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Teaching Christian morality gets parents jailed
Mom, 2 fathers latest to serve 6-week terms for opposing explicit sex ed
Posted: March 15, 2011
8:06 pm Eastern

By Bob Unruh
© 2011 WorldNetDaily


Paderborn city hall
Authorities in Paderborn, Germany, today sent two fathers to jail for refusing to allow the public school system to indoctrinate their children with a sex philosophy that "if it feels good, do it." Another student's mother already had been imprisoned for the same offense.

The latest developments in Germany's campaign to make certain all children are taught the state's permissive view of sexuality have raised questions about the basic human rights of parents to choose moral teaching for their children.

Officials with the U.S.-based Alliance Defense Fund immediately filed an emergency appeal to the European Court of Human rights on behalf of Irene Wiens, who was jailed some days ago after her husband served his six-week sentence for refusing for his children the school indoctrination regarding permissive sex.

Then today, Arthur Wiens and Edward Wiens, fathers who also objected to the state's explicit curriculum choices for their own children, were ordered to jail. Wiens is a relatively common name in Germany.

Roger Kiska, legal counsel with the ADF, told WND via phone from from the Slovak Republic, that the case will come before the international court soon, even though judges there declined to intervene immediately.


The appeal filed on Irene Wiens' behalf explained the situation.

"The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 26 (3) states that, 'Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children,'" the brief filed on her behalf argues.

Further, "The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child clearly states that the rights of parents are not juxtaposed to the rights of children," it argues. And, "The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights … states in Article 18 (4) that, 'the states parties to the present covenant undertake to have respect for the liberty of parents and, when applicable, legal guardians to ensure the religious and moral education of their children in conformity with their own convictions.'"

The precedents don't stop there, either, the brief argues.

"The Convention against Discrimination in Educations holds in Article 5(1)(b) that it is essential that states, 'respect the liberty of parents and, where applicable, of legal guardians, firstly to choose for their children institutions other than those maintained by the public authorities but conforming to such minimum educational standards, as may be laid down or approved by the competent authorities and, secondly, to ensure in a manner consistent with the procedures followed in the state for the application of its legislation, the religious and moral education of the children in conformity with their own convictions."

"Clearly, Irene and Heinrich Weins had legal cause to hold their children from these 'classes' which they objectively and sincerely viewed as indoctrination into promiscuous sexual practice," the brief argues. "Having that right, it is all the more shocking that Mrs. Weins remains in prison at this time."

Kiska explained to WND the issue is the four days of "sexual education" mandated by the state schools. They include the stage play called "My body is mine" as well as interactive programs that "promoted a very liberal view of sex and sexuality which strongly contradicted Mr. and Mrs. Wiens' moral and Christian beliefs."

Kiska told WND there are a total of five families at this point fighting the government over the mandatory sex training. The government has taken the position that they will be punished repeatedly until they give up their children to state indoctrination.

The fathers who were ordered to jail today each already had served one term in prison earlier, he said.

Heinrich and Irene Wiens "were of the conviction that they had acted within the realm of their parental responsibility and in accordance with the parental rights … afforded to them by [German basic law,]" the brief explains.

"The parents, being convinced that they were within their legal and moral rights to protect their children against sexual abuse, removed their four children from the offending theater production and accompanying lessons, and instead opted to educate them in the principles of chastity. Today, Irene Wiens sits in a jail cell simply for believing that she and her husband Heinrich could educate their children by themselves far better than the theater production…"

They are arguing that "such a heavy punishment and extended deprivation of liberty simply for exercising their parental rights is an abuse of the Convention and serves no proportionate aim to the state's interest in education."



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