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I’ll just say this up front: I haven’t been able to verify this
story. But on the hope that someone might be able to help Alecia if it’s
true, I wanted to post it.

Alecia Faith Pennington
grew up in a homeschooling Christian household. As you might expect,
her parents don’t like government regulations. We know that freedom can
be abused, but I’ve never seen it go this far.

homeschooling christian household expect parents government regulations freedom abused ive

Alecia’s mother Lisa, who runs a website called The Pennington Point,
never obtained a birth certificate for her daughter. (She was born at
home.) Furthermore, there’s no social security number for Alecia… or
school records (since she never attended public school).

In other
words, there’s basically no form of identification for Alecia, who’s now
19. She’s about as off-the-grid as you can get. That means she can’t
get a driver’s license, or apply for college, or get a job, or get on a
plane, or vote, as she explains in the video below:

Watch Video Here

19-Year-Old Daughter of Homeschooling Christian Parents Needs Help Obtaining Essential Life Documents
February 11, 2015 by Hemant Mehta 124 Comments

I’ll
just say this up front: I haven’t been able to verify this story. But
on the hope that someone might be able to help Alecia if it’s true, I
wanted to post it.

Alecia Faith Pennington
grew up in a homeschooling Christian household. As you might expect,
her parents don’t like government regulations. We know that freedom can
be abused, but I’ve never seen it go this far.

homeschooling christian household expect parents government regulations freedom abused ive

Alecia’s mother Lisa, who runs a website called The Pennington Point,
never obtained a birth certificate for her daughter. (She was born at
home.) Furthermore, there’s no social security number for Alecia… or
school records (since she never attended public school).

In other
words, there’s basically no form of identification for Alecia, who’s now
19. She’s about as off-the-grid as you can get. That means she can’t
get a driver’s license, or apply for college, or get a job, or get on a
plane, or vote, as she explains in the video below:

This
isn’t her fault, as she says, but she has to deal with the
consequences, and she’s asking for help from anyone who might know what
she has to do to basically become a U.S. citizen with all the necessary
paperwork. (Alecia has posted on Facebook a list of the steps she has taken so far.)

Her mother, meanwhile, said on Facebook that the video wasn’t true, without going into further detail:

paperwork alecia posted facebook list steps mother facebook video true

She also gave a little more backstory on her website:

On Wednesday, September 24th my life was changed forever. My 18 year old daughter left home.
She gave us no warning, no signs that it was coming. She didn’t try to
talk to us about it or work with us. She, with the help of my parents,
just left. And with her she took pieces of my heart that had been torn
to shreds. I cried ****** that day than I ever knew was possible. So
**** that it scared my little boys and I had to go in my closet and put a
pillow over my face to ****** the sobs.

We have spent the past 11
days trying to make head or tails out of what happened. Why did she
leave? How can we help her? What will happen next?

We got no
real answers. Only more confusion as some of the circumstances
unfolded. We discovered that my parents had been planning this with her
without telling us (as you can imagine, an additional part of my grief
is not only the loss of my daughter but the total *** of the
relationship with my parents). We also learned that she has been
telling exaggerated stories about what is going on inside our home to a
******* woman who has been giving her foolish counsel and encouraging
her to deceive us and get out.

The contempt for atheists aside, it just sounds like Alecia was trying to break free from a life spent in a bubble.

(I’ve
seen some conspiracy theories online about how this is all happening
because Alecia isn’t really her mother’s biological *****, but there’s
no evidence for any of that.)

Incidentally, I reached out to Lisa
Pennington last night to verify the information in the video and which
aspects of it weren’t true. As of this writing, she has not responded to
me.

To watch the video, see the link provided below.


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Also have to apply for a social security, in Washington, D.C. Kimberly
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Uncle went to the court house where he was born, they give it to him, I would suggest one of those free attorney's petition the court and tell them your situtation! Good luck! Kimberly
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There are too many regulations in America.
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Nope, this girls parents were extremely ignorant.

https://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Most of the laws and regulations in America need to go.
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Only a complete fool would make statements like that. Christians in particular are unable to maintain any semblance of civility and ethical behavior without being constantly monitors and have rules to control their behavior.

Without laws, to show guidance, there would be chaos. All you have to do is read your bible to see the horrific behavior of your believers. The same is true of the vatican that has been a flop house for all the pedophiles in the catholic church for over 2,000 years. They have no legal system there to manage their own people and as a result there is a massive amount of corruption, drug running, ********** and protectionism so that they do not have to answer for their heinous deeds to the world.
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(Christians in particular are unable to maintain any semblance of civility and ethical behavior without being constantly monitors and have rules to control their behavior.)

Only a complete fool would make statements like that.

Even the Constitution says you're wrong.

We have the right to be free from harassment and over-regulation.

We have the right to live our lives.
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Something about this whole story is fishy and unless there's a way to confirm all of it, I'm not buying any of it.
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Depending on where she lives, filing for a delayed birth certificate may be a possible.
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All she needs do is get someone who witnessed her birth to swear to it and any state judge upon interviewing her (to decide if she's for real) can order a birth certificate for her. That's how my dad, who was born at home, got his so he could enlist in the Army.
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