Freedom Denied: France’s Persecution of Homeschooling and Why it Could Happen Here with Tracy Tourneur

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Heidi St. John

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2024

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Tracy and Bernard Tourneur are fighting for freedom to homeschool in France. Having been ordered by the French government to register their son in school, they refused to comply. As a consequence, they’ve been indicted, interrogated and ultimately fled France to return home to the United States with a newfound love and respect for freedom and the constitution of America.

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0:00.0	Tracy and
0:02.0	Brenard Tournier are fighting for the freedom to homeschool in France.
0:05.0	Many of you listen to their interview that I did with them several months ago
0:09.0	and there have been some astonishing development since that case happened.
0:13.0	So having been ordered by the French government to register their son for school,
0:17.0	they refused to comply.
0:19.0	And as a consequence, they've been indicted,
0:21.0	interrogated, and ultimately fled France to return home to the United States
0:24.8	with a new found love and respect for freedom. This is a fascinating conversation
0:29.7	and what I want you guys to take away from it, I'm just going to say it right up front, is that if it's happening
0:34.4	in a democracy like France, it can happen here in the United States.
0:38.6	This is a cautionary tale and an important conversation.
0:41.3	Stick around.
0:42.3	I think you're going to be encouraged.
0:44.0	So, Tracy, welcome back to the show.
0:51.0	So Tracy, welcome back to the show. I wish that we had a better outcome, but I would love to take my
0:59.5	audience back to, there are lots of new people listening to the the show some people who have never met you before I didn't hear your story the last time you guys were here but you have been on quite a journey
1:09.7	trying to secure the right to homeschool your son,
1:14.8	even though you are an American-born citizen living
1:18.1	or there.
1:18.3	So take us back to sort of the beginning,
1:20.6	like when did the trouble start and then we'll sort of get to where we are today.
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