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You’re Invited: Two Virginia Events Focused on Parental Rights and Education

March 16, 2023
Virginia that will provide you with resources and encouragement on how you can join in the fight to protect children by empowering parents. First, our president Will Estrada is one of the featured speakers at the Second Annual Virginia Education Summit. This all-day conference will be held on Saturday, March 25, in Glen Allen , and hosted by our friends at Middle Resolution. You’ll hear from Will, Virginia Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earle-Sears, and other experts on education policy and parental rights. You can purchase tickets here . Second, our friends at Moms for Liberty are hosting a free event in Loudoun County with Fight for Schools founder Ian Prior to talk about his new book on parental rights. This gathering will be Tuesday, March 28, at 7:00 PM at Cascades Overlook Event Center, 21453 Epicerie Plaza, Suite 200, Sterling, Virginia. We’ve had a lot of victories in Virginia over the past couple years, but we also have a lot of work ahead of us. These two events will help provide resources, encouragement, and training to help you engage in the work ahead. Sincerely, Michael Ramey Executive Director

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We did it! Thanks in part to your support, Virginia passed a statute in 2013 to protect the role of parents. Virginia law Section 1-240.1 provides:

A parent has a fundamental right to make decisions concerning the upbringing, education, and care of the parent's child.

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Virginia Courts

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L.F. v. Breit, 736 SE 2d 711 - Va: Supreme Court (2013):

"The relationship between a parent and child is a constitutionally protected liberty interest under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.7 Troxel v. Granville, 530 U.S. 57, 65 (2000); Wyatt v. McDermott, 283 Va. 685, 692, 725 S.E.2d 555, 558 (2012) (“We recognize the essential value of protecting a parent's right to form a relationship with his or her child.”); Copeland, 282 Va. at 198, 715 S.E.2d at 19. Indeed, the Supreme Court of the United States has characterized a parent's right to raise his or her child as “perhaps the oldest of the fundamental liberty interests recognized by this Court.” Troxel, 530 U.S. at 65. Any statute that seeks to interfere with a parent's fundamental rights survives constitutional scrutiny only if it is narrowly tailored to serve a compelling state interest. McCabe v. Commonwealth, 274 Va. 558, 563, 650 S.E.2d 508, 510 (2007); see also Washington v. Glucksberg, 521 U.S. 702, 721 (1997)."