
00:34:47,497 --> 00:34:50,399
No, there's no pressure
to be popular, I guess.
607
00:34:50,433 --> 00:34:53,070
No bullies, no school lockdowns.
608
00:34:53,103 --> 00:34:54,872
But I don't know,
609
00:34:54,905 --> 00:34:58,574
I guess the best part is I just
get to be myself, you know?
610
00:34:58,608 --> 00:35:03,379
My thoughts are my own,
not what I memorized.
611
00:35:03,412 --> 00:35:05,749
Yeah, I learn stuff
and make it matter to me.
612
00:35:07,117 --> 00:35:09,452
- Wow.
- I mean, it's not all that.
613
00:35:09,485 --> 00:35:12,555
I don't get to do
you know, this.
614
00:35:14,124 --> 00:35:18,427
No school sports,
no homecoming, no prom.
615
00:35:18,461 --> 00:35:20,039
I really don't get to meet
a lot of people outside church,
616
00:35:20,063 --> 00:35:21,664
so you know.
617
00:35:21,698 --> 00:35:22,966
You're not really missing much.
618
00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:24,467
Nobody goes
to the homecoming dances
619
00:35:24,500 --> 00:35:25,812
'cause everyone
thinks they're lame.
620
00:35:25,836 --> 00:35:28,504
Still, uh, prom sounds cool.
621
00:35:28,538 --> 00:35:31,407
Get to wear like a tux and all.
622
00:35:31,440 --> 00:35:34,343
So what about you? What are
your plans after college?
623
00:35:34,377 --> 00:35:36,046
- Pre-law.
- Okay.
624
00:35:36,079 --> 00:35:37,848
It's kind of a family tradition.
625
00:35:37,881 --> 00:35:40,951
I've been holding mock trials
with my mom since I was a kid.
626
00:35:40,984 --> 00:35:42,686
Really?
627
00:35:42,719 --> 00:35:44,130
Your honor, the plaintiff
petitions the court
628
00:35:44,154 --> 00:35:45,722
for an increase
in weekly allowance
629
00:35:45,756 --> 00:35:47,858
and suspended bedtime
during the summer months.
630
00:35:47,891 --> 00:35:50,694
- How'd that work out?
- You win some, you lose some.
631
00:35:51,995 --> 00:35:53,697
No, but my mom's fair.
632
00:35:53,730 --> 00:35:55,098
She knows her stuff.
633
00:35:55,132 --> 00:35:57,868
Speaking of which,
I should probably go.
634
00:35:57,901 --> 00:36:00,636
It's getting late
and my mom tends to worry.
635
00:36:00,670 --> 00:36:01,972
Yeah.
636
00:36:02,005 --> 00:36:03,974
Um, can I give you a ride?
637
00:36:04,007 --> 00:36:05,408
Sure.
638
00:36:09,913 --> 00:36:12,582
The pillars represent
the states and territories
639
00:36:12,615 --> 00:36:15,451
that sent men and women
to serve under the us flag
640
00:36:15,484 --> 00:36:17,688
during world war ii.
641
00:36:17,721 --> 00:36:19,488
See how they're linked
with that rope?
642
00:36:19,522 --> 00:36:22,759
It symbolizes
the country's unified effort.
643
00:36:22,793 --> 00:36:26,596
The freedom wall bears a field
of 4,000 golden stars,
644
00:36:26,629 --> 00:36:29,933
each of which stands for
100 American military deaths
645
00:36:29,967 --> 00:36:31,500
in the war.
646
00:36:34,037 --> 00:36:35,906
"Here we Mark
the price of freedom."
647
00:36:42,578 --> 00:36:44,547
You didn't
have to walk me to the door.
648
00:36:44,580 --> 00:36:46,415
No, it's cool.
649
00:36:46,449 --> 00:36:49,485
I, um... I wanted to.
650
00:36:49,518 --> 00:36:51,487
Such a gentleman.
651
00:36:51,520 --> 00:36:53,456
Thank you for bringing
that earring back.
652
00:36:53,489 --> 00:36:55,025
My mother would've killed me.
653
00:36:55,058 --> 00:36:56,459
Belonged to my grandmother.
654
00:36:56,492 --> 00:36:58,929
Oh, man. Ah, my grandma.
655
00:36:58,962 --> 00:37:00,907
She's staying with us while
my parents are out of town.
656
00:37:00,931 --> 00:37:02,431
I totally forgot. I'm...
657
00:37:02,465 --> 00:37:03,800
I'm so sorry. I really gotta go.
658
00:37:03,834 --> 00:37:05,635
I, I mean like you know,
659
00:37:05,668 --> 00:37:07,470
she's not babysitting me
or anything.
660
00:37:07,503 --> 00:37:09,206
I'm... I'm way old enough
for that.
661
00:37:09,239 --> 00:37:11,942
It's, uh, it's my sister.
662
00:37:11,975 --> 00:37:13,476
I will see you later.
663
00:37:13,509 --> 00:37:14,945
I will call you. Yeah.
664
00:37:22,585 --> 00:37:24,553
Maybe I shouldn't,
but I feel confident.
665
00:37:26,089 --> 00:37:29,026
I need to go over these
homeschool statistics.
666
00:37:29,059 --> 00:37:31,194
So much to learn.
667
00:37:31,228 --> 00:37:34,231
The Washington monument
is 55 feet at the base
668
00:37:34,264 --> 00:37:37,100
and 555 feet high.
669
00:37:37,134 --> 00:37:39,669
At the very top,
there's an aluminum cap
670
00:37:39,703 --> 00:37:42,672
where there's
an inscription, "laus deo."
671
00:37:43,639 --> 00:37:45,976
Two words, seven letters
672
00:37:46,009 --> 00:37:48,644
overlooking the most
powerful city in the world.
673
00:37:51,514 --> 00:37:53,083
It means praise be to god.
674
00:37:55,886 --> 00:37:57,888
I thought maybe
you needed to hear that.
675
00:38:02,192 --> 00:38:05,095
I, uh, I need to take this.
676
00:38:05,128 --> 00:38:06,830
I'll see you at the hotel.
677
00:38:06,863 --> 00:38:07,864
Thank you, Martin.
678
00:38:11,268 --> 00:38:12,601
Hello?
679
00:38:13,770 --> 00:38:14,770
Oh, hi.
680
00:38:15,906 --> 00:38:17,975
Jimmy's pizza.
681
00:38:18,008 --> 00:38:21,078
Uh, no, but I'm sure
I can find it.
682
00:38:30,220 --> 00:38:31,989
Reverend hill.
683
00:38:32,022 --> 00:38:33,991
Ah! Congressman Smith.
684
00:38:34,024 --> 00:38:36,093
Hey, glad to see you
made it safe and sound.
685
00:38:37,160 --> 00:38:38,594
Thanks for coming.
686
00:38:40,163 --> 00:38:41,564
Thank you.
687
00:38:42,332 --> 00:38:43,599
Thank you, Jimmy.
688
00:38:45,601 --> 00:38:46,980
I just wanna make
sure you understand
689
00:38:47,004 --> 00:38:48,739
what you're fighting here.
690
00:38:48,772 --> 00:38:51,208
I was able to do some fact
finding on St. Jude's co-op
691
00:38:51,241 --> 00:38:53,010
before I left home
692
00:38:53,043 --> 00:38:55,012
and I think the commission's
gonna be pleased
693
00:38:55,045 --> 00:38:57,546
on how well our students
do on standardized tests.
694
00:38:57,580 --> 00:39:00,083
Yeah, well right now
there's an effort on the way
695
00:39:00,117 --> 00:39:03,652
demanding universal
educational guidelines.
696
00:39:03,687 --> 00:39:06,156
- Sounds reasonable.
- Oh, it's meant to.
697
00:39:06,189 --> 00:39:07,924
But make no mistake,
those guidelines
698
00:39:07,958 --> 00:39:11,061
are increasingly at odds
with the Christian worldview.
699
00:39:11,094 --> 00:39:13,764
There won't be any opt-out
for homeschoolers.
700
00:39:13,797 --> 00:39:15,832
Homeschooling is like
a weed to these folks
701
00:39:15,866 --> 00:39:18,168
and they just wanna yank it out.
702
00:39:18,201 --> 00:39:20,704
- But why?
- Why?
703
00:39:20,737 --> 00:39:23,774
Indeed.
In the common core agenda...
704
00:39:23,807 --> 00:39:27,778
Oh, excuse me, curriculum,
everything's relative.
705
00:39:27,811 --> 00:39:30,814
And I mean everything
from kindergarten on.
706
00:39:30,847 --> 00:39:33,649
Even basic facts are
seen as subjective.
707
00:39:33,683 --> 00:39:36,787
Common core deliberately
creates the illusion
708
00:39:36,820 --> 00:39:39,256
there's no such thing as truth.
709
00:39:39,289 --> 00:39:43,060
Because if truth doesn't exist,
then there's no moral absolutes.
710
00:39:43,093 --> 00:39:44,795
And by middle school,
711
00:39:44,828 --> 00:39:47,230
there's a discernible
political agenda
712
00:39:47,264 --> 00:39:49,166
behind the classroom
reading lessons.
713
00:39:49,199 --> 00:39:52,102
Ask your average millennial
about our founding fathers
714
00:39:52,135 --> 00:39:54,905
and they'll tell you that
they were all a bunch of old
715
00:39:54,938 --> 00:39:57,207
and rich oppressive
slave owners.
716
00:39:57,240 --> 00:39:59,376
That perspective
came from somewhere.
717
00:39:59,409 --> 00:40:01,610
But weren't they?
718
00:40:01,644 --> 00:40:03,713
Most of 'em were just kids.
719
00:40:03,747 --> 00:40:06,216
Edward Rutledge
and Thomas lynch,
720
00:40:06,249 --> 00:40:07,884
both were just 26 years old
721
00:40:07,918 --> 00:40:10,020
when they signed
the declaration of independence.
722
00:40:10,053 --> 00:40:13,656
And Thomas Jefferson
was the ripe-old age of 33,
723
00:40:13,690 --> 00:40:15,025
when he helped write it.
724
00:40:15,058 --> 00:40:17,294
And, as far as owning slaves,
absolutely,
725
00:40:17,327 --> 00:40:19,628
some did...
726
00:40:19,662 --> 00:40:21,698
But many did not.
727
00:40:21,731 --> 00:40:23,409
But they all get tarred
with the same brush.
728
00:40:23,433 --> 00:40:25,634
But why, to what end?
729
00:40:25,668 --> 00:40:28,405
If you discredit them,
730
00:40:28,438 --> 00:40:30,807
then you discredit
what they gave us.
