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| Date: From: Subject: | 3/23/2011 4:59:38 PM Home School Legal Defense Association Illinois--Call to Stop Illinois from Adopting U.N. Parent-Child Policy |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== Illinois--Call to Stop Illinois from Adopting U.N. Parent-Child Policy Dear HSLDA Members and Friends, Senator Kimberly Lightford (D-Westchester area) has introduced legislation urging all Illinois state agencies to comply with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), and urging the U.S. Senate to ratify it and thus make it the law of the land. The relationship between parents and children has always been considered "off limits" to government intrusion, with narrowly defined exceptions, such as divorce, abuse or neglect, etc. The CRC turns this time-honored approach on its head and places, without exception, every aspect of the parent-child relationship under government regulation. Right now, you have unquestioned authority to determine what is best for your children--what church they should attend, how much time they spend on chores, what websites and books they should read, whether they should be homeschooled, what friends they can hang out with, etc. The CRC takes your right to make all those family decisions and places it second in line behind the government's. Every parental decision you might make would be subject to review and veto by a government agent. If Senator Lightford's legislation passes, state agencies and judges could begin implementing aspects of the CRC in the state of Illinois, even if the U.S. Senate never ratifies it. ACTION REQUESTED Please call, email or visit Senator Lightford, if you are her constituent, and ask her to withdraw her legislation, which is known as SR 92. Use our legislative toolbox to see if you live in her district http://www.hslda.org/toolbox . Your message can be as simple as, "Please withdraw SR 92. Parents--not the government--should decide what is best for their children." If you would like to understand the issues in greater depth, an excellent and well-footnoted resource is "Twenty Things You Should Know about the CRC" available at this website: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=10688 Her Springfield office is 323 Capitol Building, Springfield, IL, 62076; phone (217) 782-8505; fax (217) 588-2068. Her Westchester office is 10001 West Roosevelt Rd., Suite 202; phone (708) 343-7444; fax (708) 343-7400. BACKGROUND If this email is your first exposure to the CRC, you may be shaking your head in disbelief right now. Or you may be telling yourself that this would be so bad that it could not POSSIBLY really happen. Please accept the challenge of reading an excellent, well-footnoted document called, "Twenty Things You Should Know about the CRC" available at this website: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=10688 . And if you think it could not POSSIBLY happen in America, consider that: (1) former President Bill Clinton ALREADY placed his presidential signature on the CRC on behalf of the U.S.; and (2) every nation in the world has adopted the CRC except the U.S. and Somalia. A United Nations treaty can become law if the U.S. Senate ratifies it. If ratified, it becomes part of the supreme law of the land under Article VI of the U.S. Constitution--superseding every state constitution and all state laws. And superseding many decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court. But the CRC could profoundly influence the actions and policies of judges and state and local employees in Illinois even if the U.S. Senate never ratifies it. If SR 92 passes, the CRC would be recognized as a valid tool for guiding government policies, practices and decisions in Illinois, with potentially devastating consequences for parents and their children. HSLDA and Illinois Christian Home Educators (ICHE) are united in opposing SR 92. I have called the senator's office, and followed up by fax, but she has not responded to my request that she withdraw the bill. Now she needs to hear from her constituents. Thank you for standing with us for freedom! Sincerely, Scott Woodruff HSLDA Senior Counsel ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> What's the shortest distance between two homeschoolers? HSLDA's elert service! When threats to homeschool freedoms arise, you want to be able to respond. We make it possible. More reasons to join HSLDA... http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=1101 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ====================================================================== The HSLDA E-lert Service is a service of: Home School Legal Defense Association P.O. 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