From a conservative torn between Romney and Thompson:

I am the father of a homeschooling family of 6 kids. I definitely fit the definition of a Social Conservative and am a card carrying member of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy, Evangelical Christianist Division. Neither my wife nor I will be voting for Huckabee in the Georgia primary despite his supposed lock on the evangelical community. I think your assessment of his support for the Arkansas homeschool bill is fair and should not be held against him by homeschoolers given the options & circumstances he faced (as you point out in the post). However, his liberal (or to steal Jonah Goldberg’s phrase, Liberal Fascist) positions on the role of government should disqualify him from being a serious contender in the Republican primaries.

From a homeschool mom who identifies herself as a Thompson backer:

I live in Texas, and we have probably the most liberal (in a good way) homeschooling laws. I don’t like the idea of regulation, but I could handle some if needed…My issue with Huckabee is his obvious incompetence in Foreign Affairs..My whole line of thinking is this: If we are blown-away by terrorists, or Iran, or China, or Russia (as they are starting to try to rebuild their military), none of the other issues matter. It’s hard for me to look beyond National Security at this point.

And a totally different angle from a homeschooler in Maryland — a reminder that there’s more than one way to “home a school,” if you will:

We home school our two middle-school kids for reasons that have absolutely nothing to do with religion, and our impression is that much of the growth in homeschooling in recent years is due to people like us…In any case, my wife and I consider it unfortunate that far too many people still seem to equate homeschooling with religion, especially Christian fundamentalism..To the extent homeschooling is done for non-religious reasons, like it is for us, the perspective of the religious homeschoolers regarding Huckabee or anyone else is irrelevant. My guess is that homeschoolers are more diverse than most people probably think.