731
00:40:32,042 --> 00:40:33,844
Instead of the people
732
00:40:33,877 --> 00:40:36,847
havin' their natural rights
derived from god,
733
00:40:36,880 --> 00:40:38,849
we can convince
the students that...
734
00:40:38,882 --> 00:40:40,951
We only have those rights,
735
00:40:40,984 --> 00:40:43,954
which the government
allows us...
736
00:40:43,987 --> 00:40:46,957
Replacing our liberties
with control.
737
00:40:49,092 --> 00:40:51,261
Gotta admit the pizza
isn't sitting well with me.
738
00:40:51,294 --> 00:40:54,865
Oh, it's me. I'm heavy.
739
00:40:54,898 --> 00:40:56,800
It's a lot to digest, man.
740
00:40:56,833 --> 00:40:58,010
Jimmy, this was
fantastic as usual.
741
00:40:58,034 --> 00:40:59,703
Thank you so much. No, no, no.
742
00:40:59,736 --> 00:41:01,705
Your money's no good here.
It's no good here.
743
00:41:02,806 --> 00:41:04,174
Thank you congressman Smith,
744
00:41:04,207 --> 00:41:05,451
for everything you're tryin'
to do for us.
745
00:41:05,475 --> 00:41:07,711
Yeah, absolutely.
746
00:41:07,744 --> 00:41:09,746
And, uh, just so you know,
747
00:41:09,779 --> 00:41:11,224
I think we caught a break
for tomorrow.
748
00:41:11,248 --> 00:41:12,282
Oh, yeah? How?
749
00:41:12,315 --> 00:41:13,750
Congressman Jason Abercrombie,
750
00:41:13,783 --> 00:41:15,152
the sitting chair
on the committee.
751
00:41:15,185 --> 00:41:18,722
- Is he on our side?
- He's smart and he is fair.
752
00:41:18,755 --> 00:41:20,357
That's as much
as we can ask for.
753
00:41:20,390 --> 00:41:22,893
It'll have to do.
754
00:41:22,926 --> 00:41:24,794
Believe me, it could've
gone a lot worse.
755
00:42:49,312 --> 00:42:51,548
Kayla, have you
found grammy's earring?
756
00:42:51,581 --> 00:42:54,251
Uh-huh,
Brandon brought it to me.
757
00:42:54,284 --> 00:42:55,552
Who's Brandon?
758
00:43:28,451 --> 00:43:30,086
I want this over quickly,
Denise.
759
00:43:30,120 --> 00:43:32,956
- There's real work to be done.
- Baby steps, Murray.
760
00:43:32,989 --> 00:43:36,059
We win incrementally and stay
on the right side of history.
761
00:43:36,092 --> 00:43:37,894
I know we can count on you.
762
00:43:37,927 --> 00:43:39,863
- Yeah, I'm a team player.
- Good.
763
00:43:42,999 --> 00:43:45,302
- Morning, Denise.
- Smith.
764
00:43:45,335 --> 00:43:47,203
Shame about Abercrombie.
765
00:43:47,237 --> 00:43:48,338
So sudden.
766
00:43:51,207 --> 00:43:52,842
Heart attack.
767
00:43:52,876 --> 00:43:54,444
Oh, he was a dinosaur.
768
00:43:54,477 --> 00:43:57,147
Time for the old centrist
to be put out to pasture.
769
00:43:57,180 --> 00:43:59,582
Well, who's, uh, who's sitting
chair in his place?
770
00:43:59,616 --> 00:44:01,918
Lots of surprises
for you today, Smith.
771
00:44:03,286 --> 00:44:04,421
Daryl.
772
00:44:05,655 --> 00:44:07,891
My deepest condolences, sir.
773
00:44:07,924 --> 00:44:11,127
Jason, Jason was a friend
to us all.
774
00:44:11,161 --> 00:44:13,897
I'm sure his family
will be pleased to hear.
775
00:44:13,930 --> 00:44:15,432
Thoughts and prayers, sir.
776
00:44:15,465 --> 00:44:17,467
Thoughts and prayers.
777
00:44:26,376 --> 00:44:27,944
I would like to call
this hearing
778
00:44:27,977 --> 00:44:30,013
of the house subcommittee
on elementary
779
00:44:30,046 --> 00:44:32,349
and secondary education
to order.
780
00:44:32,382 --> 00:44:35,085
At this time, I wish to thank
both members and their staff
781
00:44:35,118 --> 00:44:36,953
for their participation.
782
00:44:36,986 --> 00:44:39,122
Would the first witness
state her name and position?
783
00:44:39,155 --> 00:44:42,158
Donna Chesney, United States
secretary of education.
784
00:44:42,192 --> 00:44:45,628
Ms. Chesney, we're in
receipt of your report.
785
00:44:45,662 --> 00:44:48,198
Would you care to summarize
your findings on the practice
786
00:44:48,231 --> 00:44:49,508
generally known
as homeschooling?
787
00:44:49,532 --> 00:44:50,934
Ah, yes, Mr. Chairman.
788
00:44:50,967 --> 00:44:53,036
Our department
considers homeschooling
789
00:44:53,069 --> 00:44:55,105
an unusual, unnecessary
790
00:44:55,138 --> 00:44:57,974
and borderline antisocial
practice.
791
00:44:58,007 --> 00:44:59,509
And your further
recommendations are?
792
00:44:59,542 --> 00:45:00,977
It's in the state's opinion,
793
00:45:01,010 --> 00:45:02,645
we should be following
Europe's lead.
794
00:45:02,680 --> 00:45:04,247
A number of European countries
795
00:45:04,280 --> 00:45:06,416
have already outlawed
homeschooling.
796
00:45:06,449 --> 00:45:08,385
Germany, Spain, the Netherlands
797
00:45:08,418 --> 00:45:09,986
and that's just to name a few.
798
00:45:10,019 --> 00:45:13,123
And in places
where it is allowed like Sweden,
799
00:45:13,156 --> 00:45:16,259
it's tightly regulated
and closely monitored.
800
00:45:16,292 --> 00:45:18,461
Thank you for your
expert testimony.
801
00:45:21,364 --> 00:45:22,565
Did you get any sleep?
802
00:45:22,599 --> 00:45:24,601
Ah, none. You?
803
00:45:24,634 --> 00:45:26,136
Same.
804
00:45:27,137 --> 00:45:29,105
Good morning. Daryl Smith.
805
00:45:30,340 --> 00:45:32,075
Mrs. Hays.
806
00:45:32,108 --> 00:45:33,543
- Mrs. McKinnon.
- Hi.
807
00:45:33,576 --> 00:45:35,044
- Mike McKinnon.
- Yes, sir.
808
00:45:35,078 --> 00:45:36,980
Reverend, I trust
that Jimmy's pizza
809
00:45:37,013 --> 00:45:38,314
didn't give you nightmares.
810
00:45:38,348 --> 00:45:40,483
Ah, that's not what
kept me up last night.
811
00:45:40,517 --> 00:45:42,395
I can't thank you all
enough for makin' the trip,
812
00:45:42,419 --> 00:45:44,320
especially since I know
how difficult things are
813
00:45:44,354 --> 00:45:46,089
for you at home.
814
00:45:46,122 --> 00:45:48,358
We felt that we didn't
have much of a choice really.
815
00:45:48,391 --> 00:45:50,026
That's just it, you did.
816
00:45:50,059 --> 00:45:51,995
As believers, we've abandoned
the mountain
817
00:45:52,028 --> 00:45:54,364
of politics for far too long.
818
00:45:54,397 --> 00:45:56,966
We've decided that it's just
too dangerous of an arena
819
00:45:57,000 --> 00:45:58,435
for christians
to be walking into.
820
00:45:58,468 --> 00:46:01,171
So, we just left it to anyone
who wanted to go there
821
00:46:01,204 --> 00:46:02,972
for their own selfish
and worldly reasons
822
00:46:03,006 --> 00:46:05,408
and hope that everything
will work out fine.
823
00:46:06,443 --> 00:46:07,977
Only it didn't,
824
00:46:08,011 --> 00:46:09,045
and now we're in a mess.
825
00:46:09,078 --> 00:46:10,580
What's happening in there?
826
00:46:10,613 --> 00:46:13,183
They're still running testimony
for the other side.
827
00:46:13,216 --> 00:46:15,151
They should be finished
in about a half hour...
828
00:46:16,119 --> 00:46:18,054
And then it's your turn.
829
00:46:18,087 --> 00:46:20,623
If god is for us,
who can be against us?
830
00:46:20,657 --> 00:46:22,392
What? Around here?
831
00:46:22,425 --> 00:46:25,295
Just about everyone else.
832
00:46:25,328 --> 00:46:27,330
Now, maybe I've been
in Washington, DC too long.
833
00:46:27,363 --> 00:46:29,008
You guys relax. I'll come and
get you later, okay?
834
00:46:29,032 --> 00:46:30,233
Thank you.
835
00:46:35,638 --> 00:46:37,775
What color corsage do I get?
836
00:46:37,808 --> 00:46:39,743
Depends on what color dress
she's wearing.
837
00:46:39,777 --> 00:46:41,444
Well, how am I
supposed to know that?
838
00:46:44,147 --> 00:46:47,417
It's kind of like a coral.
839
00:46:47,450 --> 00:46:50,353
- Coral?
- I got you.
840
00:46:50,386 --> 00:46:51,765
Everything okay
with your grandmother?
841
00:46:51,789 --> 00:46:53,256
Huh? Oh, yeah.
842
00:46:53,289 --> 00:46:55,191
I'm... I'm so sorry about that.
843
00:46:55,225 --> 00:46:57,728
My, uh, my parents are in
Washington.
844
00:46:57,761 --> 00:46:59,262
- As in DC?
- Yeah.
845
00:46:59,295 --> 00:47:01,097
They're actually, uh, testifying
846
00:47:01,130 --> 00:47:03,299
at a congressional
subcommittee on homeschooling.
847
00:47:03,333 --> 00:47:06,069
Wow. I bet they must be pumped.
848
00:47:06,102 --> 00:47:07,237
No, no, no, no, not really.
849
00:47:07,270 --> 00:47:08,271
They actually had to go
850
00:47:08,304 --> 00:47:09,672
because a judge here in town
851
00:47:09,707 --> 00:47:11,050
threatened to fine them
if they didn't
852
00:47:11,074 --> 00:47:12,375
send us to public school.
853
00:47:12,408 --> 00:47:13,711
Does that look good with coral?
854
00:47:13,744 --> 00:47:15,679
- Yes.
- A judge in hope Springs?
855
00:47:15,713 --> 00:47:17,547
- Which one?
- Uh, I don't know.
856
00:47:17,580 --> 00:47:20,049
Some, uh, some family judge.
857
00:47:20,083 --> 00:47:22,118
Hey, I gotta run.
