Religion & Law

Here's a more recent news story about a matter that came up before here at MOJ:

On a quiet street in this little town in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains lives a family of refugees who were granted asylum in the United States because they feared persecution in their home country.

The reason for that fear has rarely, if ever, been the basis of an asylum case. The parents, Uwe and Hannelore Romeike, want to home-school their five children, ranging in age from 2 to 12, a practice illegal in their native land, Germany. . . .

?We?re all surprised [by the judge's decision granting asylum] because we consider the German educational system as very excellent,? said Lutz Hermann Görgens, the German consul general in Atlanta. He defended Germany?s policy on the grounds of fostering the ability ?to peacefully interact with different values and different religions.? . . .