IMPORTANT ALERT

UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON RIGHTS OF THE CHILD (CRC)

"The philosophy of the classroom today will be the philosophy of government tomorrow."  President Abraham Lincoln

For last 20 years there has been a significant energy in the acceptance and adoption of a document that will give ultimate authority of our children to the United Nations.

Three major developments all of them ominous have occurred in recent days.

1. On June 1 and 2, Georgetown University Law School hosted a two-day symposium entitled The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) Why It Is Time to Ratify.  

This well-funded conference was held to organize a new coalition effort by American internationalists to seek ratification of the UN child s rights treaty.

2. In the second week of June, a major study was released by the British education ministry calling for dramatically dangerous increases in the regulation of homeschoolers in that nation. 

This study concludes that the UN CRC requires that the government enter every homeschooling home and privately interview each homeschooling child to determine the child s wishes regarding his or her education.  

3. On June 17, at the UN headquarters in Geneva, the UN s Human Rights Committee which oversees all human rights treaties announced that it was forming a committee to draft a new protocol for the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.  Under this new addition to the CRC, individual children would be able to file a formal legal complaint if they believe that their rights had been violated.  It would give this new international tribunal the right to determine if the child s treaty rights had been violated by any person.

The internationalists believe that this is their moment in history. 

They have millions of dollars in their coffers. They have the support of the media. They have the powers of government. They have the entire apparatus of the United Nations.

We have some assets as well.

Our arguments resonate with the American people the vast majority of Americans believe that Americans should make our own domestic laws and that parents, not government, should make decisions for children.

Leaders at the Georgetown conference publicly admitted that logic and facts will not defeat our arguments. What do they plan to do?

They plan to use emotional arguments. They said so in open public sessions.

At the Georgetown conference, the UN officials and other foreign experts were constantly censored by their American handlers.  Why? Because these foreign experts acknowledge that this treaty would be supreme over American law.

The American child s rights propaganda machine denies that we would forfeit American sovereignty even though they do not have the legal arguments to back their rhetoric.  They did everything they could to silence their guest speakers when they strayed from the sanitized version of their message.

We are in a race.  It is a race for the future of the American family and American self-government.

The question is Will the lies of the internationalists be heard by more Americans than the truth of those who believe in families?

I wish that I could look each person reading this right in the eyes. It is incredibly difficult for written words to explain how serious this situation really is.

The real battle is being fought right now.  Our opponents are preparing for a vote in the Senate sometime ahead as soon as they feel they have laid the groundwork for victory.

Because the internationalists possess the reins of government, have millions of dollars at their disposal, and have powerful allies in the mainstream media, they can build momentum much faster than we are able to do.

We have to get our message out to others and we have to do it today.

I have been leading grassroots political efforts for over thirty years. Without any fear of contradiction, I can tell you that we are going to win or lose the battle over the Convention on the Rights of the Child in the next few months. The key to victory lies in the stage of preparation.

Will we have adequate preparation to win?

The annual budget of Parentalrights.org is less than $500,000. They have millions and millions of dollars at their disposal.

We must raise money right now to employ professionals who can help us get our message out in the media.

We must also raise money right now to employ experienced people to work the halls of Capitol Hill on our behalf.

I cannot do these things alone. We have to have a quality team if we expect to stop the combined power of Geneva, New York, and Washington. 

This is the time to decide whether you are willing to take meaningful action.

There are just two tangible things I would ask you to do.

1. Give a gift of $10 or more right now to parentalright.org (PRO). Membership in PRO is just $25 a year.  Sustaining membership is just $100. We have to raise a substantial amount of cash or we simply cannot keep up.

2. Please recruit at least three other people to sign up for our online email alerts.  We have over 100,000 people who are a part of this team.  We need to get to 4,000,000 supporters before the battle starts.  We have to dramatically pick-up the pace of recruiting people if we are going to have any hope of beating the other side in the greatest grassroots battle in American history.  We need to be doubling our numbers every couple months to get our team in place.

You are the best recruiters we have. Please pick up your phone right now and call a friend and tell them that they need to read the email you are about to send them and that you really need them to become part of the team.  This kind of personal attention will work.

