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German homeschoolers head to U.S. Supreme Court

July 25, 2013Laymandeported, Germany, Homeschool, Romeike family, U.S. Supreme Court

By Dale Hurd Attorneys for Christian parents who fled Germany in order to home school their children but have been denied U.S. asylum said they are preparing to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case and are working with Congress to try to change asylum law. The Romeike family came to the U.S….

Deportation of German homeschool family affects US homeschool freedom

March 4, 2013Layman2 church, Germany, Homeschool, religion

By Bryana Johnson In 1938, the practice of homeschooling was outlawed in Germany by Adolf Hitler and the infamous Third Reich. It was a rough period in German history, as thousands of young people were being pried from their parents’ direction and authority and drafted into the Hitler Youth program, where they were supposed to…