Smoking foes try to stop parents from lighting up

Here's an example of where the anti-smoking zealots are heading. It does not bode well for people who believe parents have the ultimate God-given responsibility for rearing their children. Just imagine where the camel might head after getting its nose under the edge of this tent.

E.g., what if the government starts to worry that a religious upbringing is not in the best interest of children?

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Anti-smoking activists who are driving cigarettes from public places across the country are now targeting private homes -- especially those with children...

An appeals court upheld the ruling, but not before one judge raised questions about the extent to which a court should become involved in parental rights and whether certain behavior is harmful or simply not in a child's best interest...

If there's no health issue, it isn't the court's place to say someone can't do something that's perfectly legal, just because the other spouse doesn't want them to...

The smoking-at-home issue also sparked debate about whether such rulings will lead courts to become involved in such matters as parents' making poor TV programming choices for their children...
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Smoking foes try to stop parents from lighting up?-?Metropolitan?-?The Washington Times, America's Newspaper