We defend the option for home schooling and call for vigilant enforcement of laws designed to protect family rights and privacy in education. Children should not be compelled to answer offensive or intrusive questionnaires. We will continue to work for the return of voluntary school prayer. . . . At many institutions of higher learning, the ideal of academic freedom is threatened by intolerance. Students should not be compelled to support, through mandatory student fees, anyone's political agenda. . . .
Republicans recognize the importance of having a father and a mother in the home.
The two-parent family still provides the best environment of stability, discipline, responsibility, and character. . . . We oppose school-based clinics that provide referrals, counseling, and related services for contraception and abortion. . . . We also encourage states to review their divorce laws and to support projects that strengthen marriage. . . . Renewing Family and Community . . . The family is society's central core of energy. . .