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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a parent, I have no problem with requiring students to give back to the community.  
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Then, good for you.  Enforce that with your child in your role as a parent.  You don't need the state for force it upon you or your child.   Imagine this, another parent might (and many do) object.  So their values are not respected.  It isn't strictly speaking about what any parent has or doesn't have a problem with -- it has to do with the fundamental issue of: what should the state be allowed to force the children to do.

I'll bet there are some parents in my school that don't have a problem with requiring students to pray in school, but we don't do that (obviously a violation of church and state).  Similarly (but no, not exactly the same for the nudges out there!), forcing students to "volunteer" for these organizations is tantamount to forcing speech onto those children (a constitutional violation).  Yes, the courts have found that forced action -- and here the action is working for an approved list of organizations - can be viewed in these terms.

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