Comments on: Interview: The German Situation

By: Agent Tim Online :: Culture And Theology--Hand In Hand

Agent Tim Online :: Culture And Theology--Hand In Hand — Tue, 02 May 2006 23:09:53 +0000

[...] In the past, I have covered the German Homeschool crisis (see here, here, here, here, here, and here.) I ran across an article by Richard Guenther that spoke about not only homeschoolers, but other minorities who are being persecuted for going against school policies. Today, two mothers were taken to prison in the state of Nordrhein-Westfalen. They were not homeschoolers but were charged with keeping their children from fulfilling the mandatory school attendance laws of their state. Their crime? They refused to allow their children to participate in a very, very ungodly school theater piece. First they received fines. When they refused to pay the fines they were taken to jail. One mother’s husband is in the hospital for a very serious lung operation. He like the other father will face jail when his wife finishes her punishment in prison. When she was brought to the police station the officer in charge told her to go home and not tell anybody. Why? Because she was brought to prison with her baby. She still nurses her baby. The other mother remains in jail. She has 12 children. The last step is to take the children away! [...]

By: Agent Tim Online » Interview: The German Situation

Agent Tim Online » Interview: The German Situation — Sat, 13 Aug 2005 23:15:36 +0000

[...] Read the interview! [...]

By: Tim

Tim — Sat, 13 Aug 2005 17:43:04 +0000

Boy…that sure is scary…

By: Christina

Christina — Sat, 13 Aug 2005 17:07:23 +0000

Hey Tim, Great Interview…
I actually was in Germany for about 10 days and stayed with host-families there. Whenever the subject of school came up, the people were absolutely schocked to find out I was homeschooled(some didn’t even know what it was). During a discution with one particular host-family, they told me: “Homeschoolers are forbidden here……We do not speak of them.”
It was a little scary……
Keep up the great work!
Christina

By: Citizen Grim

Citizen Grim — Sat, 13 Aug 2005 01:25:25 +0000

Awesome post, dude. Very interesting.

It’s always uplifting to hear from Christians in other countries (especially Europe!) too.

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La Shawn Barber's Corner — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 20:51:13 +0000

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By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 16:58:56 +0000

Yeah, we’re praying that it doesn’t come to that. But if our court system rules according to international precedents… it’s not good for us.

By: Logan

Logan — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 23:52:42 +0000

WoW! That is some crazy stuff, I had no idea homeschooling was actualy outlawed in some countries. That is awesome that you got to interview her though. I hope it never gets that way here…….