The Shining Light of Liberty Flickers

As we get ready to celebrate Independence Day - the Land of the Free, Home of the Brave, etc. - the torch of freedom proudly held by the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor is flickering. A German Christian family moved here under threat of criminal prosecution by the German government for home-schooling their children. They believed that the German schools were teaching their children things clearly in conflict with their faith, so off they went to the aforesaid Land of the Free, Home of the Brave and sought asylum on religious grounds. Well not so fast mein herr!

The U.S. Department of Justice has taken the official position before the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals that sending these religious snivelers back to der Rhineland is just ducky because Germany's goal of an "open, pluralistic" society trumps any trivial religious objections. That should sound familiar as those are the words often used by President Obama and his minions to describe what they think the U.S. should look like, never mind what the First Amendment says about government making "no law" abridging the religious rights of the people. They have consistently talked about "freedom of worship" not "freedom of religion" as it is set forth in the Amendment.

So enjoy this All-American holiday and eat your fill of hot dogs and apple pie, but know that there are faceless politicians and bureaucrats who find all of this detestable and would love to change all the red, white, and blue into a uniform gray that only allows for slavish obedience to the diktat du jour from D.C.

www.wnd.com/2013/07/doj-governments-can-punish-homeschoolers/?cat_orig=us