NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A couple who fled Germany with their five children over fears they would lose custody for not sending them to school has asked a federal appeals court to grant them asylum in the U.S.
Uwe and Hannelore Romeike (roh-MEYE-kee) claim in court documents that German schools are anti-Christian and the couple believe God wants them to teach their children at home.
Germany’s government requires students to attend a state-approved school, and parents who violate the law can face fines, jail and possible custody loss.
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decided this week to hear oral arguments in April. The court will hear two competing pictures of the parents.
In the view of the Home School Legal Defense Association, which represents the parents, the Romeikes have been persecuted by the German government for exercising their right to direct their children’s education, like many parents do in the U.S.
Read More at OfficialWire . By Travis Loller.
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Only goes to show you the evilness of the government there…. Our’s is fast becoming another Germany… for instance when Obama is challenging the Supreme Courts decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that struck down Proposition 8, a 2008 law which banned gay marriage in California.Soon… where our country will be just like Germany…. one with a Dictator. I wish all those idiots who voted for Obama could see this is against all biblical writings…but hey, perhaps those who PRETEND to be Christians are as deceiving as Obama. The Lord will punish this country one way of the other…. It may not be in my life time.. but it will be in your’s…