On AlterNet: quiverfull

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Barely Literate? How Christian Fundamentalist Homeschooling Hurts Kids

Kristin Rawls, AlterNet. March 14, 2012.

The Religious Right touts homeschooling as the "responsible" educational choice. But what about the kids whose parents opt-out of the system -- and out of educating them, as well?

My Life as a Daughter in the Christian Patriarchy Movement -- How I Was Taught to Obey Men, Birth 8 Kids and Do Battle Against Secular America

Libby Anne, RH Reality Check. September 14, 2011.

We were raised to fight the enemy, be it Satan or environmentalists and feminists; to come against them in spiritual warfare and at the polls.

How I Escaped the "Biblical Family Values" Nightmare That Drives Perry, Bachmann, and Tea Party Politics

Vyckie Garrison, RH Reality Check. August 29, 2011.

How one woman got out of the Quiverfull movement where she homebirthed, homeschooled, home-churched and faithfully submitted to her husband.

My Womb for God's Purposes: The Perils of Unassisted Childbirth in the Quiverfull Movement

Kathryn Joyce, Religion Dispatches. July 23, 2009.

Distrustful of experts, many Quiverfull followers are leaving childbirth to God. The recent death of a newborn, however, exposes a growing rift.

Christian Fundamentalist Group Preaches Patriarchy and Women's Fertility as Weapons for Spiritual Warfare

Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash. March 30, 2009.

Author Kathryn Joyce explains the bizarre Quiverfull movement dedicated to exploding the birthrate of ultra-conservative Christians.