858
00:47:22,151 --> 00:47:24,521
Okay, I'll, I'll call you later.
859
00:47:36,566 --> 00:47:39,135
Strange place to cram
for a test, reverend.
860
00:47:39,168 --> 00:47:41,739
Yeah, this is not
really my thing.
861
00:47:41,772 --> 00:47:43,215
I'm afraid I'm gonna
make things worse
862
00:47:43,239 --> 00:47:45,542
for everyone out there.
863
00:47:45,575 --> 00:47:47,310
Matthew 10:19,
864
00:47:47,343 --> 00:47:50,814
"do not worry about
what you will say."
865
00:47:50,848 --> 00:47:53,416
"At that time, you will
be given what to say."
866
00:47:53,449 --> 00:47:55,184
"For it will not
be you speaking,
867
00:47:55,218 --> 00:47:57,654
but the spirit of your father,
868
00:47:57,688 --> 00:47:59,857
speaking through you."
869
00:47:59,890 --> 00:48:02,292
There's been a development.
870
00:48:02,325 --> 00:48:04,561
We have a... new chairman,
871
00:48:04,594 --> 00:48:06,262
a Robert Benson.
872
00:48:06,296 --> 00:48:08,431
I'm guessing he's not
as friendly as Abercrombie.
873
00:48:08,464 --> 00:48:10,433
Hardly,
and the direction out there,
874
00:48:10,466 --> 00:48:14,337
the narrative is going
to change considerably.
875
00:48:14,370 --> 00:48:16,807
They are going to insist
that religious beliefs
876
00:48:16,840 --> 00:48:18,776
are antirational,
877
00:48:18,809 --> 00:48:22,345
antiscience and antisocial.
878
00:48:22,378 --> 00:48:25,315
Show them that religious beliefs
are supported through
879
00:48:25,348 --> 00:48:27,517
rational thought
with a basis under
880
00:48:27,550 --> 00:48:30,353
us law and tradition.
881
00:48:31,421 --> 00:48:32,890
I think I have a card for that.
882
00:48:32,923 --> 00:48:35,224
And also,
883
00:48:35,258 --> 00:48:37,594
I need you to make them
understand
884
00:48:37,627 --> 00:48:41,164
that if they insist on
trampling believers' rights,
885
00:48:41,197 --> 00:48:44,167
well, sir, they are
in for a fight.
886
00:48:45,703 --> 00:48:46,870
You got this.
887
00:48:52,342 --> 00:48:54,210
Mr. Willoughby, you have
888
00:48:54,243 --> 00:48:56,579
a strong attachment to the idea
889
00:48:56,613 --> 00:48:59,616
of developing a nationalized
curriculum, do you not?
890
00:48:59,649 --> 00:49:02,686
Yes, because it's in the
best interest of our children.
891
00:49:02,720 --> 00:49:04,922
I'm just concerned that
we're working awfully hard here
892
00:49:04,955 --> 00:49:07,457
to violate one of our
own existing laws,
893
00:49:07,490 --> 00:49:10,761
the elementary and secondary
education act of 1965,
894
00:49:10,794 --> 00:49:12,428
which prevents us
895
00:49:12,462 --> 00:49:15,465
from nationalizing
any school curriculum.
896
00:49:15,498 --> 00:49:18,468
I mean, we passed the law,
that said we wouldn't do that.
897
00:49:18,501 --> 00:49:20,904
We've achieved a way
to avoid violating
898
00:49:20,938 --> 00:49:24,775
the spirit of that law
with common core.
899
00:49:24,808 --> 00:49:27,343
We merely propose the guidelines
900
00:49:27,377 --> 00:49:29,747
and the states adopt
the measures on their own.
901
00:49:29,780 --> 00:49:32,750
On their own without any
pressure from the government.
902
00:49:32,783 --> 00:49:35,385
None whatsoever.
903
00:49:35,418 --> 00:49:37,654
Mr. Willoughby, if you
succeed in gaining approval
904
00:49:37,688 --> 00:49:40,456
for your curriculum,
would parents be able to opt out
905
00:49:40,490 --> 00:49:43,192
or be allowed to opt out
of their program?
906
00:49:43,226 --> 00:49:44,594
I'd encourage the states
to require
907
00:49:44,627 --> 00:49:48,197
full participation...
Without exception.
908
00:49:48,231 --> 00:49:49,709
But what gives them
the right to do that?
909
00:49:49,733 --> 00:49:54,404
Well, once we determine
what every child needs to know,
910
00:49:54,437 --> 00:49:57,674
it becomes imperative
that every child know it.
911
00:49:57,708 --> 00:49:59,409
After all...
912
00:49:59,442 --> 00:50:02,245
The children belong
to all of us.
913
00:50:02,278 --> 00:50:03,847
Interesting perspective.
914
00:50:03,881 --> 00:50:06,784
There are parents
waiting in the wings,
915
00:50:06,817 --> 00:50:08,686
waiting to testify,
916
00:50:08,719 --> 00:50:11,521
that their children in fact
917
00:50:11,554 --> 00:50:14,223
belong to them...
918
00:50:14,257 --> 00:50:16,392
And not to all of us.
919
00:50:17,895 --> 00:50:19,629
But thank you for your candor.
920
00:50:24,267 --> 00:50:25,468
They're ready for you.
921
00:50:26,804 --> 00:50:28,304
Okay, come on.
922
00:50:39,016 --> 00:50:40,259
Would the witnesses
state their names
923
00:50:40,283 --> 00:50:41,018
for the record?
924
00:50:41,051 --> 00:50:42,385
Yes, sir.
925
00:50:42,418 --> 00:50:43,921
Michael and Rebecca McKinnon.
926
00:50:43,954 --> 00:50:45,621
Taylor hays, your honor.
927
00:50:45,655 --> 00:50:47,858
Well, this is not
a courtroom, Ms. Hays,
928
00:50:47,891 --> 00:50:50,426
and I most certainly
am not a judge.
929
00:50:50,460 --> 00:50:52,730
Please refer to me
as Mr. Chairman.
930
00:50:52,763 --> 00:50:54,330
And I'm David hill.
931
00:50:54,363 --> 00:50:56,666
Reverend David hill.
932
00:50:56,700 --> 00:50:59,335
Yes, sir, the preacher.
933
00:50:59,368 --> 00:51:01,705
We'd like to thank the
subcommittee for having us,
934
00:51:01,739 --> 00:51:03,439
um, well now that,
935
00:51:03,473 --> 00:51:06,275
who we all are has been
established...
936
00:51:06,309 --> 00:51:08,611
Mr. Chairman, my husband
and I have our two children
937
00:51:08,644 --> 00:51:10,714
in the St. Jude
homeschooling co-op
938
00:51:10,748 --> 00:51:13,751
and they continue to perform
better on standardized testing,
939
00:51:13,784 --> 00:51:16,019
than their public
and private school peers.
940
00:51:16,053 --> 00:51:17,788
Givin' us a good
reason to believe
941
00:51:17,821 --> 00:51:19,355
that we're doing
somethin' right.
942
00:51:19,388 --> 00:51:20,934
Well, I should begin
by letting you know
943
00:51:20,958 --> 00:51:23,861
that we've had a series
of experts pass through here,
944
00:51:23,894 --> 00:51:26,362
all of them assuring us
that we have nothing to fear
945
00:51:26,395 --> 00:51:28,364
from a standardized education.
946
00:51:28,397 --> 00:51:31,601
With all due respect, um,
in this particular case,
947
00:51:31,634 --> 00:51:35,371
we believe that the
experts are wrong.
948
00:51:35,404 --> 00:51:36,807
Lemme give you an example.
949
00:51:36,840 --> 00:51:38,374
So, in our district,
950
00:51:38,407 --> 00:51:39,953
they teach a revisionist
version of history,
951
00:51:39,977 --> 00:51:43,714
which is both progressive and
antifaith in equal measure.
952
00:51:43,747 --> 00:51:45,515
And, so if our children are
forced onto
953
00:51:45,548 --> 00:51:47,918
its common core track,
they will never learn about
954
00:51:47,951 --> 00:51:50,319
the faith based underpinnings
of the us constitution
955
00:51:50,353 --> 00:51:51,654
or its bill of rights.
956
00:51:51,688 --> 00:51:53,757
They'll never hear about
George Washington's plea
957
00:51:53,791 --> 00:51:56,794
for the blessing of almighty god
at his inauguration.
958
00:51:56,827 --> 00:51:58,561
They're not taught
anything that reflects
959
00:51:58,594 --> 00:52:01,064
positively on america's
Christian heritage,
960
00:52:01,098 --> 00:52:02,933
despite the fact
that america's history
961
00:52:02,966 --> 00:52:04,902
and its faith traditions
962
00:52:04,935 --> 00:52:06,435
are so deeply intertwined.
963
00:52:06,469 --> 00:52:08,337
Well, that is not
what our experts
964
00:52:08,371 --> 00:52:10,439
have testified to here today.
965
00:52:10,473 --> 00:52:12,375
What about Thanksgiving?
966
00:52:12,408 --> 00:52:13,777
- Excuse me?
- Thanksgiving.
967
00:52:13,811 --> 00:52:16,780
You know, pilgrims, turkeys,
native Americans...
968
00:52:16,814 --> 00:52:19,116
- I'm familiar with the holiday.
- Well, sure you are.
969
00:52:19,149 --> 00:52:21,084
I mean, from kindergarten
onward, every child
970
00:52:21,118 --> 00:52:23,987
learns about it,
but, well, what do they learn?
971
00:52:24,021 --> 00:52:28,591
This is the nea's own statement
regarding Thanksgiving.
972
00:52:28,624 --> 00:52:30,727
"The national education
association
973
00:52:30,761 --> 00:52:33,864
believes that Thanksgiving
is the recognition of unity
974
00:52:33,897 --> 00:52:35,565
and the rich American diversity
975
00:52:35,598 --> 00:52:37,835
that was embodied in the
settlement of america."
976
00:52:37,868 --> 00:52:39,703
Well, that sounds
completely reasonable.
977
00:52:39,736 --> 00:52:41,437
Well, that would've
come as a big surprise
978
00:52:41,470 --> 00:52:43,974
to the pilgrims
that were actually there.
979
00:52:44,007 --> 00:52:47,476
They came together to thank
god for the bountiful harvest.
980
00:52:47,510 --> 00:52:49,913
Now, the native Americans
were fellow guests.
981
00:52:49,947 --> 00:52:51,682
Yes, absolutely.
982
00:52:51,715 --> 00:52:54,051
But god was the reason
for the feast.
983
00:52:54,084 --> 00:52:55,886
And to indicate
that the purpose of
984
00:52:55,919 --> 00:52:58,922
the first Thanksgiving was
primarily a multicultural event
985
00:52:58,956 --> 00:53:00,590
is a fabrication.
