Germany’s Criminalised Homeschoolers
Some of you already know about the outrageous laws that Germany has concerning teaching your own kids.
There is currently a huge case going on where the state has gone and removed a 15 year old girl, Melissa Busekros from her home and put her in a psychiatric ward.
She was then transfered to a foster home and just recently, on her 16’th birthday, she climbed out a window and came back to her home and re-joned her family.
Currently, there is a temporary calm, but the officials have made it clear that they are not happy about their commands being thwarted in such manner.
Other parents have been sent to jail for similar cases involving not wishing to submit their children to the state’s worldly method of schooling.
Here is a link to a CBN News report.
During her stay captive in the psychiatric hospital with other TRUE mentally insane people, a flood of letters from other Christian and homeschooling families in other countries including the United States were sent, but she was not allowed to see any of them and those letters were considered “Dangerousâ€.
Reasons that have been given for her abduction have been scandalous. In-fact, when asked, the head of the youth welfare office said in a phone call interview that the main reason that she was abducted was not necessarily that the family was home schooling, but the reasons listed below.
• She lives in a “Dangerous family†(The family is christian)
• Her “devotion and obedience to her fatherâ€.
• One statement says: “Melissa Busekros is a highly disturbed girl who obediently and faithfully obeys the idealistic wishes of her fatherâ€.
• “Melissa demonstrates loyalty towards her father and unconditional solidarity with her family.”
• “They say I am influencing the children too much…,” said Hubert [the Father]. “They want to stop any influence of the father.”
• Joerg says, “If you have a good relationship to your children — a very close relationship like in the Busekros case, it seems to be in the eyes of the officials, something which is dangerous.”
• “For (The Erlangen Youth Welfare Office), 15-year olds only seem to be â€normal“: if they live according to their own wishes… If they do not love their parents… But rebel against them, (and) Cooperate with… The Police, Court, Youth and Welfare Office and (Medical) Experts… Against their own parents.â€
• Gudrun [the mother] said, “…that our daughter is loyal to us or has the same convictions we have? This is not normal for them.”
There is great danger that some of the family’s other 5 children may be harmed or taken because of this incident, please pray that those who are currently in power will either be removed or have a total change of heart. and that homeschoolers around the world will protest this blatant injustice. More info here.
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