The Bible says the fear of the Lord, meaning a reverence for and an awe of God, is the beginning of knowledge and understanding.
So Abraham Hamilton III of the American Family Association, headquartered in Tupelo, Mississippi, says that begs a vital question about the public school system.
He asks, "What kind of system of instruction can you have, calling it education, but intentionally and systematically denies the knowledge of God?" Hamilton is general counsel and public policy analyst for the American Family Association. He's an African-American conservative — which makes him a huge target for liberals.
He's a husband and father of six, all of whom he homeschools, because in researching the history and intent of the public school system, he discovered what should scare any parent who's trying to mold and shape their child spiritually and intellectually.