986
00:53:00,623 --> 00:53:02,993
And if we don't teach
the common core myth,
987
00:53:03,026 --> 00:53:06,730
then social services and a...
988
00:53:06,763 --> 00:53:09,066
A judge in hope Springs
has decided that
989
00:53:09,099 --> 00:53:11,500
we risk going
to jail for contempt.
990
00:53:12,903 --> 00:53:14,738
It's your babysitter.
She said it's urgent.
991
00:53:14,771 --> 00:53:15,939
Thank you.
992
00:53:15,973 --> 00:53:17,007
Hello, Meredith?
993
00:53:17,040 --> 00:53:20,576
Taylor, Jackson's not hurt.
994
00:53:20,610 --> 00:53:23,613
It's just he's been
cryin' all day.
995
00:53:23,646 --> 00:53:25,782
And, now, he's refusing to eat.
996
00:53:25,816 --> 00:53:27,516
I thought maybe you
would talk to him.
997
00:53:27,550 --> 00:53:29,853
Of course. Can you put him
on the phone please?
998
00:53:31,154 --> 00:53:32,956
It's your mama, Jackson.
999
00:53:35,458 --> 00:53:36,793
Mommy?
1000
00:53:36,827 --> 00:53:39,997
Hi, honey, are you
having a bad day?
1001
00:53:41,031 --> 00:53:43,033
Are you coming back?
1002
00:53:43,066 --> 00:53:47,137
Yes, sweetheart.
Mommy always comes back.
1003
00:53:47,170 --> 00:53:49,106
I'll be home as soon as I can.
1004
00:53:49,139 --> 00:53:51,942
Hey, did you know that this
is where the president lives?
1005
00:53:51,975 --> 00:53:56,013
Come back. Don't go to
heaven. Stay with me.
1006
00:53:58,248 --> 00:54:01,218
Mommy always comes back.
1007
00:54:01,251 --> 00:54:03,086
You'll feel better
if you eat your lunch.
1008
00:54:03,120 --> 00:54:04,955
Please eat something, honey.
1009
00:54:07,190 --> 00:54:08,859
Love you, sweetheart.
1010
00:54:08,892 --> 00:54:11,560
Jackson, let's go get
something to eat, okay?
1011
00:54:18,835 --> 00:54:20,003
2 P.M.?
1012
00:54:23,572 --> 00:54:25,175
Where is ayisha moradi?
1013
00:54:25,208 --> 00:54:26,877
Relation to the patient?
1014
00:54:26,910 --> 00:54:28,444
I'm her father.
1015
00:54:31,614 --> 00:54:33,216
She'll be in 302.
1016
00:54:40,589 --> 00:54:42,893
You know that, don't you,
1017
00:54:42,926 --> 00:54:44,695
that I love you?
1018
00:54:44,728 --> 00:54:46,063
Yes, father.
1019
00:54:48,031 --> 00:54:49,066
Ayisha!
1020
00:54:52,803 --> 00:54:55,638
He's the one god
who is not begotten.
1021
00:54:56,539 --> 00:54:58,075
I command you to say it.
1022
00:54:58,942 --> 00:55:00,010
Now!
1023
00:55:42,919 --> 00:55:44,721
I'm sorry.
1024
00:55:50,794 --> 00:55:52,763
You see, my concern is
that our children
1025
00:55:52,796 --> 00:55:54,630
will not live up to
their full potential
1026
00:55:54,663 --> 00:55:57,167
by being subject
to a faith based education
1027
00:55:57,200 --> 00:55:59,870
which is antirational
and antiscience.
1028
00:56:03,073 --> 00:56:05,742
May I say something?
1029
00:56:05,776 --> 00:56:08,644
That's why you're here,
Ms. Hays.
1030
00:56:08,677 --> 00:56:12,182
Belief in the Bible
isn't antiscience.
1031
00:56:12,215 --> 00:56:14,051
What is your occupation?
1032
00:56:15,952 --> 00:56:19,622
It says here you're an assistant
manager in a restaurant.
1033
00:56:19,655 --> 00:56:21,091
Recently unemployed.
1034
00:56:22,692 --> 00:56:24,194
What else do your notes say?
1035
00:56:24,227 --> 00:56:27,064
Well, there doesn't really
appear to be too much here.
1036
00:56:27,097 --> 00:56:29,032
Let me fill in
the blanks for you.
1037
00:56:30,700 --> 00:56:33,070
I'm a widow.
1038
00:56:33,103 --> 00:56:34,670
After my husband passed away,
1039
00:56:34,704 --> 00:56:36,339
I took a less demanding job,
1040
00:56:36,373 --> 00:56:38,075
to spend more time with our son.
1041
00:56:38,108 --> 00:56:39,342
You have my condolences.
1042
00:56:39,376 --> 00:56:41,677
But before he died,
1043
00:56:41,711 --> 00:56:45,382
I completed an advanced degree
in aerospace engineering
1044
00:56:45,415 --> 00:56:48,085
and worked as a systems
engineer in Houston
1045
00:56:48,118 --> 00:56:51,154
at the national aeronautics
and space administration.
1046
00:56:52,022 --> 00:56:53,223
NASA.
1047
00:56:53,256 --> 00:56:56,193
NASA has a long history
1048
00:56:56,226 --> 00:56:59,096
with men and women of faith.
1049
00:56:59,129 --> 00:57:00,997
Do you know what the first
food and beverage
1050
00:57:01,031 --> 00:57:03,266
ever consumed on the surface
of the moon was?
1051
00:57:03,300 --> 00:57:06,002
I have no idea. Tang, I suppose.
1052
00:57:08,138 --> 00:57:10,173
Consecrated bread and wine.
1053
00:57:10,207 --> 00:57:13,710
It happened when astronaut
buzz aldrin took holy communion
1054
00:57:13,743 --> 00:57:15,378
just after setting down
the lunar module
1055
00:57:15,412 --> 00:57:17,814
in the sea of tranquility.
1056
00:57:17,848 --> 00:57:21,251
You see, aldrin was an elder
at Webster presbyterian church
1057
00:57:21,284 --> 00:57:22,953
and he got special permission
1058
00:57:22,986 --> 00:57:24,387
to take the bread
and wine with him
1059
00:57:24,421 --> 00:57:26,723
and give himself communion.
1060
00:57:26,756 --> 00:57:28,725
A few months earlier
on Christmas Eve,
1061
00:57:28,758 --> 00:57:31,161
the crew of Apollo 8 read
from the book of Genesis
1062
00:57:31,194 --> 00:57:32,796
while they orbited the moon.
1063
00:57:32,829 --> 00:57:34,698
An Israeli astronaut ilan Ramon
1064
00:57:34,731 --> 00:57:36,299
recited the Jewish
shabbat kiddush
1065
00:57:36,333 --> 00:57:38,135
and Russian cosmonaut
sergey ryzhikov...
1066
00:57:38,168 --> 00:57:39,970
What is your point, Ms. Hays?
1067
00:57:40,003 --> 00:57:42,272
There's a common misconception
of homeschool parents,
1068
00:57:42,305 --> 00:57:43,740
particularly those of faith,
1069
00:57:43,773 --> 00:57:46,675
that we're some kind
of flat earthers.
1070
00:57:46,710 --> 00:57:50,280
My 7-year-old knows
that the earth is round
1071
00:57:50,313 --> 00:57:52,282
and that the sunrise
is an illusion
1072
00:57:52,315 --> 00:57:53,917
caused by the earth's rotation.
1073
00:57:53,950 --> 00:57:56,786
And when tested in physics
or chemistry
1074
00:57:56,820 --> 00:57:59,156
about the rate of acceleration
of a falling object
1075
00:57:59,189 --> 00:58:00,991
or the atomic mass of cesium,
1076
00:58:01,024 --> 00:58:03,426
acceptable answers
do not include Jesus
1077
00:58:03,460 --> 00:58:05,661
or whatever god wants it to be.
1078
00:58:06,730 --> 00:58:09,065
And lastly,
1079
00:58:09,099 --> 00:58:13,770
my husband was a United States
air force pilot
1080
00:58:13,803 --> 00:58:15,038
who fought for our freedoms
1081
00:58:15,071 --> 00:58:18,175
and died in service
to this country.
1082
00:58:18,208 --> 00:58:20,043
So, if it's all the same to you,
1083
00:58:20,076 --> 00:58:22,979
I would prefer you
call me Mrs. Hays
1084
00:58:23,013 --> 00:58:24,915
out of respect of my marriage
1085
00:58:24,948 --> 00:58:26,816
and to my husband's memory.
1086
00:58:42,832 --> 00:58:45,235
Your nation thanks your husband
for his service
1087
00:58:45,268 --> 00:58:48,205
and you and your family
for your sacrifice.
1088
00:58:48,238 --> 00:58:51,341
I'm afraid that's all the time
we have here today.
1089
00:58:51,374 --> 00:58:53,510
This hearing is now adjourned
till tomorrow morning.
1090
00:58:58,949 --> 00:59:01,251
I don't know
what you're talking about.
1091
00:59:01,284 --> 00:59:02,452
No.
1092
00:59:02,485 --> 00:59:04,254
No, I just got home.
1093
00:59:05,989 --> 00:59:06,989
Hold on.
1094
00:59:08,992 --> 00:59:10,036
The parents of St. Jude co-op
1095
00:59:10,060 --> 00:59:13,363
are only asking social services
and judge neely
1096
00:59:13,396 --> 00:59:16,466
to allow us to supervise
the education of our children
1097
00:59:16,499 --> 00:59:18,368
as best as we know how.
1098
00:59:18,401 --> 00:59:20,837
And they continue to perform
higher on standardized tests
1099
00:59:20,870 --> 00:59:22,348
than their public
and private school peers.
1100
00:59:22,372 --> 00:59:23,940
I'll call you back.
1101
00:59:24,941 --> 00:59:26,142
Mom.
1102
00:59:27,877 --> 00:59:29,846
She has no bone fractures,
1103
00:59:29,879 --> 00:59:32,249
no internal injuries
or bleeding.
1104
00:59:32,282 --> 00:59:34,084
Then, why won't she wake up?
1105
00:59:35,452 --> 00:59:37,854
Head trauma.
1106
00:59:37,887 --> 00:59:40,991
But she's young
and in good health.
1107
00:59:41,024 --> 00:59:42,392
I'm hopeful
she'll recover without
1108
00:59:42,425 --> 00:59:43,960
any serious repercussions.
1109
00:59:43,994 --> 00:59:45,362
Hopeful?
1110
00:59:48,198 --> 00:59:51,901
Are you a religious man,
Mr. Moradi?
1111
00:59:51,935 --> 00:59:53,570
Yes, of course.
