I appreciated Jesse Paine's post about the California Court of Appeal's recent decision regarding home education [1]. It's well worth your time to read it if you haven't already done so! Joshua and I both signed the HSLDA petition [2], as well.
Even if you haven't personally chosen to homeschool, it's vitally important that parents retain their rights to educate their own children! Personal convictions aside, home education is statistically a great choice for academic reasons.
As parents, we value our right to make decisions regarding raising and educating our children, and for us, that includes not heading off to a school building for 8 hours every day.
Links:
[1] http://www.biblicalwomanhoodonline.com/2008/03/california-call-to-action-campaign.html
[2] https://www2.hslda.org/Registrations/DepublishingCaliforniaCourtDecision/