Are we talking about Germany here?????
I am not sure if you are familiar with One News Now
http://www.onenewsnow.com/Legal/Default.aspx?id=509324But it has news that the secular media usually does not have.
A German family has filed an appeal with the European Court of Human Rights after losing a court battle over mandatory sex education.The case began when parents Eduard and Elisabeth Elscheidt made the decision to keep their 11-year-old daughter from participating in her school's mandatory interactive stage play titled "My Body Is Mine." The parents took issue with the play because they say it taught children that if something felt good sexually, then it was okay. The play was part of a four-day sexual-ed program.
Roger Kiska, an attorney with the Alliance Defense Fund's European office, explains the Elscheidt's situatin.
"The family, the Elscheidt family, believe that this was contrary to their faith," says Kiska. "They did a lot of research on the governing law in Europe as well as international law coming from the United Nations documents, and they determined that since this was so contrary to their faith and that it would do damage to their ability as parents to raise their children according to that faith, that they would teach their child at home on this issue and only this issue."
But they were then charged by the court for breaching the mandatory school laws and fined heavily. The family has since filed an appeal with the European Court of Human Rights. Kiska believes they have a good chance of winning.
"It's pretty clear that states are not allowed to indoctrinate their children, and that parents have the ultimate right in raising their child according to their own religious and philosophical convictions," he comments.
Another German family -- the Romeikes -- is currently seeking asylum in the United States after facing persecution for home schooling. They fear that if they have to return to Germany, police will arrest the father and remove the children from the family. Mr. Romeike has already had to pay fines equivalent to hundreds of dollars for his decision to home school. The Home School Legal Defense Association is handling their case.