The U.S. government says that Germany's ban on homeschooling does not meet this standard because, of course, the family can change--they can simply stop homeschooling.
“The state is using its vast police powers to harass, persecute, and undermine one of its citizens to further an obvious political agenda,” his lawyers claim.
John Whitehead, founder of the Rutherford Institute, told LifeSiteNews, “For the government to use" the FACE Act "the way some agents are using it is illicit and wrong.”
“Now we understand why Eric Holder is so bent on wrongfully prosecuting peaceful pro-life advocates,” Dana Cody, executive director of the Life Legal Defense Foundation, told LifeSiteNews.com.
The Obama administration is trying "to intimidate and to silence pro-life Americans who would rather not have to defend themselves against...the most powerful government on earth," her lawyer told LifeSiteNews.