Independence Day!!

I hope everyone had a great 4th of July! We had a great weekend full of good times with friends and BBQs. The past few weeks I've been thinking a lot about our freedoms and I heard someone say yesterday that we really don't realize what freedoms we have until they are taken away. I think a lot of times we take our freedom in this country for granted! A few weeks ago, our pastor informed us of the UN Children's Treaty. If the United States Senate ratifies the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, our rights as parents to raise our kids and make decisions for them are greatly threatened. Here is some info from a flyer we got at church a couple weeks ago and also some things I got from the parental rights website. You can also get more information and SIGN THE PETITION at parentalrights.org. I know this is a lot to read, but PLEASE read it...this is serious stuff!!!

While all parents desire that their grown children embrace their faith freely and enthusiastically, when children are young, it falls to parents to make decisions regarding their children's religious upbringing, including: How often does your family attend church? What church have you chosen to attend? Can you teach your children that your religious views are absolutely true?

However, your freedom to determine the answers to these questions will be undermined if the United States Senate ratifies the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. For example:

A Washington state court ruled that parents could not require their 13 year old son to attend church with them on Sunday morning, Sunday night, and Wednesday night. The judge said that unless the family limited the boy's church attendance to Sunday morning, he would remove custody. This Washington law (which has since changed) paralleled the UN Children's treaty.

The American Bar Association, a strong supporter of the UN CRC, acknowledges that religious schools that teach that Jesus is the only way to God "fly in the face" of the treaty. Thus ANY who teach children that their religion is the truth are likewise in violation.

According to the US Constitution, all ratified treaties are superior to state constitution and laws. So this treaty will override almost all current American laws on parents and children that conflict with it.

Support for a high-view of parental rights has been seriously undermined by the current Court.
As a consequence, numerous lower federal courts refuse to treat parental rights as deserving of protection as a fundamental right.

At the same time, America is poised to adopt the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. President Obama supports this treaty. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been a leading advocate of this treaty for over twenty years. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) has “promised” that this treaty will be ratified during this term of Congress.

If this treaty is ratified:

· The laws of all 50 states on children and parents would be superseded by this international law by virtue of a specific provision of the US Constitution which expressly declares treaties to be supreme over state law. Virtually all law on children and parents is state law.
· Good parents would no longer be entitled to the legal presumption that they act in the best interests of their children. Instead, the government would have the authority to overrule all parents on any decision concerning the child if the government believed it could make a better decision.
· Parents would no longer be able to administer reasonable spankings to their children.
· Children would have the legal right to choose their own religion. Parents would be permitted only to give advice.
· America would be under a binding legal obligation to massively increase its federal spending on children’s programs.

The Solution: The Parental Rights Amendment

Section 1: The liberty of parents to direct the upbringing and education of their children is a fundamental right.

Section 2: Neither the United States nor any State shall infringe upon this right without demonstrating that its governmental interest as applied to the person is of the highest order and not otherwise served.

Section 3: No treaty may be adopted nor shall any source of international law be employed to supersede, modify, interpret, or apply to the rights guaranteed by this article.

We cannot wait until our rights are formally demolished. We must act now to stop international law and protect these two key principles:

· Fit parents should be allowed to direct the upbringing of their children.
· American legislators, not international tribunals, should make the public policy for America on families and children.

I hope everyone who reads this will take action-stand up for your freedom. Visit the parentalrights.org website for more information and other ways to take action. Please pass this on to your friends and family. You can also link them back to my blog if you'd like or copy this to your own blog! DO IT NOW!!!