1112
00:59:53,603 --> 00:59:55,305
Why do you ask?
1113
00:59:55,338 --> 00:59:58,241
I thought you might
be comforted in prayer.
1114
00:59:59,075 --> 01:00:00,110
Prayer.
1115
01:00:01,177 --> 01:00:02,479
It can't hurt.
1116
01:00:19,262 --> 01:00:20,864
May I be excused?
1117
01:00:22,198 --> 01:00:24,334
You have something to say,
say it.
1118
01:00:24,367 --> 01:00:27,904
Okay, it's kinda weird to find
out that your mom is the one
1119
01:00:27,937 --> 01:00:29,615
who's sending your
friend's parents to jail.
1120
01:00:29,639 --> 01:00:31,941
You know I don't
send people to jail.
1121
01:00:31,975 --> 01:00:35,045
They put themselves in jail
by refusing to follow the law.
1122
01:00:35,078 --> 01:00:37,180
And since when do you
have homeschooled friends?
1123
01:00:37,213 --> 01:00:38,615
Since when is
homeschooling illegal?
1124
01:00:38,648 --> 01:00:40,150
Watch your tone.
1125
01:00:43,420 --> 01:00:47,190
The state has set universal
standards for education.
1126
01:00:47,223 --> 01:00:48,925
Homeschoolers can't
pick and choose
1127
01:00:48,958 --> 01:00:50,460
the ones that they wanna follow.
1128
01:00:50,493 --> 01:00:53,196
But don't they have to take
the same tests that we do?
1129
01:00:53,229 --> 01:00:55,899
Who cares what road they take if
we all end up in the same place?
1130
01:00:55,932 --> 01:00:57,067
That's just the point.
1131
01:00:57,100 --> 01:00:59,002
We don't end up
in the same place
1132
01:00:59,035 --> 01:01:01,638
because the roads that they
take are paved with privilege.
1133
01:01:01,671 --> 01:01:04,207
Why does every conversation
have to go back to...
1134
01:01:04,240 --> 01:01:08,645
Homeschooling is separatist,
elitist and racist, Kayla.
1135
01:01:08,678 --> 01:01:11,214
And I didn't raise you
to challenge me this way
1136
01:01:11,247 --> 01:01:12,849
in my own home.
1137
01:01:14,384 --> 01:01:16,920
Actually, you kinda did.
1138
01:01:16,953 --> 01:01:19,055
So where did Martin run off to?
1139
01:01:19,089 --> 01:01:20,957
He's off on a fact-finding
mission
1140
01:01:20,990 --> 01:01:22,359
with some tourists that he met.
1141
01:01:22,392 --> 01:01:25,128
Oh, bless his heart.
He's so happy to be here.
1142
01:01:25,161 --> 01:01:28,498
I was too, but,
I'm not so sure now.
1143
01:01:28,531 --> 01:01:31,067
I just have no idea
how we're doing in there.
1144
01:01:31,101 --> 01:01:32,645
Have we heard anything
from congressman Smith?
1145
01:01:32,669 --> 01:01:34,270
Not yet.
1146
01:01:34,304 --> 01:01:36,906
- We should call the kids.
- Alright.
1147
01:01:36,940 --> 01:01:38,341
Excuse us. Let's go in the back.
1148
01:01:40,510 --> 01:01:42,645
Ah.
1149
01:01:42,680 --> 01:01:44,481
Food's here.
I'm gonna run down and get it.
1150
01:01:44,514 --> 01:01:45,915
Thanks.
1151
01:01:45,949 --> 01:01:48,017
Hey, uh...
1152
01:01:48,051 --> 01:01:49,652
Maybe it'll help to know that...
1153
01:01:49,687 --> 01:01:51,354
We're here for you.
1154
01:01:53,056 --> 01:01:55,024
You have a family in St. Jude's.
1155
01:02:06,269 --> 01:02:09,072
Where did Smith
dig up a dead soldier's wife?
1156
01:02:09,105 --> 01:02:11,674
Benson needs to vet
the witness list better.
1157
01:02:11,709 --> 01:02:13,643
And anyone buying
the holy-roller story
1158
01:02:13,676 --> 01:02:15,445
that she used to work at NASA?
1159
01:02:15,478 --> 01:02:18,481
Hey, someone has to empty out
the garbage cans, am I right?
1160
01:02:18,515 --> 01:02:20,684
How much longer do we have
to suffer through this?
1161
01:02:20,718 --> 01:02:23,086
I got better places to be.
1162
01:02:25,255 --> 01:02:27,257
- Uh, no, you can keep it.
- Thank you.
1163
01:02:34,197 --> 01:02:36,700
Reverend hill,
how do you answer the comment
1164
01:02:36,734 --> 01:02:38,635
by former us commission
on civil rights
1165
01:02:38,668 --> 01:02:41,471
chairman Martin Castro
and here I quote
1166
01:02:41,504 --> 01:02:44,307
"the phrases religious
Liberty and religious freedom
1167
01:02:44,340 --> 01:02:47,644
will stand for nothing
except hypocrisy,
1168
01:02:47,677 --> 01:02:49,379
as long as they
remain code words
1169
01:02:49,412 --> 01:02:51,581
for discrimination,
intolerance, racism,
1170
01:02:51,614 --> 01:02:53,450
sexism, homophobia, islamophobia
1171
01:02:53,483 --> 01:02:55,485
"or any form of intolerance."
1172
01:02:55,518 --> 01:02:57,721
I think it says
more about the bias
1173
01:02:57,755 --> 01:02:59,456
of the former civil rights
chairman,
1174
01:02:59,489 --> 01:03:02,091
than it does about the
supposed biases of believers.
1175
01:03:02,125 --> 01:03:04,194
But surely you recognize
1176
01:03:04,227 --> 01:03:07,096
how offensively patriarchal
and sexist the Bible is.
1177
01:03:07,130 --> 01:03:08,498
Is that a legitimate question
1178
01:03:08,531 --> 01:03:11,267
or is that just your
chance at a soundbite?
1179
01:03:12,469 --> 01:03:13,570
Quiet.
1180
01:03:13,603 --> 01:03:15,338
Excuse me?
1181
01:03:15,371 --> 01:03:18,208
Um, considering the time
when it was written,
1182
01:03:18,241 --> 01:03:20,510
the Bible is one of the most
pro-feminist documents
1183
01:03:20,543 --> 01:03:22,479
in history, in an era where
1184
01:03:22,512 --> 01:03:25,048
women were treated as property
to be bought and sold...
1185
01:03:25,081 --> 01:03:27,751
Paul ordered women
to cover up their hair,
1186
01:03:27,785 --> 01:03:30,119
to wear a veil in the assembly.
1187
01:03:30,153 --> 01:03:32,455
Do you think I need
to wear a veil for you?
1188
01:03:32,489 --> 01:03:36,593
Single women in the Roman empire
were required by law,
1189
01:03:36,626 --> 01:03:38,294
to unveil their hair,
1190
01:03:38,328 --> 01:03:40,463
for the visual pleasure of men.
1191
01:03:40,497 --> 01:03:42,432
It would be like today
if we forced a young woman
1192
01:03:42,465 --> 01:03:46,536
to dress immodestly
and it was totally exploitative.
1193
01:03:46,569 --> 01:03:49,506
To get around that, you either
had to be married or widowed.
1194
01:03:49,539 --> 01:03:54,244
So, when Paul told women
to wear a veil in the assembly,
1195
01:03:54,277 --> 01:03:57,681
he was adding to the dignity of
women basically saying,
1196
01:03:57,715 --> 01:04:00,483
"you are every bit as good
as a married woman or a widow
1197
01:04:00,517 --> 01:04:03,086
and you don't have to put
yourself on display,
1198
01:04:03,119 --> 01:04:04,621
at least not in here."
1199
01:04:11,327 --> 01:04:13,096
Mom?
1200
01:04:13,129 --> 01:04:15,465
I'd like to make an argument.
1201
01:04:15,498 --> 01:04:16,834
Um, I'm already late.
1202
01:04:16,867 --> 01:04:18,201
It's important.
1203
01:04:18,234 --> 01:04:20,036
Five minutes.
1204
01:04:21,471 --> 01:04:24,574
In the matter of
the state versus the St. Jude's
1205
01:04:24,607 --> 01:04:25,575
homeschooling cooperative.
1206
01:04:25,608 --> 01:04:27,277
That case has been decided.
1207
01:04:27,310 --> 01:04:29,178
Is the court's decision
not subject to appeal?
1208
01:04:29,212 --> 01:04:31,147
- Grounds?
- New evidence.
1209
01:04:31,180 --> 01:04:33,650
- Conflicting evidence.
- Four minutes.
1210
01:04:33,684 --> 01:04:35,118
Point of clarification.
1211
01:04:35,151 --> 01:04:37,287
How is homeschooling
socially selfish
1212
01:04:37,320 --> 01:04:39,489
and misaligned with
liberal progressive values?
1213
01:04:39,522 --> 01:04:42,458
Because it ignores the needs
of the community at large.
1214
01:04:42,492 --> 01:04:44,695
We're divided enough
as it is, Kayla.
1215
01:04:44,728 --> 01:04:47,530
We shouldn't be teaching our
children to be suspicious
1216
01:04:47,564 --> 01:04:50,166
of public institutions
and civic obligations.
1217
01:04:50,199 --> 01:04:51,477
Well, what if Christian
homeschoolers are
1218
01:04:51,501 --> 01:04:53,403
more likely to donate
to charities
1219
01:04:53,436 --> 01:04:55,381
or be first in line to volunteer
in third world countries?
1220
01:04:55,405 --> 01:04:56,807
There's no evidence of that.
1221
01:04:56,840 --> 01:04:58,675
Mom, they're literally
christians.
1222
01:04:58,709 --> 01:05:01,879
Who do you think does most of
the donating and volunteering?
1223
01:05:01,912 --> 01:05:04,147
You've always told me that
there's value in dissent
1224
01:05:04,180 --> 01:05:05,849
and challenging
prevailing norms.
1225
01:05:05,883 --> 01:05:08,217
Isn't that the foundation
for liberal activism?
1226
01:05:08,251 --> 01:05:10,119
What about
institutional diversity?
1227
01:05:10,153 --> 01:05:11,487
Look, all I'm saying is
1228
01:05:11,521 --> 01:05:13,757
shouldn't there be
options for education,
1229
01:05:13,791 --> 01:05:16,326
choices for the individual
instead of lumping everyone
1230
01:05:16,359 --> 01:05:18,595
together in a single
one-size-fits-all model?
1231
01:05:18,628 --> 01:05:20,530
How is that diversity?
1232
01:05:20,563 --> 01:05:24,300
The public school system is
there for us as a society.
