Germany Jails Christian Parents Over Sex Education Row

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BERLIN/BUDAPEST (Worthy News)-- A Christian father spent another day in a German prison Saturday, March 26, after refusing to pay a fine for not allowing his children to attend government-run "sexual education" classes, his lawyers said.

Eduard Wiens is now serving a 40-day sentence that will end April 23, said the U.S. based Alliance Defense Fund (ADF), an international group of Christian attorneys.

The ADF said Eduard Wiens is one of several Christian parents being prosecuted by German authorities over the controversial sex-classes, adding that it asked the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to quickly review appeals filed last year on their behalf.

Eduard and Rita Wiens, along wih Arthur and Anna Wiens, chose to keep their four children--a 9- and 10-year-old from each family--from attending obligatory “sexual education” in the town of Salzkotten that they believed taught students "an unbiblical view of sexuality," ADF said in a statement.

"They were subsequently fined and sentenced to prison after they refused to pay. Arthur Wiens served two jail terms totaling 10 days last year. Eduard Wiens served five days last yearand is now serving a 40-day sentence," the group explained.

Anna Wiens’ and Rita Wiens’ 43-day sentences were postponed, "due to the former’s pregnancy and the latter’s nursing of her newborn," the ADF said.

BAPTIST CHURCH

The troubles began in 2006 when the four parents, active members of the Christian Baptist Church, objected to their children’s attendance at both a mandatory stage play and four school days of so-called “sexual education” classes.

"Each parent believed the programs contradicted their sincerely held religious beliefs. The Wiens’ kept their children at home during the programs and instead instructed them in their own Christian values on sexuality," the ADF said.

A lower court disagreed and in June 2008 fined each parent 2,340 Euros (some $3,250).

Children are not allowed to opt out of classes or school activities and homeschooling is illegal in Germany since Adolf Hitler outlawed it in 1938.

Yet, the parents refused to pay the fine on what they called "legal and moral grounds", a move that led to the jail sentences.

COMPULSORY PLAY

German school officials alleged that the purpose of the compulsory play “Mein K

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This is very sad.

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Praying~!

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It is getting closer and closer to being universal. The german system of education is VERY biased towards making VERY young children sexually aware and even encourages sexual activity between children as young as nursery age. The sad thing is that so many of the parents have already been through this type of indoctrination themselves and see no harm in it at all. Here in the UK sex education in schools is becoming more and more explicit