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| Date: From: Subject: | 3/30/2009 9:54:37 AM Home School Legal Defense Association Texas--Calls Needed to Support the Texas Parental Rights Restoration Act |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== March 26, 2009 Texas--Calls Needed to Support the Texas Parental Rights Restoration Act Dear HSLDA Members and Friends: House Bill 2084 was introduced to the Texas Legislature by Representative Phil King. The bill modifies the grandparent visitation law in favor of parental rights. The bill would prohibit a grandparent from suing a parent for access to the grandchild unless the grandparent provides proof that the child's physical health will be endangered, and the child's emotional well-being and development will be impaired if access is not granted. There have been a number of cases in Texas where grandparents hostile to homeschooling have usurped the parents' rights. This legislation will help families who find themselves in the difficult situation of having grandparents who are trying to harm the children. The bill now sits in the Human Services Committee. HSLDA requests that you call as many committee members as possible to express your support for this bill. ACTION REQUESTED Please call the House Human Services Committee members and give them this message in your own words: "Please support H.B. 2084, the Texas Parental Rights Restoration Act. This bill gives the authority back to the parents to decide if a grandparent has access to their child or not. A fit parent should always be presumed to be making decisions in the best interest of their children, even if it means limiting contact with grandparents." Do not identify yourself as a homeschooler; instead you can identify yourself as a concerned parent and taxpayer. If the first letter of your last name begins with an A-L, then please call the first five members of this list. If your last name begins with the letters M-Z, please call the last five members on this list. House Human Services Committee Members: Chair, Rep. Patrick Rose - 512-463-0647 Vice Chair, Rep. Abel Herrero - 512-463-0462 Rep. Drew Darby - 512-463-0331 Rep. Gary Elkins - 512-463-0722 Rep. Ana Hernandez - 512-463-0614 Rep. Bryan Hughes - 512-463-0271 Rep. Ken Legler - 512-463-0460 Rep. Elliott Naishtat - 512-463-0668 Rep. Armando Walle - 512-463-0924 BACKGROUND Parental rights are under siege. Parents, in many ways, are becoming "second class citizens" as lower courts elevate the power of the state to supersede the wisdom of parents. Parental choice is in jeopardy. Freedom is at stake. The basic fundamental freedom of parents to raise their children hangs in the balance. Although the U.S. Supreme Court clearly recognizes parents' rights as fundamental and thus protected by a higher standard of review, many lower courts over the last 25 years have eroded this traditional view of parental rights. This bill limiting grandparent access to our children will reaffirm parents' rights, including the fundamental rights to make medical decisions, discipline, and direct the education and religious training of their children. For more information on parental rights visit www.ParentalRights.org . To read the text of H.B. 2084, go to http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=6325 . Thank you for your standing with us for freedom! Sincerely, Chris Klicka HSLDA Senior Counsel ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> Extreme makeovers are for extreme circumstances... Most homeschools don't need an extreme makeover, but there is something to be said for attention to detail and recognition of accomplishments. Watch the media and you'll soon see that not everyone wants home educators and homeschooling to look good. HSLDA works hard to shed light on the good work of home educators so it's obvious that we don't need someone "making-over" our homeschools. 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