Judge Thomas Hull's October 1986 decision in the "Mozert et al. versus Hawkins County Public Schools" provoked concern from a number of educators who felt that the plaintiffs, several Fundamentalist parents, who were favored in the decision, were attempting to force their religious principles on non-Fundamentalists. Judge Hull's decision, based on the notion that the children involved were not being provided a free public education, allowed them to "opt out" of reading class and be taught from alternate texts at home. Educators responded to the decision by saying that it opened the way for mass censorship, that it was impractical for schools to try to accommodate every minority opinion in every reading program, and that the children would become culturally illiterate with such omissions in their education. It is stated that such opinions are flawed in that they fail to consider the fact that (1) the basal readers in question were not removed from the classroom, (2) several schools have incorporated alternative reading materials without great inconvenience, and (3) the public's notions of education are based on exposing children to a wide variety of ideas, and the Fundamentalists' complaint arose largely out of the exclusion of Christian values rather than the inclusion of other values. It behooves educators who believe in a liberal democracy to attempt to accommodate minority viewpoints, because everyone is part of a minority in one way or another. (Thirteen references are included.) (JC)