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Posted: March 01 2010 at 11:35am | IP Logged Quote Kathryn
I found this quite interesting and haven't seen this posted here already but I found this article on the back of our local newspaper, originally from The NY Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/01/us/01homeschool.html?scp=1 &sq=german%20asylum&st=cse

How blessed we are by our freedoms!

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Posted: March 01 2010 at 12:07pm | IP Logged Quote Servant2theKing
Yes! We are indeed incredibly blessed! Let us never take for granted our blessed freedom to educate our children, most especially in matters of our beloved Faith! Thank you for sharing this Kathryn!

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Posted: March 01 2010 at 12:34pm | IP Logged Quote crusermom
And a pretty decent article by the NYT - wonders never cease! Thanks for sharing.

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Posted: March 01 2010 at 12:37pm | IP Logged Quote guitarnan
Yes, the reporter managed to discuss homeschooling for reasons of faith without making the family sound like part of a weird fringe movement. Very refreshing.

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Posted: March 02 2010 at 7:35am | IP Logged Quote St. Ann
There was a program on TV here in Germany about this family and another homeschooling family who had to leave the country. A representative from the german school system was a guest speaker. He made very poor arguments for his(the States') case and the very popular Commentator of this late night program, Gunther Jauch, was evidently supportive of homeschooling rights and more or less ridiculed the present german system and especially the enforcement of these laws! In public! On german TV! This was one of the best PR moves for the german homeschooling movement.

I recently read about a mother of 8 who was put in jail because she kept her 9 yr. old son out of s#x ed. Can you imagine?

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Posted: March 02 2010 at 5:25pm | IP Logged Quote Teachin'Mine2
Thank you so much for posting this article!   I remember reading about this family a few months ago, but I haven't seen the outcome that they were granted asylum.   Wonderful news!   I can just imagine how many more families just like them live in fear.   I'll be adding all these German home schooling families to my prayers.   Wouldn't it be great if Pope Benedict would address this issue - even if it's just making this one of his monthly prayer intentions for next year.
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Posted: March 02 2010 at 7:36pm | IP Logged Quote CandaceC
This family lives in our town and visited our church a few times!! They are a SWEET family...wonderful children! It is wonderful news for them!

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