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RamFam
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Posted: June 24 2009 at 10:00am \| IP Logged

I received this through an email group and am trying to make sense of it. Have you seen it? What can you tell me about it? The initial quote is quite scary!

"this treaty gives the government jurisdiction to override any decision
made by any parent if the government thinks that a better decision can
be made-even if there is no proof of any harm."
From: parentalrights.org
Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 9:59 AM
Subject: Urgent Action Plea from Mike Farris

Dear Friend of Parental Rights,

Monday in a Harlem middle school, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice told a group of 120 students that administration officials are actively discussing "when and how it might be possible to join" (that is, ratify) the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). As before, she also communicated what a disgrace it is that the U.S. would stand with only Somalia against such a widely-accepted treaty.

This is the first direct public statement by the Obama administration that it will seek ratification of the UN CRC.

In my 30 years of political involvement, I have learned to recognize this as what is called a "trial balloon." Like in World War I trench warfare, our opponents have "sent up a balloon" to see if it will draw fire. If things remain quiet, they will proceed with their plans to push for ratification of the CRC in the U.S. Senate.

To discourage them from doing so, we need to make sure that our voices are heard with unmistakable clarity. We must let the Obama administration know that we oppose this anti-family, anti-American treaty.

Here's what we need you all to do:

1. Call the White House comments line at 202-456-1111. Tell them you heard the administration wants to ratify the CRC, and you strongly oppose this giving away of U.S. sovereignty to the UN. Also keep in mind that this treaty gives the government jurisdiction to override any decision made by any parent if the government thinks that a better decision can be made-even if there is no proof of any harm.

2. Call Ambassador Susan Rice's office at the United Nations. Tell her that you want her to represent the United States to the world rather than trying to get the United States to go along with international law initiated by the UN. Her office number is 212-415-4000.

3. Contact your Senators and urge them to oppose ratification of this treaty. (Find your Senators' contact information by typing your zip code into the box here.) Ask them also to defeat it once and for all by cosponsoring SJRes 16 - the Parental Rights Amendment.

It is very important that we speak up right now. Please call before you close this email!

Sincerely,

Michael Farris

Find this letter online.

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Posted: June 24 2009 at 12:23pm \| IP Logged

Thank you, Leah, for bringing this to our attention.

Since this is a political action bulletin it is being locked per board policy as this discussion is outside the bounds of time and ability of the moderators.

As you mention it is a challenge to sort through all the information. The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is almsot 20 years old and promotion of US ratification has come up in administrations before this as well. Some resources that might be helpful in understanding this and finding out more:

:: The Holy See's Original (1990) Reservation/Declaration Text on the Convention of the Rights of the Child when it was first adopted.

There was some very recent confusion on this when it appeared the Vatican endorsed moving forward with implementaion.
:: Pope's Promo for UN Child Rights Convention Must be Read in Context of Vatican Reservations: Vatican Official
::EWTN response to recent question on this topic

:: Another option is to go directly to the organization that has issued this bulletin.Parental Rights.org (which does appear to have a great affilitation with HSLDA) also has a board of director Dr. Steven Krason, a Professor of Political Science and Legal Studies at the Franciscan University of Steubenville.

::Two Articles from a several years ago with historic background on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and World Summit - by Mary Jo Anderson (Women for Faith and Family)

Both of these sites issue articles on this topic at various times, check archives:
::Life News.com
::Life Site News

::HSLDA alert 6/24

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