The Kids Stole My Brain Cells

I recently read the report  Gov't = caretaker, parent = babysitter from OneNewsNow and wondered if the report was sensationalizing.

So, I did some digging on the U.S. Senate ratifying a UN Contract from the "U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child."

Supposedly, the "government would have the right to intercede or supersede if officials believe the parents are doing something that is not in the best interest of the child based on a UN Council." 

Examples given in the article was Germany banning parents from homeschooling their children and a "16-year-old girl in Great Britain who asked her parents to let her boyfriend move in and share her bedroom. When the parents said no, the teen filed suit and won."

Long story short, I ended up at ParentalRights.org.

Their "campaign exists to secure a constitutional amendment that defends the rights of parents to direct the upbringing and education of their children. At ParentalRights.org, we believe that no government, regardless of how well-intentioned it might be, can replace the love and nurture of a parent in the life of a child. It’s a relationship worth protecting."

They have done exhaustive research concering the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child" (UNCRC).

For example,  {{{http://www.parentalrights.org/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={B56D7393-E583-4658-85E6-C1974B1A57F8}}}}-@@-{{{here is a list of ten things they believe you ought to now about the structure of CRC}}}:

1. It is a treaty which creates binding rules of law. It is no mere statement of altruism.
2. Its effect would be binding on American families, courts, and policy-makers.
3. Children of other nations would not be impacted or helped in any direct way by our ratification.
4. The CRC would automatically override almost all American laws on children and families because of the U.S. Constitution’s Supremacy Clause in Article VI.
5. The CRC has some elements thatare self-executing, while others would require implementing legislation. Federal courts would have the power to determine which provisions were self-executing.
6. The courts would have the power to directly enforce the provisions that are self-executing.
7. Congress would have the power to directly legislate on all subjects  necessary to comply with the treaty. This would constitute the most massive shift of power from the states to the federal government in American history.
8. A committee of 18 experts from other nations, sitting in Geneva, has the authority to issue official interpretations of the treaty which are entitled to binding weight in American courts and legislatures. This effectively transfers ultimate authority for all policies in this area to this foreign committee.
9. Under international law, the treaty overrides even our Constitution.
10. Reservations, declarations, or understandings intended to modify our  duty to comply with this treaty will be void if they are determined tobe inconsistent with the object and purpose of the treaty.
    

The US Supreme Court is already referencing UNCRC and other international law to "buttress its constitutional interpretation" (Graham v. Florida, released May 17, 2010).

This is all very disturbing, but I will not copy/paste all the info I found. This blog would become a novel. 

Suffice it to say, I support SRes 519  which is a Constitutional Amendment to protect parental rights:

"Expressing the sense of the Senate that the primary safeguard for the well-beingand protection of children is the family, and that the primary safeguards for the legal rights of children in the United States are the Constitutions of the United States and the several States, and that, because the use of international treaties to govern policy in the United States on families and children is contrary to principles of self-government and federalism, and that, because the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child undermines traditional principles of law in the United States regarding parents and children, the President should not transmit the Convention to the Senate for its advice and consent."

I hope you join me and support the passing of SRes 519.

Also, please sign this petition to oppose the U.S. Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Be sure to contact your representatives if they have not declared their support.

Use this as your starting point ==> {{{http://www.parentalrights.org/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={B7D027B5-E193-4C66-8DFE-B3BBE9725CE4}}}}-@@-{{{STATES WATCH}}} .