Parentalrights press conference
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Ten things you need to know about the structure of the CRC.
1. It is a treaty which creates binding rules of law. It is no mere statement of altruism.
2. Its effect would be binding on American families, courts, and policy-makers.
3. Children of other nations would not be impacted in any direct way by our ratification.
4. The CRC would automatically override almost all American laws on children and families because of our Supremacy Clause.
5. The CRC has some elements that are self-executing, while others would require implementing legislation. Federal courts would have the power to determine which provisions were self-executing.
6. The Courts would have the power to directly enforce the provisions that are self-executing.
7. Congress would have the power to directly legislate on all subjects necessary to comply with the treaty. This would constitute the most massive shift of power from the states to the federal government in American history.
8. A committee of 18 experts from other nations, sitting in Geneva, has the authority to issue official interpretations of the treaty which are entitled to binding weight in A merican courts and legislatures. This effectively transfers ultimate authority for all policies in this area to this foreign committee.
9. Under international law, the treaty overrides even our Constitution.
10. Reservations, declarations, or understandings intended to modify our duty to comply with this treaty will be void if they are determined to be inconsistent with the object and purpose of the treaty.
Ten things you need to know about the substance of the CRC.
1. Parents would no longer be able to administer reasonable spankings to their children.
2. A murderer aged 17 years, 11 months and 29 days at the time of his crime could no longer be sentenced to life in prison.
3. Children would have the ability to choose their own religion while parents would only have the authority to give their children advice about religion.
4. The best interest of the child principle would give the government the ability to override every decision made by every parent if a government worker disagreed with the parent's decision.
5. A child's "right to be heard" would allow him (or her) to seek governmental review of every parental decision with which the child disagreed.
6. According to existing interpretation, it would be illegal for a nation to spend more on national defense than it does on children's welfare.
7. Children would acquire a legally enforceable right to leisure.
8. Christian schools that refuse to teach "alternative worldviews" and teach that Christianity is the only true religion "fly in the face of article 29" of the treaty.
9. Allowing parents to opt their children out of sex education has been held to be out of compliance with the CRC.
10. Children would have the right to reproductive health information and services, including abortions, without parental knowledge or consent.
March 31, 2009 -- Parental Rights Amendment Introduced to the 111th Congrgress
The Parental Rights Amendment was introduced to the 111th Congress yesterday, March 31. A press conference announcing the event was held at Upper Senate Park at 3 pm, featuring Representatives Pete Hoekstra (MI-2) and Frank Wolf (VA-10), along with Senator Jim DeMint (SC) and parentalrights.org president Michael Farris.
Senate introduction of the Amendment has been delayed for strategic reasons.
Once the Amendment was introduced, it was assigned a house bill number: H.J.Res. 42 (House Joint Resolution 42). Now supporters are encouraged to refer to it by this number when corresponding with representatives and senators.
By procedure, the bill will go to the House Judiciary Committee, which will then assign it to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. ParentalRights.org will keep volunteers and subscribers posted on the Amendment's progress, and any time your help is needed to push the Amendment past a "bump" in the procedural "road". In the meantime, it is imperative that we grow our grassroots support for the major push we anticipate later this year. You can help with this now by joining our 10-and-2 grassroots campaign!
To learn more visit www.parentalrights.org.
Source: http://www.mikehuckabee.com/
Posted: Knowledge Creates Power
Related Resources:
- 4/24 ANSWER: Does the Tenth Amendment protect parental rights?
- 4/23 Farris on Huckabee this Saturday at 8 and 11
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY
We need 10-and 2 volunteers who can enlist 10 people to do the following: sign the petition for the Amendment, sign 3 postcards to their Representative and Senators, and donate $1.
Then, we need those volunteers to recruit 2 more people to do the same thing.
CLICK HERE FOR MORE ON THE 10-AND-2 CAMPAIGN
http://www.parentalrights.org/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={E1213433-960D-4C17-BBD5-DDDA332C991B}
ParentalRights.org exists to protect children by empowering parents through the passage of the Parental Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and by defeating U.S. ratification of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child.
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