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"What would you do if your state decided you could no longer
home educate your children? Would you stay and place them in public school,
would you risk prison by continuing to homeschool them or would you move
somewhere that allowed you the freedom? This is a very real question that each
homeschool family needs to answer. When our family began to homeschool our
children in California almost 20 years ago, homeschooling was not what it is
today. People thought it was illegal, worse yet the state was not sure what to
do with this growing movement of parents that were taking their children out of
government schools and training them at home. This week I met with a state
government employee that didn't know the homeschool laws of our state and she
works within the children's welfare system.
Last year I was made aware of a family that came to America,
legally, from Germany to enjoy the freedom of home educating their children.
The Romeike family left their country, home, church, family, friends and church
to come to America. They first immigrated to America in 2008 and the Obama
Administration is now trying to deport them back to a country that wants to
prosecute them for teaching their children at home. I will not share the whole
story here because there are so many details I don't want to miss. I will
include links at the bottom of the page for more reading about the Romeike
family and the challenges they have endured in order to exercise their God
given right to teach their children without the governments interference.
Sign Now
Homeschool Legal Defense is representing the Romeike family
in court and has an uphill battle, not against the German government but
against the US government. Can you imagine any more hypocrisy than the US
government telling the Romeike family, who immigrated to America legally that
they are not allowed to stay here after five years, when that same government
is proposing amnesty to 12 million illegal immigrants currently in the US? The
Romeike family needs your help. There is currently a White House petition that
will allow HSLDA and the Romeike family to have their case heard by the White
House. Please join us in signing this important petition before April 18.
Whether you are a homeschool family or not, this affects you. If the Romeike
family is deported for homeschooling, will we be next?"