1233
01:05:24,334 --> 01:05:26,202
The people are not there for it.
1234
01:05:26,235 --> 01:05:28,739
As soon as it stops
working for the kids,
1235
01:05:28,772 --> 01:05:30,506
parents are obligated to leave.
1236
01:05:36,312 --> 01:05:37,657
The parents of the
homeschooling co-op
1237
01:05:37,681 --> 01:05:40,650
take seriously our duty
to instruct our children,
1238
01:05:40,684 --> 01:05:43,787
to teach them, to educate them,
to decide what is best for them.
1239
01:05:43,821 --> 01:05:46,623
It's really, it's a natural
extension of our beliefs.
1240
01:05:46,656 --> 01:05:49,425
Beliefs that I consider
to be divisive and intolerant.
1241
01:05:49,459 --> 01:05:51,427
Only because
you label intolerant
1242
01:05:51,461 --> 01:05:53,363
anyone who you don't agree with.
1243
01:05:53,396 --> 01:05:57,266
And you label divisive as anyone
who doesn't agree with you.
1244
01:05:57,300 --> 01:06:00,169
The gospels describe Jesus'
teaching his followers
1245
01:06:00,203 --> 01:06:02,639
to forgive each other...
1246
01:06:02,672 --> 01:06:04,173
To love their enemies...
1247
01:06:04,207 --> 01:06:06,242
Show generosity to those in need
1248
01:06:06,275 --> 01:06:08,645
and embrace those outside
their ethnic circles.
1249
01:06:08,678 --> 01:06:10,546
Would you call that divisive?
1250
01:06:10,580 --> 01:06:13,383
Christ commanded his followers
to advance his message
1251
01:06:13,416 --> 01:06:17,888
with the irresistible force of
love and the power of truth.
1252
01:06:17,921 --> 01:06:18,965
Would you call that intolerant?
1253
01:06:18,989 --> 01:06:20,390
No one has a monopoly
1254
01:06:20,423 --> 01:06:22,558
on the truth, Mr. Hill.
Not even you.
1255
01:06:22,592 --> 01:06:24,661
No, but if god exists,
1256
01:06:24,695 --> 01:06:26,663
then he has the monopoly on it
1257
01:06:26,697 --> 01:06:29,800
and we hold that he does
exist and has spoken.
1258
01:06:29,833 --> 01:06:31,401
Your truth, sir, not mine.
1259
01:06:31,434 --> 01:06:33,670
Except that's not
the way that truth works.
1260
01:06:33,704 --> 01:06:36,639
Truth is truth
for everyone and everywhere.
1261
01:06:36,673 --> 01:06:39,509
Even if over time,
it loses its popularity
1262
01:06:39,542 --> 01:06:42,680
or becomes
politically incorrect.
1263
01:06:42,713 --> 01:06:45,448
That's what the parents
of these children understand
1264
01:06:45,481 --> 01:06:49,552
that in a society where
suddenly everything is relative,
1265
01:06:49,585 --> 01:06:51,989
truth is absolute,
1266
01:06:52,022 --> 01:06:54,490
a transcendent thing
not of this world.
1267
01:06:54,524 --> 01:06:57,493
Something that they
have no power to change.
1268
01:06:57,527 --> 01:06:59,395
America was founded
on these principles.
1269
01:06:59,429 --> 01:07:01,597
And if we just
throw them away...
1270
01:07:01,631 --> 01:07:03,299
I think we're done here.
1271
01:07:03,332 --> 01:07:05,501
I would like to thank
the witnesses for their input.
1272
01:07:05,535 --> 01:07:08,438
They're free to go. This hearing
is now adjourned for one hour.
1273
01:07:08,471 --> 01:07:10,640
After which,
we will vote on this issue.
1274
01:07:13,877 --> 01:07:15,678
Mr. Chairman.
1275
01:07:15,713 --> 01:07:18,581
Mr. Chairman, you haven't
ruled on our situation.
1276
01:07:18,614 --> 01:07:20,818
I'm sorry, sir,
that you have misunderstood
1277
01:07:20,851 --> 01:07:22,686
the purpose of this hearing.
1278
01:07:22,720 --> 01:07:24,822
Thank you.
1279
01:07:24,855 --> 01:07:27,423
Wait, what does he mean
the purpose of this hearing?
1280
01:07:27,457 --> 01:07:29,793
I'm not sure. I mean is any of
this going to matter?
1281
01:07:29,827 --> 01:07:31,627
It has to.
1282
01:07:31,661 --> 01:07:33,773
I mean even when it turns out
we're still under a court order
1283
01:07:33,797 --> 01:07:35,866
and facing all kinds of
fines when we get home?
1284
01:07:42,973 --> 01:07:44,574
Are you sure?
1285
01:07:45,743 --> 01:07:47,243
Yeah.
1286
01:07:47,845 --> 01:07:49,378
I see.
1287
01:07:51,048 --> 01:07:53,016
Okay.
1288
01:07:53,050 --> 01:07:54,650
Have a safe flight.
1289
01:07:58,889 --> 01:08:00,958
Is mommy coming home?
1290
01:08:00,991 --> 01:08:02,592
Mommy's comin' home.
1291
01:08:19,076 --> 01:08:21,845
I'm impressed. Mr. Hill.
1292
01:08:21,879 --> 01:08:24,815
You really should've had
yourself a career in politics.
1293
01:08:24,848 --> 01:08:26,649
Thanks.
1294
01:08:26,683 --> 01:08:28,384
I'll pass.
1295
01:08:28,417 --> 01:08:30,063
Do you really think
anything you said in there
1296
01:08:30,087 --> 01:08:33,589
is gonna have any effect
on what we do?
1297
01:08:33,623 --> 01:08:37,527
You see, we do these things
because we're supposed to.
1298
01:08:37,560 --> 01:08:40,530
Because supposedly
somebody's watching.
1299
01:08:40,563 --> 01:08:43,033
But other than
a few c-span junkies,
1300
01:08:43,066 --> 01:08:45,803
is anybody really
paying attention?
1301
01:08:45,836 --> 01:08:47,805
Don't you get it?
1302
01:08:47,838 --> 01:08:50,107
We've already decided
what we're gonna do.
1303
01:08:52,810 --> 01:08:55,645
Or you wouldn't be having these
hearings in the first place.
1304
01:08:55,678 --> 01:08:57,815
Look, I understand
your position.
1305
01:08:57,848 --> 01:09:00,984
You feel that you're makin' a
last-ditch stand for your faith
1306
01:09:01,018 --> 01:09:04,121
and you've chosen this as a hill
that you're willing to die on.
1307
01:09:04,154 --> 01:09:06,023
Our whole faith started
because one man
1308
01:09:06,056 --> 01:09:07,657
chose a hill
he was willing to die on.
1309
01:09:07,691 --> 01:09:10,093
Yes, but that
was a long time ago.
1310
01:09:10,127 --> 01:09:12,796
And now nobody really cares.
1311
01:09:12,830 --> 01:09:14,430
Let's face it.
1312
01:09:14,463 --> 01:09:16,566
Your god, your book,
they're in the way.
1313
01:09:16,599 --> 01:09:19,602
They're in the way
of moral relativism.
1314
01:09:19,635 --> 01:09:22,105
They're in the way of calling
good evil and evil good.
1315
01:09:22,139 --> 01:09:24,674
What did you plan
to accomplish here today?
1316
01:09:26,109 --> 01:09:27,677
To defend the rights of parents,
1317
01:09:27,711 --> 01:09:29,980
to educate their
children as they see fit.
1318
01:09:30,013 --> 01:09:31,647
And to make congress promise
1319
01:09:31,682 --> 01:09:33,984
that they will never
threaten those rights again.
1320
01:09:34,017 --> 01:09:36,586
- Yes.
- Sir, that is not gonna happen.
1321
01:09:36,619 --> 01:09:38,487
In a few minutes,
we're gonna go back in there,
1322
01:09:38,521 --> 01:09:40,590
we're gonna take
a quick straw vote,
1323
01:09:40,623 --> 01:09:43,727
which is gonna find in favor
of the experts' recommendations.
1324
01:09:43,760 --> 01:09:45,062
Experts.
1325
01:09:45,095 --> 01:09:46,139
And, then we're gonna
push this through,
1326
01:09:46,163 --> 01:09:48,732
just like we planned.
1327
01:09:48,765 --> 01:09:50,767
- Just like that?
- Just like that.
1328
01:09:54,771 --> 01:09:58,075
I'd be careful about goin'
to war against god's church.
1329
01:09:58,108 --> 01:10:00,010
Scripture promises
the gates of hell
1330
01:10:00,043 --> 01:10:01,945
will not prevail against him.
1331
01:10:01,979 --> 01:10:03,646
This is not hell, Mr. Hill.
1332
01:10:03,680 --> 01:10:07,150
- This is Washington.
- Close enough.
1333
01:10:07,184 --> 01:10:11,420
For 2,000 years, men have tried
to get rid of christianity.
1334
01:10:11,454 --> 01:10:13,991
Diocletian, Napoleon,
1335
01:10:14,024 --> 01:10:17,761
Stalin, mao zedong.
1336
01:10:17,794 --> 01:10:19,528
What makes you think
that you can accomplish
1337
01:10:19,562 --> 01:10:21,497
what they couldn't?
1338
01:10:21,530 --> 01:10:23,901
They didn't have
an 83 percent approval rating.
1339
01:10:33,076 --> 01:10:35,812
Chairman.
1340
01:10:35,846 --> 01:10:38,648
I really thought the lord
had intervened on our behalf.
1341
01:10:38,682 --> 01:10:42,085
Before you say anything else,
1342
01:10:42,119 --> 01:10:43,653
I wanna show you all something.
1343
01:10:44,821 --> 01:10:45,889
Follow me.
1344
01:10:52,495 --> 01:10:53,964
You want to talk?
1345
01:10:55,498 --> 01:10:57,067
Let's talk!
1346
01:11:00,170 --> 01:11:01,637
Huh?
1347
01:11:02,538 --> 01:11:04,041
Did you say something?
1348
01:11:05,641 --> 01:11:06,910
I can't hear you.
1349
01:11:09,079 --> 01:11:11,214
They say you're a man,
1350
01:11:11,248 --> 01:11:13,817
then come down
and face me like one.
1351
01:11:15,719 --> 01:11:17,788
You're more than a man, no?
1352
01:11:19,856 --> 01:11:21,058
You see all.
1353
01:11:22,159 --> 01:11:24,227
You know all.
1354
01:11:24,261 --> 01:11:26,697
Then tell me, son of god,
1355
01:11:26,730 --> 01:11:29,598
why did you take ayisha from me?
1356
01:11:29,632 --> 01:11:31,435
She's my daughter.
