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olde_fashionedShamelessly stolen from my brother's blog and shared here because this is something serious that I think all Americans need to know about.
Do you want a foreign court system or the UN telling you how you can raise your own children? This flies in the face of every freedom America stands for, and it needs to be defeated.
If you're less politically inclined (like me) then there is nothing wrong with invoking the power of prayer. Spreading the word, too, is a powerful weapon, so don't be afraid to post about it if you feel inclined! Nasty comments are a small price to pay when it comes to basic liberties.
ParentalRights.org is one of the foremost organizations trying to get an ammendment passed which would secure the rights of every American parent. On March 31st, 2009, the Parental Rights Amendment was introduced to the 111th Congress, and assigned a house bill number: H.J.Res. 42 (House Joint Resolution 42).
More on the ammendment
The threat:
Parents would no longer be able to administer reasonable spankings to their children.
Children would have the ability to choose their own religion while parents would only have the authority to give their children advice about religion.
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.
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.
According to existing interpretation, it would be illegal for a nation to spend more on national defense than it does on children’s welfare.
Children would acquire a legally enforceable right to leisure.
Teaching children about Christianity in schools has been held to be out of compliance with the CRC.
Allowing parents to opt their children out of sex education has been held to be out of compliance with the CRC.
Children would have the right to reproductive health information and services, including abortions, without parental knowledge or consent.
from 20 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW
What we have is nothing less than an open assault on the foundation of the family and thus a lightly-veiled attack on things such as homeschooling, Christianity, and not to mention our God-given, Constitution-recognized freedoms.
More information
The solution:
Introducing the 10-and-2 Campaign
Parental rights in America are now in a precarious situation, facing possible destruction by federal court judges who deny the existence of parental rights, as well as by judges who refuse to recognize them because they are not explicitly protected in the Constitution. Added to these internal threats is the growing danger of international law which threatens to intrude upon the child-parent relationship.
The only way to shield this vital relationship from the onslaught of government control is by amending the Constitution to protect parental rights. It is the only way to ensure that parental rights are protected for this generation and the next.
How you can help:
Join the fight by donating and/or signing the petition.
Become a 10-and-2 Representative.
If you're interested in reading more on this topic, obviously ParentalRights.org is a great place to start. My brother has been covering this tirelessly on his own blog, with merely two examples here and here.
And even if you do nothing else, pray, and pray hard!
Do you want a foreign court system or the UN telling you how you can raise your own children? This flies in the face of every freedom America stands for, and it needs to be defeated.
If you're less politically inclined (like me) then there is nothing wrong with invoking the power of prayer. Spreading the word, too, is a powerful weapon, so don't be afraid to post about it if you feel inclined! Nasty comments are a small price to pay when it comes to basic liberties.
ParentalRights.org is one of the foremost organizations trying to get an ammendment passed which would secure the rights of every American parent. On March 31st, 2009, the Parental Rights Amendment was introduced to the 111th Congress, and assigned a house bill number: H.J.Res. 42 (House Joint Resolution 42).
More on the ammendment
The threat:
Parents would no longer be able to administer reasonable spankings to their children.
Children would have the ability to choose their own religion while parents would only have the authority to give their children advice about religion.
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.
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.
According to existing interpretation, it would be illegal for a nation to spend more on national defense than it does on children’s welfare.
Children would acquire a legally enforceable right to leisure.
Teaching children about Christianity in schools has been held to be out of compliance with the CRC.
Allowing parents to opt their children out of sex education has been held to be out of compliance with the CRC.
Children would have the right to reproductive health information and services, including abortions, without parental knowledge or consent.
from 20 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW
What we have is nothing less than an open assault on the foundation of the family and thus a lightly-veiled attack on things such as homeschooling, Christianity, and not to mention our God-given, Constitution-recognized freedoms.
More information
The solution:
Introducing the 10-and-2 Campaign
Parental rights in America are now in a precarious situation, facing possible destruction by federal court judges who deny the existence of parental rights, as well as by judges who refuse to recognize them because they are not explicitly protected in the Constitution. Added to these internal threats is the growing danger of international law which threatens to intrude upon the child-parent relationship.
The only way to shield this vital relationship from the onslaught of government control is by amending the Constitution to protect parental rights. It is the only way to ensure that parental rights are protected for this generation and the next.
How you can help:
Join the fight by donating and/or signing the petition.
Become a 10-and-2 Representative.
If you're interested in reading more on this topic, obviously ParentalRights.org is a great place to start. My brother has been covering this tirelessly on his own blog, with merely two examples here and here.
And even if you do nothing else, pray, and pray hard!
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Date: 2009-04-07 12:59 am (UTC)The issue about a child being able to choose their own religious is a bit touchy. Obviously, if you "train up a child in the way he should go, when he is old he will not depart from it", but children of all ages are not capable of making rational decisions about religion. I can just see a little four year old deciding he would much rather stay home from church on Sundays to watch cartoons, and his parents getting in legal trouble for trying to force him. *shakes head*
May I ask, just out of curiosity, why you would choose a Catholic school for your children if you're not Catholic or Christian?
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Date: 2009-04-07 05:59 am (UTC)Oh no, that's ridiculous, of course a four year old isn't capable of making that kind of decision, but I don't see the harm in having materials available to learn about other faiths in schools, from elementary school on. There would probably be a lot more tolerance in the world, if people had an understanding of other cultures from a young age.
I was raised Catholic and attended Catholic school for 13 years and would have gone to Catholic university, if not for finances being tight. I think I received a quality education and I find that the attention and passion of teachers for the welfare of students seems to be in greater abundance in private religious schools than public schools. I don't mean to imply that public school teachers don't care, but the faith community makes a big difference and serves to strengthen the bonds between the people in that environment. I don't have any kind of Catholic resentment or trauma that caused me to stray from the flock, my faith in the miraculous is just...relatively non-existent, if that makes sense.
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Date: 2009-04-07 01:09 am (UTC)That is something that you are lucky to have seen so far; I believe that this is something that wouldn't last for very long if implemented in the US. Time and time again homeschooling families have been harassed and even threatened for taking their children out of (failing!) public schools, with no legal right or moral incentive to do so.
The heart of the issue, however, is that this would allow the government to define what is "right" without any input from the very people it is governing. The government is supposed to govern with the consent of the people, not under the guidelines conjured up by some international court.
Does it bother you people can't spank their children?
Nope. I got spanked as a kid, and it didn't hurt me any. I only got it when I deserved it, and I daresay I'm a better person because of the spanking. The Bible also says "spare the rod, spoil the child," and I think that's why a lot of kids today are horrible brats.
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Date: 2009-06-11 05:34 pm (UTC)I'm passing the info along to friends; I hope it's okay that I use some of your words.
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