| From the HSLDA E-lert Service: |
< BACK TO ARCHIVE |
| Date: From: Subject: | 4/4/2011 3:11:18 PM Home School Legal Defense Association Illinois--Place Calls: Hearing Wednesday on Resolution in Support of UN Treaty |
|
====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== Illinois--Place Calls: Hearing Wednesday on Illinois Resolution in Support of UN Parent-Child Treaty Dear HSLDA Members and Friends: On Wednesday, April 6, the Executive Committee of the Illinois Senate will hold a hearing on SR 92, a resolution urging all Illinois government agencies immediately to "comply with the Convention on the Rights of the Child," and urging the U.S. Senate to ratify it. We need your help immediately to defeat this resolution! The U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) gives children rights which the government can enforce against their parents--including a right to "leisure" and "play," a right to keep their parents out of their "private" lives, a right to access virtually any internet websites they want, a right to choose their own religion, a right to never be spanked, a right to hang out with whom they want virtually free from parental interference, and a right to an education in "tolerance" and "equality of the sexes" in "respect for the principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations." The CRC gives the government the supreme power to decide in every single case, for every single family, what is best for every child. If the U.S. Senate ratifies it, no American parent would ever again have the final word on what is best for their child. Every family would be treated like a family going through divorce, where nothing is truly final regarding the children unless the judge agrees. As put with exceptional clarity by Geraldine Van Buren, one of the world's authorities, under the CRC "there is no longer a traditional area of exclusive parental or family decision making." ACTION REQUESTED 1. Please call. If your own senator is on the committee, call your own senator. If your own senator is not on the committee, call the chairman and vice chairman of the committee (see list below). Use our legislative toolbox to find out who your senator is: http://www.hslda.org/toolbox 2. Your message can be as simple as "Please vote NO on SR 92. The CRC turns the time-honored parent-child relationship on its head and makes the government the final authority in every parental decision. The CRC would take away rights ordinary parents have held for centuries and have immeasurable consequences for our society," (and if you are a constituent of the senator) "and I live in your district." 3. Come to the hearing Wednesday to demonstrate your opposition to the CRC. It will be held at 3:15 p.m. in Room 212 of the Capitol building in Springfield, Illinois. CONTACT INFORMATION Sen. Don Harmon, Chairman (217) 782-8176 Sen. Ira Silverstein, Vice Chair (217) 782-5500 Sen. Maggie Crotty (217) 782-9595 Sen. Kimberly Lightford, bill sponsor (217) 782-8505 Sen. Jeffrey Schoenberg (217) 782-2119 Sen. Dale Righter (217) 782-6674 Sen. John Jones (217) 782-0471 Sen. Matt Murphy (217) 782-4471 Sen. James Clayborne, Jr. (217) 782-5399 Sen. John Cullerton (217) 782-2728 Sen. Antonion Munoz (217) 782-9415 Sen. Donne Trotter (217) 782-3201 Sen. Bill Brady (217) 782-6216 Sen. David Luechtefeld (217) 782-8137 Sen. Christine Radogno (217) 782-9407 BACKGROUND Why worry about a "mere resolution?" You may be wondering why we should oppose a state's effort to push ratification of a treaty when only the U.S. Senate actually has the power to ratify. There are four reasons. 1. If a state resolution passes, proponents of the treaty will use it to pressure the state's U.S. senators to vote to ratify the treaty. 2. Because of the resolution, the CRC is no longer a "back burner" issue. It is getting the attention of the legislature, the public and the media. This gives us an exceptional but brief opportunity to educate others. It is easiest to educate people when they are listening--and now they are listening on this issue! 3. If the resolution passes, the public and the legislature will view the CRC more favorably. If public opinion moves in the direction of the CRC, it makes it easier for the CRC to eventually be ratified by the U.S. Senate. 4. The Illinois resolution urges all state agencies NOW to "comply" with the CRC. While a resolution is not a "bill" and is not "law" if it passes, it is a significant statement of public policy. If it passes, hundreds of state agencies will have the encouragement and opportunity to take bits and pieces of the CRC and insert them into their own programs and policies. For example, the definitions of "abuse" and "neglect" in Illinois are quite vague. If the resolution passes, we can expect to see social services agencies move in the direction of asserting that any parent who deprives a child of CRC entitlements is liable for abuse or neglect. 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 . HSLDA and Illinois Christian Home Educators (ICHE) are united in opposing SR 92. Thank you for standing with us for freedom! Sincerely, Scott Woodruff HSLDA Senior Counsel ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> How many of your friends would pay your legal fees? As a member of HSLDA, you have 80,000 families standing with you to protect and advance homeschool freedoms in the United States and foreign countries. More reasons to join HSLDA... http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=1106 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ====================================================================== The HSLDA E-lert Service is a service of: Home School Legal Defense Association P.O. Box 3000 Purcellville, Virginia 20134 Phone: (540) 338-5600 Fax: (540) 338-2733 Email: info@hslda.org Web: http://www.hslda.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------- How To Subscribe: - Subscribe to the HSLDA E-lert Service at our website: https://secure.hslda.org/hslda/elert/account.asp?Process=Subscribe - Or send an email with name and complete mailing address to: subscribe@hslda.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscription Information: - You subscribed to the HSLDA E-lert Service as: ##ToAddress## - To unsubscribe from the HSLDA E-lert Service send an email from the email address you want to unsubscribe to: unsubscribe@hslda.org - To change your email address or make other changes to your subscription, visit the HSLDA E-lert Service account web page at: https://secure.hslda.org/hslda/elert/account.asp ---------------------------------------------------------------------- POSTMASTERS: This message is being sent to the most recent address we have for our subscribers. If this is an invalid email address or you have other problems, please reply to webmaster@hslda.org. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER: This is considered a private and confidential message from HSLDA to its bonafide HSLDA E-lert Service subscribers. HSLDA cannot attest to the authenticity of copies posted, forwarded, or sent by any party other than HSLDA. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: Please do not reply or otherwise use this email address; hslda@hslda.org is for broadcast purposes only and is not intended to receive incoming messages. We cannot reply to any email sent to this address. If you have comments or questions, please send email to info@hslda.org or call HSLDA at 540-338-5600. HSLDA members can also email staff directly through the Members website at http://members.hslda.org/contact.asp. Thank you for your cooperation. ====================================================================== | |
