Even though homeschooling families stand to gain from a proposed new law designed to distribute Federal funds for elementary and secondary education in the form of vouchers, this same bill could pose problems down the road.
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In a sweeping statement issued just last week, the Holy See's Permanent Observer to the United Nations stressed the essential relationship between parents and children, particularly in regard to the education and upbringing of youth, and warned governments away from using the education process as a vehicle of ideological indoctrination.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In a case that is causing international outrage, the Swedish government is now seeking to terminate the parental rights of a Swedish couple to their nine year-old son, who has been in state custody for 24 months simply because local officials objected to the fact that he was homeschooled.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Attorneys with the Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) and Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) filed an application with the European Court of Human Rights asking it to hear the case of a seven-year-old boy seized by Swedish authorities because his parents homeschool.
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