No one is in favor of children being abused. That is a given. But there is a move today acting in the name of stopping abuse that is VERY dangerous to all citizens and especially to the children it says it is trying to help. This movement is made up of people who believe that the government knows better than parents how to raise a child. The attack on parental rights is escalating everyday. this not only removes mom and dad’s rights to raise their child, it puts the child at risk of having no guidance from their parents, of being no more than another number in the state.
This move is reaching its peak in the effort to ratify the The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). This international treaty was written during the Clinton administration and the Clintons are in fact in favor of ratifying this treaty (Mrs. Clinton fought for a child to have the right to divorce his parents when she was practicing law.) congress at that time refuse to ratify UNCRC. But now we have a new president and a new congress that are in favor of more government control of our lives and the call to ratify has been renewed.
“Under the UNCRC, instead of following due process, government agencies would have the power to override your parental choices at their whim because they determine what is in "the best interest of the child."
In essence, the UNCRC applies the legal status of abusive parents to all parents. This means that the burden of proof falls on the parent to prove to the State that they are good parents—when it should fall upon the State to prove that their investigation is not without cause.” http://parentalrights.org/index.asp?Type=NONE&SEC={520635A0-D52D-4DA9-8AE7-CA574A3228F0}
Since several countries have ratified, we know what would happen here. This treaty would:
• Assume all parents are abusers until they prove otherwise. (the opposite of what our Constitution says. And how exactly does ANYONE PROVE they are a good parent?)
• Allow government agencies to override parental decisions on discipline and child rearing. (Case history tells us that the courts can and do tell parents they can’t ground or in anyway punish a child for using drugs or extramarital sex.)
• Guarantee children a certain amount of media exposure. The amount is to be determined by a judge or social worker. For example, if a teen boy wants to watch porn on the computer, his parents will have NO RIGHT to tell him “no.” I limit my children’s exposure to media of all types because my research says most media sources kill brain cells and cause obesity (not even counting the mental and spiritual issues). I would be forced under this law to provide my children with a certain amount of TV- against my better knowledge of what is good for my children’s health.
• Outlaw spanking (spanking done properly is a very valuable tool advocated in the Bible).
• Outlaw homeschooling (unless the child wants to be homeschooled and then it’s only iffy.)
• Outlaw making your child go to church (If you don’t have the freedom to teach your child your religion, do you have the freedom of religion AT ALL?).
• Make international law more powerful than United States Law (There goes YOUR protection of freedoms and rights, whether you have children or not)
This treaty does not keep people from beating their children. It doesn’t keep them from cussing them out. It only undermines the power of a loving parent to guide their children in the way they believe God wants them to.
Children are children and need guidance. Government officials do not know each child and do not know what each child needs. Only a loving parent does.
Go to http://parentalrights.org/index.asp?Type=NONE&SEC={520635A0-D52D-4DA9-8AE7-CA574A3228F0}
Today and READ.
Call your congressman and tell him you do NOT support this treaty!
Our future as a nation is at stake. Our future as America is in danger.
DON’T BE SILENT!
“I didn’t say anything when they removed parents rights. I didn’t say anything when they removed homeschoolers rights. I didn’t say anything when they remove the religious persons rights. There was no one left to say anything when they came after my rights.” (With sincere apologies to the original author)
If you give the government the power to come after my rights, they will have the power to come after yours next.
This move is reaching its peak in the effort to ratify the The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). This international treaty was written during the Clinton administration and the Clintons are in fact in favor of ratifying this treaty (Mrs. Clinton fought for a child to have the right to divorce his parents when she was practicing law.) congress at that time refuse to ratify UNCRC. But now we have a new president and a new congress that are in favor of more government control of our lives and the call to ratify has been renewed.
“Under the UNCRC, instead of following due process, government agencies would have the power to override your parental choices at their whim because they determine what is in "the best interest of the child."
In essence, the UNCRC applies the legal status of abusive parents to all parents. This means that the burden of proof falls on the parent to prove to the State that they are good parents—when it should fall upon the State to prove that their investigation is not without cause.” http://parentalrights.org/index.asp?Type=NONE&SEC={520635A0-D52D-4DA9-8AE7-CA574A3228F0}
Since several countries have ratified, we know what would happen here. This treaty would:
• Assume all parents are abusers until they prove otherwise. (the opposite of what our Constitution says. And how exactly does ANYONE PROVE they are a good parent?)
• Allow government agencies to override parental decisions on discipline and child rearing. (Case history tells us that the courts can and do tell parents they can’t ground or in anyway punish a child for using drugs or extramarital sex.)
• Guarantee children a certain amount of media exposure. The amount is to be determined by a judge or social worker. For example, if a teen boy wants to watch porn on the computer, his parents will have NO RIGHT to tell him “no.” I limit my children’s exposure to media of all types because my research says most media sources kill brain cells and cause obesity (not even counting the mental and spiritual issues). I would be forced under this law to provide my children with a certain amount of TV- against my better knowledge of what is good for my children’s health.
• Outlaw spanking (spanking done properly is a very valuable tool advocated in the Bible).
• Outlaw homeschooling (unless the child wants to be homeschooled and then it’s only iffy.)
• Outlaw making your child go to church (If you don’t have the freedom to teach your child your religion, do you have the freedom of religion AT ALL?).
• Make international law more powerful than United States Law (There goes YOUR protection of freedoms and rights, whether you have children or not)
This treaty does not keep people from beating their children. It doesn’t keep them from cussing them out. It only undermines the power of a loving parent to guide their children in the way they believe God wants them to.
Children are children and need guidance. Government officials do not know each child and do not know what each child needs. Only a loving parent does.
Go to http://parentalrights.org/index.asp?Type=NONE&SEC={520635A0-D52D-4DA9-8AE7-CA574A3228F0}
Today and READ.
Call your congressman and tell him you do NOT support this treaty!
Our future as a nation is at stake. Our future as America is in danger.
DON’T BE SILENT!
“I didn’t say anything when they removed parents rights. I didn’t say anything when they removed homeschoolers rights. I didn’t say anything when they remove the religious persons rights. There was no one left to say anything when they came after my rights.” (With sincere apologies to the original author)
If you give the government the power to come after my rights, they will have the power to come after yours next.
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