Uwe and Hannelore Romeike formerly of Bissingen, Germany, along with their five children made it to the United States in August of this year. The family has settled in Eastern Tennessee where they have been warmly welcomed by local homeschool supporters and are being assisted by the Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA).◼ The Saga Continues: Previously Tolerant German State Declares War on Home-schooling - Life Site News
"The persecution of homeschoolers in Germany has dramatically intensified," said HSLDA staff attorney Michael P. Donnelly. "They are regularly fined thousands of dollars, sent to prison, or have the custody of their children taken away simply because they choose to home educate."
◼ Germany Uses Nazi Era Law to Imprison Mom for Homeschooling; Family Flees to Austria - Life Site News
◼ Judge Grants Asylum to German Home Schoolers - NYT Feb 28, 2010
◼ Christian homeschoolers losing deportation fight - World
A family homeschooling safely in rural Tennessee may be forced to return to their native Germany, where the parents likely face huge fines and criminal penalties, and could lose custody of their five school-age children.◼ Here is another insight into the minds of liberals. They think they know better on how to raise your kids. - Conservative Byte
Uwe and Hannelore Romeike are looking to the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to give them permanent refugee status. But Attorney General Eric Holder is disputing their case, arguing Germany's ban on homeschooling fails to violate the family's fundamental rights.
◼ Banning homeschooling does not violate rights: U.S. Attorney General’s office - MICHAEL FARRIS, J.D., LL.M./Life Site News
Having immersed myself for about eight days in writing a brief for the Romeike family (a German homeschooling family who fled to the United States for political asylum), I wanted to share some insights I gained into the view of our own government toward the rights of homeschooling parents in general.
You will benefit from some context. (at the link)
