THIS GERMAN FAMILY CAME TO
THE U.S. FIVE YEARS AGO.
HOPING TO FIND REFUGE BECAUSE
THEY WANTED TO SCHOOL THEIR
CHILDREN IN FREEDOM.
BUT THE OBAMA JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
HAS TRIED TO SAY THAT THIS IS
NOT A RIGHT.
THEY BEGAN HOME SCHOOLING IN
GERMANY BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT
THEIR CHILDREN EXPOSED TO THINGS
LIKE WITCH CRAFT OR SEX
EDUCATION, BOTH TAUGHT IN
SCHOOLS.
THEY WERE ENCOURAGED TO ASK
THE DEVIL FOR HELP INSTEAD OF
GOD.
AND ACTUALLY THE DEVIL WOULD
HELP.
THEY SAID THINGS DIFFERENT
FROM WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS TO US,
WE WANTED TO PROTECT THEM.
HOME SCHOOLING IS ILLEGAL IN
GERMANY EXCEPT IN RARE CASES.
AND MANY ARE PERSECUTED.
MOST HOME SCHOOLERS ARE LEFT
ALONE BY THE GOVERNMENT.
BUT WHAT IF STATE AND FEDERAL
OFFICIALS STARTED TO MOVED
AGAINST HOME SCHOOLING.
IN THOSE AREAS WHERE IT'S
ILLEGAL, HOME SCHOOLERS RISK
LOSING THEIR CHILDREN.
TWO OF THE WORSE OF GERMANY AND
SWEDEN.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT
THINGS WOULD BE LIKE IN AMERICA
WHERE HOME SCHOOLING IS BANNED.
COME TO SWEDEN.
THE HEAD OF THE HOME SCHOOLING
ORGANIZATION IN SWEDEN HAD TO
TAKE HIS FAMILY INTO EXILE.
WE ARE IN EXILE, WE WERE
FORCED OUT OF OUR COUNTRY.
THAT MAKES A STRONGER IMPACT.
THIS IS OUR COUNTRY WHERE WE
HAVE FRIENDS AND RELATIONSHIP
AND NOW PUSHED AWAY FROM IT.
SWEDEN IS THE TOUGHEST PLACE
TO HOME SCHOOL.
ICHAEL DONLEY, HEAD OF THE
ASSOCIATION.
OF THEENT
RIGHTS GOES H
FURTHER CALLING IT A
DICTATORSHIP.
IT SEEMS TO BE A DEMOCRACY
BUT IT'S FAR FROM IT.
IT'S A DICTATORSHIP.
YOU HAVE SOCIAL WORKERS
DICTATING.
BUT YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE
DIFFERENT.
EVERYONE IS TO BE UNIFORM AND
THEY WANT COOKIE-CUTTER
CHILDREN.
AND AND THIS COUPLE HAS LOST
THEIR CHILDREN.
IF WE CAN'T SOLVE THIS SOON,
DOMINIC WON'T HAVE A MOTHER
ANYMORE.
THOSE COULD LEARN FROM
RUSSIA, ONE OF THE COUNTRIES
FREEDOM FOR EDUCATION.
WE HAVE COMPLETE FREEDOM FOR
EDUCATION, RUSSIA ADMINISTRATION
IS CHAMPION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN
THIS PARTICULAR AREA.
OF COURSE I THINK IT'S A GOOD
EXAMPLE FOR GERMANY AND SWEDEN.
HAS BEEN HOME SCHOOLER
TAKEN TO COURT EVERY YEAR BY THE
YOUTH OFFICE.
THE YOUTH OFFICE, I USED TO
CALL IT GUSTAPLE FOR THE YOUNG.
GERMAN HOME SCHOOLERS HAVE
LOST CUSTODY OF THEIR CHILDREN,
THOUGH THEY ARE STILL ALLOWED TO
LIVE WITH THEM.
HE SAYS HE EXPECTS TO GO TO
JAIL.
BUT WILL NEVER STOP HOME
SCHOOLING.
I AM NOT AFRAID OF THIS, IT'S
SAD FOR MY FAMILY.
BUT I GO LAUGHING.
YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU WANT, MY
CHILDREN DON'T GO TO SCHOOL.
A RED FLAG WENT UP IN THE
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT THAT HOME
SCHOOLING IS NOT A FUNDAMENTAL
RIGHT.
THEY ARE TOLD ABOUT
RELATIONSHIPS OF GERMANY AND
THERE COULD BE A FLOOD GATE FROM
GERMANY FURTHER EMBARRASSING THE
GERMAN GOVERNMENT.
THIS MAN WHO MAKES HIS LIVING AS
A PIANO TEACHER, KNOWS WHAT TO
EXPECT IF DEPORTED TO GERMANY.
FIRST THEY WOULD THREATEN US
TO TAKE AWAY CUSTODY.
AND MIGHT BE JAIL TIME TOO.
BUT THE MAIN THREAD IS ASPECT OF
CUSTODY.
THEN OF COURSE THE CHILDREN ARE
TAKEN AWAY FROM YOU COMPLETELY.
I MEAN THAT'S WHAT NO FAMILY
WANTS.
AND HE SAYS THE FACT THAT THE
WHITE HOUSE WOULD BE WILLING TO
DENY HOME SCHOOL FREEDOM TO HIS
FAMILY, SHOULD MAKE AMERICAN
HOME SCHOOLERS CONCERNED.