Posted on 07/03/2013 2:01:46 PM PDT by lowbridge
The U.S. Department of Justice has revealed in a court filing it agrees with the philosophy of the German government that bureaucrats can punish homeschooling parents.
The agency contended parental rights to keep children free from instruction that violates faith essentially are negligible when the government’s goal is an “open society.”
The arguments were made in a pleading before the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that urges the judges to send a German homeschooling family, the Romeikes, back to Germany where members likely would face persecution.
“The goal in Germany is for an ‘open, pluralistic society,’” wrote the government’s pleading, signed by Senior Litigation Counsel Robert N. Markle in Washington.
German law, he argued, requires attendance at government schools, and punishment is levied against anyone failing to comply, even due to religious objections.
His argument to the appellate court cited a German court decision, which stated: “The general public has a justified interest in counteracting the development of religiously or philosophically motivated ‘parallel societies’ and in integrating minorities in this area. Integration does not only require that the majority of the population does not exclude religious or ideological minorities, but, in fact, that these minorities do not segregate themselves and that they do not close themselves off to a dialogue with dissenters and people of other beliefs. Dialogue with such minorities is an enrichment for an open pluralistic society. The learning and practicing of this in the sense of experienced tolerance is an important lesson right from the elementary school stage. The presence of a broad spectrum of convictions in a classroom can sustainably develop the ability of all pupils in being tolerant and exercising the dialogue that is a basic requirement of democratic decision-making process.”
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Holder the racist is at it again.
This has got to stop.
This entire administration has to go - NOW.
Who's willing to go Bowman?
Haven’t seen it happen yet.
The Waco Way.
Technically, they are arguing the German govt’s goal is that.
This is ALL about indoctrinating homosexuality to children. It is pure evil at the highest level. Obama and Holder are saying that parents must be compelled to force their children to embrace and participate in the homosexual lifestyle taught at public schoolds. There is no opt out whatsoever.
This was the very reason people colonized this land. And threw off the shackles of tyranny.
Steppin Wolf - Monster
Homoindoctrination is simply a vehicle to the “de-Christianization” of the country.
Since homeschooling is, for the most part, about resisting this movement, it makes it a double target.
However, they need to understand, when they start coming to houses to take kids to public schools,
there are going to be a lot of dead government thugs as a result.
There will be plenty of Bowmans if they start taking our kids.
German law, he argued, requires attendance at government schools, and punishment is levied against anyone failing to comply, even due to religious objections. ..."
Hitler would be so proud. Wait... I thought we fought a war and beat those guys??? Silly me...
“..totalitarian insanity.... third world dictator...”
Read “An Open Letter To All Fifth Columnists” by Ayn Rand, written in 1941.
She explains it perfectly. We were headed towards this way back then.
“..A song by the band Queensryche titled “Revolution Calling”......”
1989, “Operation Mindcrime”, incredible album.
Except the main character was recruited by commies to do their bidding.
They are not the country. We are.
“They are not the country. We are.”
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