1357
01:11:33,203 --> 01:11:34,871
Are you punishing her?
1358
01:11:37,007 --> 01:11:39,009
Did she displease you?
1359
01:11:43,847 --> 01:11:45,015
Or...
1360
01:11:46,116 --> 01:11:47,884
Are you punishing me?
1361
01:11:59,930 --> 01:12:01,832
I beg of you,
1362
01:12:03,133 --> 01:12:04,835
she must have blood.
1363
01:12:06,036 --> 01:12:07,704
Take mine instead.
1364
01:12:08,637 --> 01:12:10,907
Let ayisha live.
1365
01:12:12,675 --> 01:12:14,510
I'll do anything.
1366
01:12:16,046 --> 01:12:17,580
Anything.
1367
01:12:58,789 --> 01:13:01,792
Everybody knows her big sister,
1368
01:13:01,825 --> 01:13:04,895
lady Liberty who stands
in New York harbor.
1369
01:13:06,296 --> 01:13:07,964
But this one?
1370
01:13:09,332 --> 01:13:11,935
She's my girl.
1371
01:13:11,968 --> 01:13:13,203
She's a replica.
1372
01:13:13,236 --> 01:13:14,905
Do you know her story?
1373
01:13:17,174 --> 01:13:20,377
The bronze was cast in 1861
outside of Washington.
1374
01:13:20,410 --> 01:13:23,914
Her name is freedom.
1375
01:13:23,947 --> 01:13:26,159
And in one of those ironies
that god seems to delight in,
1376
01:13:26,183 --> 01:13:28,752
Philip Reid, the foundry foreman
1377
01:13:28,785 --> 01:13:30,687
in charge
of casting her was a slave.
1378
01:13:30,720 --> 01:13:33,890
A gifted artisan,
but a slave nonetheless.
1379
01:13:33,924 --> 01:13:35,759
But by the time the capitol dome
1380
01:13:35,792 --> 01:13:37,828
was ready to receive her
in 1863,
1381
01:13:37,861 --> 01:13:40,663
the emancipation proclamation
was in full effect.
1382
01:13:41,731 --> 01:13:44,301
Meaning that Philip Reid,
1383
01:13:44,334 --> 01:13:46,703
most likely stood
outside of this building
1384
01:13:46,736 --> 01:13:50,974
and watched her go aloft
as a free man.
1385
01:13:51,007 --> 01:13:54,643
And all the hands that
strained at the hoisting ropes,
1386
01:13:54,677 --> 01:13:56,213
all belonged to former slaves.
1387
01:13:59,049 --> 01:14:00,717
In my mind,
1388
01:14:01,852 --> 01:14:04,321
any country that can do that,
1389
01:14:04,354 --> 01:14:06,823
is worth fighting for.
1390
01:14:06,857 --> 01:14:09,226
For that is exactly
what we need to do.
1391
01:14:09,259 --> 01:14:10,760
Keep fighting.
1392
01:14:12,162 --> 01:14:15,132
You at home and me...
1393
01:14:15,165 --> 01:14:17,134
Right here.
1394
01:14:19,870 --> 01:14:22,172
They're gonna be
taking the vote soon.
1395
01:14:22,205 --> 01:14:25,742
Uh, I need to get back in and
prepare my closing statements.
1396
01:14:25,775 --> 01:14:28,345
They only gave me five minutes,
but I'll take it.
1397
01:14:28,378 --> 01:14:30,013
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
1398
01:14:33,049 --> 01:14:34,117
My pleasure.
1399
01:14:39,089 --> 01:14:40,790
You all did wonderful.
1400
01:14:42,125 --> 01:14:44,427
Thanks, Martin.
1401
01:14:44,461 --> 01:14:47,330
And it felt like the fight
was rigged though.
1402
01:14:47,364 --> 01:14:48,732
Founding fathers didn't account
1403
01:14:48,765 --> 01:14:52,035
for the likes of
chairman Benson.
1404
01:14:52,068 --> 01:14:55,172
Governor Morris was a
founding father and he wrote,
1405
01:14:55,205 --> 01:14:59,009
"religion is the only
solid basis of good morals."
1406
01:14:59,042 --> 01:15:02,345
"Therefore, education should
teach the precepts of religion
1407
01:15:02,379 --> 01:15:04,714
and the duties of
man towards god."
1408
01:15:04,748 --> 01:15:07,083
Those days are past.
1409
01:15:07,117 --> 01:15:09,953
Mr. Morris didn't
stand the test of time.
1410
01:15:09,986 --> 01:15:11,321
But he did.
1411
01:15:11,354 --> 01:15:13,356
Maybe this other thing he wrote,
1412
01:15:13,390 --> 01:15:15,926
will be more familiar to you.
1413
01:15:15,959 --> 01:15:18,094
"We the people of
the United States
1414
01:15:18,128 --> 01:15:20,730
in order to form
a more perfect union..."
1415
01:15:20,764 --> 01:15:22,199
"Establish justice."
1416
01:15:22,232 --> 01:15:24,000
"Ensure domestic tranquility."
1417
01:15:24,034 --> 01:15:26,203
"Provide for the common defense
1418
01:15:26,236 --> 01:15:28,939
and promote general welfare."
1419
01:15:28,972 --> 01:15:30,941
"And secure the blessings
of Liberty."
1420
01:15:30,974 --> 01:15:33,143
- Liberty.
- Liberty.
1421
01:15:33,176 --> 01:15:36,112
"Do ordain and establish
this constitution."
1422
01:15:36,146 --> 01:15:38,215
"For the
United States of America."
1423
01:15:43,086 --> 01:15:44,454
I'm sorry, I...
1424
01:15:44,487 --> 01:15:46,356
I saw you all inside, but I...
1425
01:15:46,389 --> 01:15:49,059
We're the other 75 percent.
1426
01:15:49,092 --> 01:15:50,894
Three quarters of parents
who homeschool
1427
01:15:50,927 --> 01:15:53,063
for other than primarily
religious reasons.
1428
01:15:53,096 --> 01:15:54,764
Three quarters,
I mean I thought that...
1429
01:15:54,798 --> 01:15:56,366
That's what most people think
1430
01:15:56,399 --> 01:15:59,369
that at all homeschools are
conservative christians.
1431
01:15:59,402 --> 01:16:01,371
That's not true.
1432
01:16:01,404 --> 01:16:04,841
- Robert Williams from nbhe.
- Nice to meet you.
1433
01:16:04,874 --> 01:16:07,043
We homeschool because
most of the schools in my area
1434
01:16:07,077 --> 01:16:09,112
are chronically underfunded.
1435
01:16:09,145 --> 01:16:11,848
Hmm, not to mention
institutionalized racism.
1436
01:16:11,881 --> 01:16:13,950
- Hmm.
- My son has special needs.
1437
01:16:13,984 --> 01:16:16,253
Public schools just
aren't equipped.
1438
01:16:16,286 --> 01:16:18,021
Medical freedom.
1439
01:16:18,054 --> 01:16:19,522
I want to be able to choose
1440
01:16:19,556 --> 01:16:21,958
which immunizations
my children receive.
1441
01:16:21,992 --> 01:16:25,262
Bullying, violence,
school shootings.
1442
01:16:25,295 --> 01:16:26,863
There are many reasons.
1443
01:16:26,896 --> 01:16:28,465
Low student-teacher ratio.
1444
01:16:28,498 --> 01:16:31,868
Parents can choose the pace
and approach of the classroom.
1445
01:16:31,901 --> 01:16:33,970
Yeah, we have time
for community service,
1446
01:16:34,004 --> 01:16:35,872
volunteering
and entrepreneurship.
1447
01:16:35,905 --> 01:16:37,440
Not to mention the arts,
1448
01:16:37,474 --> 01:16:39,809
outdoor play
and real experiments.
1449
01:16:39,843 --> 01:16:42,545
First things public
schools cut to save money.
1450
01:16:42,579 --> 01:16:44,948
Our reasons might be different,
1451
01:16:44,981 --> 01:16:46,983
but we all want the same thing.
1452
01:16:47,017 --> 01:16:49,519
As long as government
overreach goes unchecked,
1453
01:16:49,552 --> 01:16:51,421
Liberty is threatened.
1454
01:16:51,454 --> 01:16:53,823
- All of ours.
- We can't stop.
1455
01:16:53,857 --> 01:16:55,492
We're stronger together.
1456
01:16:55,525 --> 01:16:57,494
I am we the people.
1457
01:16:57,527 --> 01:16:58,928
We all are.
1458
01:17:01,097 --> 01:17:02,432
We all are.
1459
01:17:13,176 --> 01:17:15,211
I can't believe
how I missed this.
1460
01:17:19,949 --> 01:17:22,852
Wait, where are you goin'?
We got a plane to catch.
1461
01:17:22,886 --> 01:17:24,354
I'll be back in five minutes.
1462
01:17:30,960 --> 01:17:33,430
My daddy used to fly airplanes.
1463
01:17:33,463 --> 01:17:35,298
He wore the same as you.
1464
01:17:36,466 --> 01:17:38,068
He's in heaven now.
1465
01:17:41,271 --> 01:17:42,405
I see.
1466
01:17:46,176 --> 01:17:48,078
You must miss him terribly.
1467
01:17:50,080 --> 01:17:52,449
If he could be with you,
he would.
1468
01:17:52,482 --> 01:17:54,651
This I know.
1469
01:17:54,685 --> 01:17:56,286
How do you know?
1470
01:17:56,319 --> 01:17:57,887
Because every father
1471
01:17:57,921 --> 01:18:00,857
will always choose
his child over.
1472
01:18:04,994 --> 01:18:08,264
I would go to heaven so daddy
could come back for mommy.
1473
01:18:09,366 --> 01:18:11,101
No, child.
1474
01:18:11,134 --> 01:18:14,037
You mustn't say such a thing.
1475
01:18:14,070 --> 01:18:15,972
That is an evil
and pointless wish.
1476
01:18:16,005 --> 01:18:18,208
But mommy's always so sad.
1477
01:18:18,241 --> 01:18:20,477
That's because she's
forgotten that our lives...
1478
01:18:22,946 --> 01:18:24,347
Belong to god.
1479
01:18:25,648 --> 01:18:27,484
We must trust
1480
01:18:27,517 --> 01:18:29,986
that god knows best.
1481
01:18:31,588 --> 01:18:35,959
Do you really think your mom
would be less sad without you?
1482
01:18:40,296 --> 01:18:41,498
She loves you.
1483
01:18:44,300 --> 01:18:45,468
She needs you.
1484
01:18:51,408 --> 01:18:52,909
Jackson?
1485
01:18:54,244 --> 01:18:55,345
Time to go home.
