Are parental rights dead in the East Penn School District? It appears that they are as they refuse to respond to parents’ request for the URLs of pro-homosexual and pro-transgender videos shown to the entire student body of the high school the last week of April leading up to the Day of Silence. These parents’ simple request has been twisted from a parental rights issue to an attack on them and accusations that they are haters and bullies. What is the school district hiding?
News Release – Parents Fight for Rights in East Penn School District
The last week of April, leading up to the Gay Day of Silence, students at Emmaus High School in the East Penn School District located near Allentown, PA were subjected to pro-homosexual and pro-transgender videos without parents’ knowledge. The school district has refused to release the URL’s of those videos to concerned parents. Diane Gramley, president of the American Family Association of Pennsylvania, attended both June school board meetings to advocate for the parents’ right to gain access to the URLs in order to know what their children viewed.
Action Alert – Parents Know Best Rally Reminder
Next Tuesday, April 10th, from 9:30 a.m. till 10:30 a.m. a Parents Know Best Rally will be held in the main rotunda of the Capital Building in Harrisburg. It is a rally to support parental rights, which are increasingly under attack by a hostile judicial system. Plan to attend the rally to send a message to the legislature to pass HR 1349, the Parental Rights Protection Act. Plan to attend!
Action Alert – Parents Know Best Rally in Harrisburg
In the past courts sided with parents unless there was evidence of child abuse or neglect, but that can no longer be guaranteed. Increasingly courts are not viewing parents as those who know best for their children and are siding more on the “rights of the child.” A Parental Rights Amendment to the US Constitution must be added in order to protect parental rights. Right now a bill has been introduced in Harrisburg that would go a long way to protecting parental rights. A rally in support of those rights will be held at the State Capitol on April 10th.
Action Alert – Parental Rights Night in Williamsport
Parental rights are slowly being stripped away by an overreaching government. Recent court cases have, too many times, sided with the state and not parents. Parental rights should be fundamental rights protected in the Constitution and not tossed aside by an ever intrusive government. Come to hear about recent parental rights cases, actions that are being taken to protect parental rights and steps you can take to join in the effort.
AFA of PA Week in Review
AFA of PA encourages Christians, through education, to become involved in pro-family issues in their community, state and the nation. This is some of what has been going on in the Commonwealth and the nation.
AFA of PA Weekly Update
AFA of PA encourages Christians, through education, to become involved in pro-family issues in their community, state and the nation. This is some of what has been going on in the Commonwealth and the nation.
Action Alert – Are Your Parental Rights Safe?
Troxel v. Granville also contains language that would seem to uphold the traditional view of fundamental parental rights. Unfortunately, the Supreme Court Justices vacated the earlier strict scrutiny test that required proof of harm before the government could interfere with parental rights, instead granting to judges the power to balance parental rights on aby-case basis. Prior to 2000, our nation consistently maintained that parents possess a fundamental implied right to raise their children as they see fit. That is no longer true in the United States!
Action Alert – Are Your Parental Rights Safe?
As conscientious parents, the Ferrises wanted to know what treatments their daughter was receiving. But when the Ferrises continued to question whether certain treatments were actually necessary for their daughter, the hospital called social services.
The social services investigator refused to tell Jodi the allegations of the investigation but insisted that she sign a safety plan. When Jodi asked to wait until her husband returned from checking on the rest of their children before signing, the social worker called the police. Without a court order, the Ferrises’ daughter was taken into emergency custody, and the police and hospital security escorted the Ferrises out of the hospital. The next day a judge returned the newborn to her parents.
Action Alert: Parental Rights Amendment Needs Co-sponsors
Remember Justina Pelletier? She’s the 15 year old who was diagnosed with Mitochondrial Disease in 2012. In February 2013 she was taken to Boston’s Children’s Hospital because of the flu. There her diagnosis was replaced with somatoform disorder, a psychiatric condition. When her parents disagreed, Justina was removed from their custody and the next month a judge granted the Department of Children and Families permanent custody of Justina. Her regular medical team nor her parents were able to convince the State of Massachusetts that they were wrong. This nightmare went on for 490 days, while Justina’s physical condition continued to deteriorate. She is now safely home with her parents and under the care of her regular medical team.
Here in the US parents are losing the right to raise their own children.