When faced with such disapproval it can be especially invaluable to have a network of fellow home schoolers to provide support and encouragement. Contact your state or local home school organizations for potential allies. Holt asks first whether we have a right to try to prevent it. Your beliefs were none of the government's business. Holt explains that it is also not the government's business to decide which ideas are good and which are bad, and which will be taught to our children and which will not.
People have the right to believe what they want, and to pass their beliefs along to their children.
This is the important point to remember. Friends, relatives, the lady down the street, or anyone else might not like it, and might not approve, but you have every right to educate your children as you see fit. Occasionally, a little experience with home based education will turn a potential foe into a staunch ally. But the best medicine is still time, and its special magic. Link to this article from your website.