1486
01:18:55,378 --> 01:18:56,980
Almost your bedtime.
1487
01:19:36,586 --> 01:19:40,056
You feel that you're
makin' a last-ditch stand
1488
01:19:40,089 --> 01:19:41,424
to protect your faith.
1489
01:19:43,026 --> 01:19:44,194
Don't you get it?
1490
01:19:44,227 --> 01:19:45,595
We've already decided
1491
01:19:45,628 --> 01:19:47,163
what we're gonna do.
1492
01:19:47,197 --> 01:19:49,599
"Laus deo,"
it means praise be to god.
1493
01:19:49,632 --> 01:19:52,669
America is a country
so blessed with prosperity.
1494
01:19:52,703 --> 01:19:54,213
Religion has been removed
from our schools.
1495
01:19:54,237 --> 01:19:56,072
"We the people
of the United States."
1496
01:19:56,105 --> 01:19:57,607
"And secure
the blessings of Liberty."
1497
01:19:57,640 --> 01:19:59,418
- We're stronger together.
- I am we the people.
1498
01:19:59,442 --> 01:20:01,110
We all are.
1499
01:20:01,144 --> 01:20:02,488
"Don't worry about
what you will say.
1500
01:20:02,512 --> 01:20:04,247
At the time, you will
be given what to say."
1501
01:20:04,280 --> 01:20:05,749
"For it will not
be you speaking,
1502
01:20:05,783 --> 01:20:08,618
but the spirit of your father...
1503
01:20:08,651 --> 01:20:10,119
Speaking through you."
1504
01:20:39,382 --> 01:20:42,552
Mr. Chairman, I would like to
yield my time to the witness...
1505
01:20:43,854 --> 01:20:46,356
Reverend David hill.
1506
01:20:46,389 --> 01:20:48,658
That's fine,
but I remind the witness
1507
01:20:48,692 --> 01:20:51,127
he's limited to five minutes.
1508
01:21:07,176 --> 01:21:08,611
Thank you, congressman Smith,
1509
01:21:08,645 --> 01:21:10,848
Mr. Chairman...
1510
01:21:10,881 --> 01:21:13,383
For allowing me these
last five minutes.
1511
01:21:18,187 --> 01:21:19,833
You ever been on one of
those sightseeing tours
1512
01:21:19,857 --> 01:21:22,826
they have here in Washington?
1513
01:21:22,860 --> 01:21:24,427
You know the kind where they
1514
01:21:24,460 --> 01:21:26,396
take you to see
all the monuments?
1515
01:21:26,429 --> 01:21:28,364
Yes, I believe most
of us have visited
1516
01:21:28,398 --> 01:21:31,702
the city's major attractions.
1517
01:21:31,735 --> 01:21:33,202
Papa.
1518
01:21:36,205 --> 01:21:38,474
Maybe you oughta think
about goin' again.
1519
01:21:38,508 --> 01:21:42,679
'Cause those...
How did you put that?
1520
01:21:42,713 --> 01:21:44,480
Attractions...
1521
01:21:45,816 --> 01:21:48,184
Are here for a reason...
1522
01:21:48,217 --> 01:21:50,788
And I almost missed it.
1523
01:21:50,821 --> 01:21:53,189
I don't know how because you
can't throw a rock in this city
1524
01:21:53,222 --> 01:21:55,325
without hitting a statue
or a monument of some kind.
1525
01:21:55,358 --> 01:21:59,462
I mean, every street,
every building in this city,
1526
01:21:59,495 --> 01:22:01,631
all the marble and the granite,
the brick
1527
01:22:01,664 --> 01:22:05,803
and the stone is tryin'
to tell us somethin'.
1528
01:22:05,836 --> 01:22:07,838
They're sayin',
1529
01:22:07,871 --> 01:22:10,173
"don't forget about us."
1530
01:22:11,274 --> 01:22:12,675
"Don't forget about the,
1531
01:22:12,710 --> 01:22:14,210
the battles that we fought
1532
01:22:14,243 --> 01:22:17,480
and the price
that we paid for freedom."
1533
01:22:17,513 --> 01:22:20,483
"Don't let our
sacrifice be in vain."
1534
01:22:22,385 --> 01:22:25,588
You wanna hear something
interesting, Mr. Chairman?
1535
01:22:25,622 --> 01:22:28,191
I have three friends that have
a pretty good understanding
1536
01:22:28,224 --> 01:22:30,493
of what's at stake here today.
1537
01:22:31,829 --> 01:22:33,262
And the funny thing is... is
1538
01:22:33,296 --> 01:22:36,399
they're not even from america.
1539
01:22:36,432 --> 01:22:39,669
They're from faraway
places like China,
1540
01:22:39,703 --> 01:22:42,405
Iran,
1541
01:22:42,438 --> 01:22:44,140
Africa.
1542
01:22:47,543 --> 01:22:50,246
But they get it.
1543
01:22:50,279 --> 01:22:52,883
They know what's at stake here.
1544
01:22:52,916 --> 01:22:54,283
And maybe in order to understand
1545
01:22:54,317 --> 01:22:56,319
how precious and fragile
1546
01:22:56,352 --> 01:22:59,288
freedom really is, maybe...
1547
01:23:01,224 --> 01:23:03,292
Maybe you have to lose it.
1548
01:23:05,528 --> 01:23:08,699
But you already know that.
I mean, all of this, it's...
1549
01:23:08,732 --> 01:23:10,968
Oh, it's just a distraction.
1550
01:23:11,001 --> 01:23:13,403
And I made it easy
for you, didn't I?
1551
01:23:13,436 --> 01:23:15,672
I bet your face just lit up
when you realized
1552
01:23:15,706 --> 01:23:18,441
that there was a pastor
on the witness list.
1553
01:23:18,474 --> 01:23:20,844
You knew that if you
challenged scriptures,
1554
01:23:20,878 --> 01:23:22,813
I would rise to defend them.
1555
01:23:22,846 --> 01:23:24,782
It's kind of in my
job description.
1556
01:23:24,815 --> 01:23:27,685
You figured you'd run out the
clock while we debated how,
1557
01:23:27,718 --> 01:23:30,954
how women wore their
hair 2,000 years ago.
1558
01:23:30,988 --> 01:23:33,322
All in hopes that
no one would realize
1559
01:23:33,356 --> 01:23:34,968
that it's really their
freedoms that are on the line.
1560
01:23:34,992 --> 01:23:36,827
Not at all, sir.
1561
01:23:36,860 --> 01:23:38,696
The issue here today
is homeschooling.
1562
01:23:38,729 --> 01:23:40,698
I wish it was, Mr. Chairman.
1563
01:23:40,731 --> 01:23:41,999
I truly do.
1564
01:23:42,032 --> 01:23:44,333
No, today...
1565
01:23:44,367 --> 01:23:47,403
Today was about turning
neighbor against neighbor.
1566
01:23:47,437 --> 01:23:49,639
That's part of
your plan, isn't it?
1567
01:23:49,672 --> 01:23:51,742
Keep us all divided.
1568
01:23:51,775 --> 01:23:53,777
So bit by bit, we don't realize
1569
01:23:53,811 --> 01:23:56,579
you're chipping away
at our freedoms and liberties.
1570
01:23:56,612 --> 01:23:58,414
You got us all talking about
how Noah
1571
01:23:58,448 --> 01:24:00,283
got all the animals on the ark.
1572
01:24:00,316 --> 01:24:02,351
Meanwhile, you're
crafting legislation
1573
01:24:02,385 --> 01:24:06,389
that will allow the government
to barge into our homes
1574
01:24:06,422 --> 01:24:08,391
because it's all
about power for you.
1575
01:24:08,424 --> 01:24:10,593
And the only way
that you can get more power
1576
01:24:10,626 --> 01:24:12,662
is by taking it
from someone else.
1577
01:24:12,696 --> 01:24:14,640
And that would be all well
and good if it wasn't for that
1578
01:24:14,664 --> 01:24:16,599
pesky thing called
the constitution
1579
01:24:16,632 --> 01:24:17,777
that keeps getting in your way.
1580
01:24:17,801 --> 01:24:18,869
Now you hold on a second.
1581
01:24:18,902 --> 01:24:20,904
No, I'm done talkin' to you!
1582
01:24:20,938 --> 01:24:23,040
I'm talking to the people
who elected you.
1583
01:24:23,073 --> 01:24:25,308
Because as inconvenient
as it is, sir,
1584
01:24:25,341 --> 01:24:27,310
this is where your power
comes from!
1585
01:24:27,343 --> 01:24:28,812
Order!
1586
01:24:28,846 --> 01:24:31,481
You see those statues
and those monuments out there?
1587
01:24:31,514 --> 01:24:34,752
They say, "you work for us!"
1588
01:24:35,819 --> 01:24:37,587
You are out of order, Mr. Hill.
1589
01:24:37,620 --> 01:24:41,859
"A government of the people,
by the people, for the people."
1590
01:24:44,728 --> 01:24:46,029
Order!
1591
01:24:46,063 --> 01:24:48,766
You are out of order, Mr. Hill.
1592
01:24:49,867 --> 01:24:51,601
Order!
1593
01:24:51,634 --> 01:24:53,237
Bailiff.
1594
01:24:55,638 --> 01:24:57,507
So stay out of our homes
and churches.
1595
01:24:57,540 --> 01:25:00,676
And yes, stay out of our
children's education.
1596
01:25:00,711 --> 01:25:03,513
Because what you call teaching,
Mr. Chairman,
1597
01:25:03,546 --> 01:25:05,515
is really social engineering.
1598
01:25:05,548 --> 01:25:06,917
You are out of order, Mr. Hill!
1599
01:25:06,950 --> 01:25:08,651
Your history is being rewritten
1600
01:25:08,685 --> 01:25:13,556
biology is redefined
and right and wrong are erased.
1601
01:25:13,589 --> 01:25:16,492
Our children don't belong
to the government
1602
01:25:16,526 --> 01:25:18,494
and neither does our country.
1603
01:25:18,528 --> 01:25:23,432
America belongs to it's
citizens, to each and all.
1604
01:25:23,466 --> 01:25:26,669
To the farmers in Texas to the
window cleaners in New York,
1605
01:25:26,703 --> 01:25:30,040
to the cabinet makers in Maine
and the teachers in Oklahoma,
1606
01:25:30,073 --> 01:25:33,076
to every man, woman, and child.
1607
01:25:33,110 --> 01:25:34,945
It belongs to the people!
1608
01:25:37,848 --> 01:25:40,684
We the people.
1609
01:25:48,591 --> 01:25:51,661
Freedom is a fragile thing.
1610
01:25:51,695 --> 01:25:54,430
It must be fought for
and defended constantly
1611
01:25:54,463 --> 01:25:55,498
by each generation.