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  • Defend Educational Freedom from State-Funded Intrusion

    “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to
    the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”

    U.S. Constitution, 10th Amendment

    “A power to establish schools… is no more implied in the constitution, than a power to
    establish religion.”

    John Taylor, Construction Construed, and Constitutions Vindicated, 1820

    The Constitution of the United States delegates no explicit authority to the federal government to tax or fund education, or to regulate education. All such powers are reserved to the states, or to the people of the states, under the Tenth Amendment.

    All human rights, including the right to govern one’s household and direct the upbringing and education of children, are endowed by the Creator and not granted by any government.

    The family is the first and foundational unit of government, with parents bearing the full responsibility and authority to educate their children as a matter of natural and divine law.

    The State does not own children, and it has no rightful claim over the direction of their education, particularly when such education is privately funded or directed within the home.

    The Constitution Party Platform affirms that

    “We support the unimpeded right of parents to provide for the education of their children in the manner they deem best, including home, private or religious [and] all legislation from any level of government that would interfere with or restrict that liberty should be opposed.

    Taxation to fund “school choice” programs, such as Education Savings
    Accounts (ESAs), vouchers, or other redistributive subsidies that redirect public funds to private education constitutes a violation of private property rights and imposes unjust obligations upon families who do not consent to such programs.

    ESAs and similar programs are often misleadingly presented as extensions of public education, even though they funnel tax dollars into private or home-based settings, thereby eroding the distinction between public and non-public schooling.

    Tax-funded programs for non-public education blur the line between public and private schooling, inviting government oversight, mandates, data collection, and ideological control under the guise of choice.

    True educational freedom rests not in government-funded alternatives but in the restoration of parental and local authority, free from state intrusion and coercive taxation.

    The Constitution Party declares that all forms of tax-funded subsidies for non-public education are unconstitutional, immoral, and
    incompatible with the principles of individual liberty, private property, and family sovereignty.

    The Constitution Party calls upon the legislatures of all fifty states to nullify, reject, and repeal any existing tax-funded programs that subsidize private, religious, or home education, and to refrain from enacting any such programs in the future.

    The Constitution Party rejects the redefinition of programs like ESAs as public education and affirms that such reclassification undermines both the integrity of public schooling and the independence of private and home education.

    The Constitution Party affirms the sacred right of parents to educate their children without enticement, interference, or coercion by the State.

    The Constitution Party rejects any claim—explicit or implied—that children are wards of the State, and we declare that no government has authority to intrude upon the God-given hierarchy of the family, where parents, not politicians, are the rightful stewards of the next generation.

    The Constitution Party warns all liberty-minded citizens, churches,
    homeschool associations, and private educators that the rebranding of ESAs as “public education” is a Trojan horse for expanded government regulation, surveillance, and eventual control over private and home education. We urge all who value liberty to oppose this deceptive promise of state-funded “choice” and to defend the necessary wall of
    separation between education and state control.

    Resolution passed by the Constitution Party National Committee, October 18, 2025, in Sparks, Nevada.

  • FAMILY

    FAMILY

    The Constitution grants the federal government NO authority to define marriage or family relations.

    The Tenth Amendment:

    “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”

    The law of our Creator defines marriage as the union between one man and one woman. The marriage covenant is the foundation of the family, and the family is fundamental in the maintenance of a stable, healthy and prosperous social order. No government may legitimately authorize or define marriage or family relations contrary to what God has instituted.

    The Founders understood that Family, as commonly understood among the people, is necessary to the General Welfare of a nation. 

    We affirm the importance of Biblical scripture in establishing the Founders’ intent, as eloquently stated by Noah Webster:

    “The moral principles and precepts contained in the Scriptures ought to form the basis of all our civil constitution and laws… All the miseries and evils which men suffer from vice, crime, ambition, injustice, oppression, slavery, and war proceed from their despising or neglecting the precepts in the Bible.”

    We oppose any judicial ruling or amending the U.S. Constitution or any state constitution re-defining marriage with any definition other than the Biblical standard.

    We call for an end to all taxation and economic formulas that discourage marriage, incentivize cohabitation and child bearing outside of marriage or authorize or provide government funding for policies and programs that further erode the jurisdiction of the family or parental rights.

    HOMOSEXUALITY, TRANSGENDERISM, OTHER DEVIANT BEHAVIORS

    • We reject the notion that homosexuals, transgenders or those who are sexually deviant are deserving of legal favor or special protection, and affirm the rights of states and localities to proscribe offensive sexual behavior. 
    • We oppose all efforts to impose a new sexual legal order through any courts or legislatures. 
    • We stand against so-called “sexual orientation” and “hate crime” statutes that attempt to legitimize inappropriate sexual behavior or stifle public opposition to its expression. 
    • We oppose government funding of “partner” benefits for unmarried individuals. 
    • We oppose any legal recognition of homosexual or civil unions.

    BIOLOGICAL SEX IN SOCIETY

    • One’s biological sex at birth cannot be changed, even with surgical and hormonal alterations.
    • Individuals, organizations or governments should never be required to change official records to reflect a gender differing from that at their birth.
    • No one or no entity has the right to force anyone to accept another person’s claim to be of a gender differing from their birth. 
    • We oppose any use of taxpayer funds to facilitate attempts at biological sex change, or penalizing parents for refusing to go along with a biological sex change by a minor child. 
    • It is improper to allow biological males to compete in female sports, or to have access to bathrooms, locker rooms, or prison facilities that don’t conform to their biological sex, no matter what degree of biological sex transformation or hormonal therapy they have undergone.

    PARENTAL RIGHTS

    • We recognize that parents have the fundamental right and responsibility to nurture, educate, and discipline their children. 
    • We oppose the assumption of any of these responsibilities by any governmental agency without the express delegation of the parents or legal due process. 
    • We affirm the value of the father and the mother in the home.
    • We oppose efforts to legalize adoption of children by homosexual singles or couples.