Why would Congress vote to give the UN authority to change our way of life? Chairman Michael Farris discusses this threat on today's Home School Heartbeat.
Mike:
America already has laws to protect women that don't conflict with our national sovereignty or the real needs of the family. Our Congress and our state legislatures are fully capable of administering domestic policy without a UN "watchdog." But for some of its proponents in the Senate, who don't want to appear "anti-woman" in an election year, the push to sign on to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, or CEDAW, is well underway.
On July 30, 2002, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted to send CEDAW to the floor of the Senate. Many of our alert members called their senator to voice their opposition. Thanks to our members, 7 out of the 19 senators better understood the dangers of CEDAW, and voted against a full Senate review. We applaud their stand for the rights of the family over political correctness.
Voting to ratify CEDAW would be a grave mistake. We must continue to ask our leaders to take a stand against the well documented UN agenda of social engineering.
As a citizen of this great nation, I'd rather see our Senate conduct hearings to investigate UN efforts that undermine strong families and religious freedom. Instead of wasting time toying with ratification, I'd like to know which non-governmental groups are pushing their radical agenda through ratification of CEDAW using our taxpayers' dollars.
HSLDA is committed to vigilance in protecting your constitutional rights. Please join us. I'm Mike Farris.
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