The
pro-choice forces do not allow pro-lifers
to have their choices. Those who preach
tolerance and diversity are not tolerant
at all and do not tolerate other views.
Those who dissent do not tolerate others
dissenting from their positions. Those
who cry "bigotry" when homosexuality
is criticized are the biggest bigots
of all.
This
is now the same mindset shown in the
RH bill. What it proposes is immoral
and will be very harmful to family and
life. But what it further includes is
coercion, with penalties for those who
will not toe the line or even just speak
against it. So it will now become a
crime to exercise conscientious objection,
to exercise free speech, and to obey
God.
GERMANY,
February 23, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com)
- A mother of
twelve has been sentenced to 43 days
in jail in the German town of Salzkotten
for refusing to enroll her children
in the sex education program in a local
elementary school, according
to two German Catholic news sites,Kath.net
and Katholishes.info.
The
woman, whose name is not revealed in
the articles, is reportedly a Baptist
who is opposed to the program based
upon her religious convictions. The
couple says that their rights under
the European Convention on Human Rights,
to which Germany is a signatory, are
being ignored.
They
cite article 2 of the convention’s
first protocol, which states: “the
State shall respect the right of parents
to ensure such education and teaching
in conformity with their own religious
and philosophical convictions.”
The local elementary school has reportedly
ignored this right since 2005, and is
being supported by the judiciary.
The
woman’s husband says that “his
wife has really missed her family, but
finds her solace in God” according
to Kath.net,
which also reports that the younger
children “miss their mother,”
but that suffering injustice is part
of the experience of being Christian.
The
persecution of Germans who homeschool
or reject government sex education is
an ongoing phenomenon.
In April of last year the website Kopp
Online reported several cases of German
mothers who reside in Salzkotten spending
up to a week in jail for refusing the
local sex ed program for their children.
Similar persecution was reported in
the same town, which is located in the
district of Paderborn, in December of
2009.
In
January of 2010 a German family was
granted asylum in the United
States after years
of harassment by the German government
for homeschooling their children.
Contact
information:
Embassy
of Germany in the United States
2300 M Street NW
Washington, DC 20037
Phone (202) 298-4000
Email: http://www.germany.info/Vertretung/usa/en/Kontakt.html
Embassy
of Germany in Canada
1 Waverley Street
Ottawa, ON, K2P 0T8
Tel.: 613-232-1101 Fax: 613-594-9330
Email: germanembassyottawa@on.aibn.com
Embassy
of Germany in the United Kingdom
23 Belgrave Square
London
SW1X 8PZ
Phone: 020 7824 1300
Fax: 020 7824 1449
Email:
http://www.london.diplo.de/Vertretung/london/en/Kontakt.html