Asylum Surprise
Decision for home-schoolers pushes persecution boundaries.
[ posted 5/18/2010 9:22AM ]
A German Christian family received asylum in Tennessee after being severely penalized for illegally homeschooling their children in Germany.
While private and public schools are allowed in Germany, homeschooling is not. The Romeike family was threatened ...
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eii me
Homeschooling is frowned upon in most EU countries - tolerated but not readily accepted. The people (families) who home school are considered odd...
GodsLion GodsLion GodsLion
"The Cowards" on this site are not going to post your positions until you lower your font and refrain from name calling. You are violating the posting standards of this site. Post without all caps and without attack and your positions will remain. BJ, Moderator The cowards who run this site are refusing to post my comments!!!Any parent who sends his kid to one these GODLESS American public schools is guilty of CHILD ABUSE!!! Any school that does not recognize JESUS CHREIS as SAVIOR, KING & GOD is not a school at all, it is an educational WHOREHOUSE!!! Wake up FOOLISH Christians!!!
Juan Llamaz
What I find surprising in this case is this: Home schooling is not illegal in all European Union states. The Romeikes could easily have moved 150 miles south to german speaking Austria. There homeschooling would have been possible. As European Union citizens they are free to settle anywhere in the European Union. Let's say you live in Redding, California and California introduces a law you do not like. Would you apply for asylum in Denmark or Finland or would you perhaps move 150 miles north to Medford, Oregon? And should Denmark or Finland or any other country even consider your case before you have not tried that option?
Luke McLaren
The infiltration of secular humanism stemming from the Enlightenment through today is further highlighted by the German government's policy. Our education system today in North America is so thoroughly secularized, we as Christians, being educated in it, can no longer distinguish the difference between a secular and Christian world view. To be sure there are poor textbooks in existence, both within the public school system and the "religious" realm. In any case, as homeschooling parents, we have the freedom to choose good textbooks. Once we lose our high view of Scripture, we will eventually not only accommodate anti-christian views in the name of Christ, we will promote them. Our duty is to raise our children to love the Lord God with all their heart, soul, mind, and strength. God help us to lovingly hold firm to His word and His calling.
Calvin Baker
Yes... just answering.
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