Whatever happened to "Give us your tired, your poor ... yadda yadda yadda ..."?
I guess it only applies if you're a sure bet to go on the Dem voter rolls.
cali (91,948 posts)
Delicious Wingnut Outrage: Team Obama wins fight to have Christian home-school family deported
Just had to post that Fuxx News headline. Yummy bitter tears from wingnuts across the web.
Uwe and Hannelore Romeike came to the United States in 2008 seeking political asylum. They fled their German homeland in the face of religious persecution for homeschooling their children.
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The Romeikes were initially given asylum, but the Obama administration objected – claiming that German laws that outlaw homeschooling do not constitute persecution
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On Monday, the Supreme Court declined to hear the Romeike’s appeal – paving the way for the Christian family of eight to be deported.
“I think this is a part of the Obama administration’s overall campaign to crush religious freedom in this country,†said Michael Farris, chairman of the Home School Legal Defense Association. His organization is representing family.
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http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2014/03/03/team-obama-wins-fight-to-have-christian-home-school-family-deported/
don't let the door hit you ass on the way out, you poor wittle persecuted Cwistians
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024597772snooper2 (19,650 posts)
14. I think it's a good idea, also no private schools from K-12
That would give our young-in's a chance to some "normalcy" while they are growing up so they don't turn into racist ignorant thumpers later in life!
Everyone in the same ****ing melting pot please!
Because there's no racism or bigotry going around in public schools ...
cali (91,948 posts)
7. nope, not even a little bit. If you knew anything about me
you'd know that I often have said that there's a double standard at DU re Christians. Oth, I think it's bullshit that Christians in this country are persecuted- a frequent right wing claim, and I don't think that not being able to home school your kids even begins to rise to the level of persecution.
Seeking asylum over this trivializes the horrors of people who really are persecuted.
The standard DU mantra is, unless you're on the bottom of the socioeconomic ladder, you're never supposed to stand up for your rights or make a complaint. That's restricted solely to favored minorities only.
joeybee12 (45,676 posts)
28. They can apply for citizenship instead of this bullshit persecution claim...
They're not going to be killed or beaten if they return to Germany...stuff like that constitutes aslyum.
How about your millions of Democratic votes...er...undocumented immigrants go the hell back to Messico and apply for citizenship like they're supposed to?
Scootaloo (10,188 posts)
29. And home schooling helps fix public education SO MUCH
You assholes have been "fixing public education" for forty years now and it's still a cluster ****. How long does it take to realize that throwing more dollars at it doesn't help. All you give a shit about is keeping teacher's unions appeased.
kimbutgar (1,201 posts)
17. They only care about this family because they are white
If it was a brown family from Mexico or Africa they would not care. I saw this on Faux and knew they were going to use this to anger white people because the mean Obama administraton is sending back a evangelical white family.
And you dumbasses are only celebrating because they're white Christians.
Shrike47 (1,519 posts)
32. Every home schooler I've encountered was doing it to hide abuse of the child. Ever one.
Of course, I worked in the Juvenile Courts for 30 years.
You'd be surprised what people will do to their children.