Hardly a new position: they've been saying that children belong to the state, and not their parents, for years, but it's rare for them to slip up and say so so explicitly, publicly

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Michigan Democrat Party: your children belong to “the community”

A Saturday post made by the Michigan Democrats on their official Facebook page criticized the parents who want to play a role in what public education teaches their children. The post was deleted Monday morning after intense criticism. 

"Not sure where this ‘parents-should-control-what-is-taught-in-schools-because-they-are-our-kids’ is originating, but parents do have the option to send their kids to a hand-selected private school at their own expense if this is what they desire," the post read.

"The purpose of public education in public schools is not to teach kids only what parents want them to be taught," the Michigan Democratic Party’s post continued. "It is to teach them what society needs them to know. The client of the public school is not the parent, but the entire community, the public."

Outgoing Greenwich RTC Chairman Dan Quigley, and incoming Board of Ed member Michael-Joseph Mercanti-Anthony were unavailable for comment.

And don’t forget this old chestnut, from 9 years ago: