AFA of PA ACTION ALERT
March 11, 2010
Issue
1.) Parental Rights Amendment
Details
1.) The AFA of PA has partnered with Parentalrights.org to get a Parental Rights Amendment to the US Constitution passed. Here’s some background: In the mid 90’s President Bill Clinton signed onto the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) . This is an international treaty which removes parental rights and replaces them with “the best interests of the child”.” Children in the US must be raised as the UN dictates or parents’ can be jailed or fined. There was such an uproar from American citizens back in the ‘90’s that the Senate did not ratify the treaty as is mandated by Article II Section 2, “He (the President) shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur.” Currently there is a renewed effort to get the Senate to ratify this treaty – the United States is the only member of the UN which has not ratified it. UNCRC poses a serious threat both to parental rights and to U.S. sovereignty, as the treaty dictates not only that the federal government must intrude into family life to an unprecedented degree, but also how the federal government is to monitor and govern the actions of our families. Parental rights would be replaced by “the best interests of the child” as defined, ultimately, by an international committee of 18 people in Switzerland. A Parental Rights Amendment has been introduced in the US House and Senate. Currently only PA Congressmen Tim Murphy, Joe Pitts, Todd Russell Platts and Bill Shuster are co-sponsors. Neither Senators Arlen Specter or Bob Casey, Jr. are sponsors.
Action Steps
1.) This is a bi-level action step:
a.) Contact your State Representative and State Senator by clicking here. Ask them specifically:
- Do you support fundamental parental rights? If so, would you be willing to sponsor/co-sponsor a resolution supporting a Parental Rights Amendment? Click here for sample language from Virginia.
- Please reply in writing.
- Please include a straight “yes” or “no” answer along with your reasoning.
b.) Contact your U.S. Congressman and Senators Specter and Casey. Ask them specifically:
- · Do you support fundamental parental rights, and do you support the Parental Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution proposed by US Representative Peter Hoekstra ( HJ Resolution 42 ) and US Senator Jim DeMint (S.J. Resolution 16)?
- Please reply in writing.
- Please include a straight “yes” or “no” answer along with your reasoning
When you hear back from your elected officials, please send the AFA of PA a copy of the response.
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