News
2/8/2010
Defending Freedom Wherever and Whenever it is Threatened
Last week’s victory in the Romeike political asylum case demonstrates the positive impact HSLDA is having on homeschooling freedom around the world. American homeschoolers are fiercely protective of freedom and families, which is why HSLDA is fighting to protect homeschooling freedom wherever and whenever it is threatened. American homeschoolers are also compassionate and care about the oppression and persecution of homeschoolers in other countries. This is why HSLDA is equipping, encouraging and defending homeschoolers in other countries like Germany. Germany isn’t the only country where homeschoolers have challenges, but the Romeike case has sent a message across the globe that homeschooling is a human right which no country may deny its citizens and still call itself a “free country.”
In his decision granting asylum to the Romeikes, Judge Lawrence O. Burman noted that the rights being denied to the Romeikes were “basic human rights that no country had the right to violate.” We agree with Judge Burman that the right and responsibility of parents to direct the education and upbringing of children is of paramount importance. As Judge Burman noted, this fundamental right is under assault overseas—and there are forces that would like to impose unreasonable and unnecessary regulation on homeschooling parents even in America. Among the many other services we provide to equip and encourage homeschoolers, every year HSLDA is involved in many court and legislative battles to defend homeschooling families in every state from interference with their family and freedom.
Assaults on the traditional family continue to be made all over the world. It is important that organizations like HSLDA be empowered with resources to be able to defend families against those who would seek to repress these fundamental freedoms. Our attorneys are all homeschooling fathers or homeschool graduates who have demonstrated a commitment to the cause of homeschooling. With over 130 years of combined experience, we are well-prepared to defend homeschooling. Whether the issue is with a local school official over paperwork, a social worker or police officer at the door, or the policy of an entire nation, our staff is prepared to serve and support you 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
We know that times are hard for many homeschooling families, and that is why the Home School Foundation, HSLDA’s charitable arm, exists—to help families homeschool through hard times. For those who are blessed with resources, we want to make you aware of the Foundation’s International Fund. This fund is used to assist HSLDA and foreign attorneys to defend the rights of persecuted homeschoolers overseas.
To partner with us in such cases as that of the Romeike family, we invite you to go explore the Foundation website, where you can learn more about our international fund and make a contribution.
HSF and HSLDA appreciate your prayerful support and commitment to helping others who do not enjoy the same freedoms as we do! Thank you!
