In an earlier blog, it was reported that homeschoolers in Germany were being threatened with jail. Whit Sasser recently sent the following report from Charlie Butts of OneNewsNow dated 6/23/2008. "A German family is paying a high price for home schooling their children. Juergen and Rosemarie Dudek were hauled into court and ordered to pay $1,500 in fines for home schooling their children. But the prosecutor was not satisfied and brought them back to court asking a judge to send them to jail. The judge complied, and Mike Donnelly of the Home School Legal Defense Association says the pair received three-month jail sentences. 'This is an outrage,' he says. 'You know, for a mother and father to be jailed for home schooling their children should [anger] every freedom-loving American or anybody who loves freedom ....' Germany contends it is forcing children to go to government schools to integrate children into one society, but Donnelly argues there is another reason. 'They want to prevent creation of what they call "parallel societies" -- but that's simply bogus,' he argues. 'Home schooling does not create parallel societies. Home schooling creates well-integrated, well-adjusted citizens who are engaged in the civic process.' Donnelly says all Germany needs to do to see the benefits of home schooling is look beyond its borders to countries where home schooling is legal. Specifically, the attorney believes Germany is concerned about its growing Muslim population and that community's desire to home school its youngsters."