March 15, 2007

MICHIGAN IS A VERY FRIENDLY PLACE TO HOMESCHOOLERS. Germany is not: They Took Our Daughter:

ERLANGEN, Germany - In the Bavarian town of Erlangen, a girl is missing. She was taken from her parents in a SWAT-style police raid last month that some are calling an abduction.

She was taken because German officials consider her family to be dangerous.

Why are they considered dangerous? Because they pulled their 15-year-old out of public school and began homeschooling her. Homeschooling is a crime in Germany.

I point the story out not because I think Germany's law is wrong (though I do) but because I want to note what could happen here if we don't vigorously protect our freedom to educate our children as we see fit by supporting candidates and laws that give us the right to do so. Those who would take that right away must be opposed as strongly as we can.

posted March 15, 2007 at 12:54 PM ET #
Politics