German couple given asylum because Germany mandates public education

[Jenna]

The Romeikes, who are Evangelical Christians, took their three eldest children out of school in the town of Bissingen in 2006 because they were concerned about the impact the government-approved curriculum and the public-school environment would have on their social development. "Over the past 10 to 20 years, the curriculum in public schools in Germany has been more and more against Christian values, and my eldest children were having problems with violence, bullying and peer pressure.

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[Standard Dave]

A group of christian fundametalists crossing the Antlantic to get away from the rest of the population in Europe

[213th]

Good deal

[lewisipso]

"Over the past 10 to 20 years, the curriculum in public schools in Germany has been more and more against Christian values, and my eldest children were having problems with violence, bullying and peer pressure.

So they came here? Good luck. I'm fighting those problems here constantly.

[213th]

So they came here? Good luck. I'm fighting those problems here constantly.

But they cannot home school in germany which is what they want to do. They can do that here, in some states anyway, and pick their own curriculum