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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thomas Rogers" data-source="post: 982474" data-attributes="member: 60724">Hugh,You don't have to tell people that are against immunizations for whatever reason that they HAVE to get their children immunized.  They can choose not to.  But within many school districts their children would be barred from attending public school.  They still have a choice, but they can't have things both ways.Most of the rights that we enjoy come with some strings attached.  The right to a public education is no different.  For many that don't like the restrictions, they simply home school.  But even that has strings attached.A family across the street tried to fight the good fight against the public school system.  They essentially "swam upstream" on everything (kids in PE, manner of dress, participation in class, etc, etc) to the point that it became such an issue that the father was barred from the school grounds (he became a nusiance).  Then, they homeschooled, but fell behind in all the reporting and curriculum requirements.  Then, they almost lost their kids to child welfare because they were not educating them properly.  Yada, yada, they are back in school and following "the rules."A lot of people want to tilt at windmills.TJR</blockquote>