In less than two years, American social workers may be in a position to inform all our children that if they have any conflict with their parents over any decisions at all then they can file a formal complaint in an American court to vindicate their international rights. And ultimately, once this new protocol is in place, if they don t like the outcome from the American courts, there will be a new UN tribunal to hear their complaint.

Moms and dads, we have to get ready. The battle for American liberty is about to begin.

Mike Farris, www.parentalrights.org

Our Children - Mere Creatures of the State?

Eighty years ago the Supreme Court declared that the child is not the mere creature of the State; those who nurture him and direct his destiny have the right, coupled with the high duty, to recognize and prepare him for additional obligations. Pierce v. Society of Sisters, 268 U.S. 510 (1925).

Thirty years ago the Court continued this line of reasoning with the pronouncement that the primary role of the parents in the upbringing of their children is now established beyond debate as an enduring American tradition. Wisconsin v. Yoder, 406 U.S. 205 (1972).

Yet in 2000, when the State of Washington gave any person the ability to override a good parent's decision about visitation by simply claiming that it would be best for children to allow the third-party to have visitation rights, in the Supreme Court

·        There were six separate opinions and none reached a five-vote majority

·        Justice Thomas was the only Justice to clearly state that parental rights receive the same high legal standard of protection as other fundamental rights

·        Justice Scalia held that parents have no constitutionally protected rights whatsoever

Support for a high-view of parental rights has been seriously undermined by the current Court.

As a consequence, numerous lower federal courts refuse to treat parental rights as deserving of protection as a fundamental right.

At the same time, America is poised to adopt the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. President Obama supports this treaty. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been a leading advocate of this treaty for over twenty years. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) has promised that this treaty will be ratified during this term of Congress.

If this treaty is ratified:

·        The laws of all 50 states on children and parents would be superseded by this international law by virtue of a specific provision of the US Constitution which expressly declares treaties to be supreme over state law. Virtually all law on children and parents is state law. 

·        Good parents would no longer be entitled to the legal presumption that they act in the best interests of their children. Instead, the government would have the authority to overrule all parents on any decision concerning the child if the government believed it could make a better decision.

·        Parents could no longer spank their children.

·        Children would have the legal right to choose their own religion. Parents would be permitted only to give advice.

·        America would be under a binding legal obligation to massively increase its federal spending on children s programs.

The only kind of law that can override a treaty is the Constitution of the United States. State laws or state constitutions cannot override treaties. There is no guarantee that federal statutes could override treaties moreover, we enter a binding legal promise to obey a treaty when we ratify it. America should not promise to obey a treaty and then claim it is appropriate to obey the treaty only when we want to. America of all nations must respect the rule of law. 

There is only one possible solution for the eroding support for parental rights in the Supreme Court that can also stop the encroachment of international law.

We need to place the time-honored test of parental rights, as recognized by the Supreme Court for over seventy years, into the explicit text of the Constitution.

We cannot wait until our rights are formally demolished. We must act now to stop international law and protect these two key principles

·        Fit parents should be allowed to direct the upbringing of their children.

·        American legislators, not international tribunals, should make the public policy for America on families and children.

If you believe these two principles, become a supporter of parental rights by signing the online petition at www.parentalrights.org.

Read the Convention Treaty from either of the two official sites:

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights

UNICEF

Tracking Our House Sponsors

The number of Representatives committed to sponsoring the Parental Rights Amendment legislation this term has reached 30. Track the sponsors and look for your Congressman on our Sponsors List. 

THIS IS REAL, AND IF RATIFIED BY OUR SENATE AND SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT, WILL BECOME THE LAW OF THE LAND. PARENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WILL FOR THE FIRST TIME BE SUBJECT TO EXAMINATION BY THE GOVERNMENT. THE FREEDOMS THAT MANY HAVE FOUGHT AND DIED FOR WILL BE PLACED AT RISK. OUR CHILDREN AND GRAND-CHILDREN, AND THEIR UPBRINGING WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO AN INTERNATIONAL ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

JOIN THE FIGHT

I have known Mike Farris for over 20 years, and believe that he is one of the most knowledgeable persons regarding this important treaty and its' threat to our future and freedoms as parents. Please take time to visit Mike's website: www.parentalrights.org  This valuable website will provide a lot of information on the convention and will list the things that YOU CAN DO. We need to join the fight.  Steve White, MCHE