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| Date: From: Subject: | 12/3/2012 2:32:16 PM Mike Smith--HSLDA Senate to Vote on UN Disabilities Treaty at Noon Tomorrow! Keep Calling! |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== Senate to Vote on UN Disabilities Treaty at High Noon Tomorrow! Please Continue to Call! Dear HSLDA Members and Friends: The final vote on whether or not to ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is scheduled for noon on Tuesday, December 4. Whether our nation will continue to preserve the principles of parental rights and American self-government, or hand over the care of children with special needs to foreign diplomats and federal officials will be decided at that time. We are optimistic that we will have the votes - 34 or more - to defeat the treaty. But there is too much at stake to trust to speculation. So please remember to call your senators today, and then call them again tomorrow morning (before noon). If Senator Toomey (PA), DeMint (SC), Lee (UT), or Paul (KY) are one of your senators please give them a special thanks for leading the charge on this issue. You can ask for your Senate office through the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121 or find phone numbers by clicking on your state in HSLDA's Congressional Directory http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=16377 . Please give the Senate staff some or all of this message: "I would urge the senator to oppose giving consent to ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. This treaty would surrender the rights of parents whose children are disabled by establishing the 'best interests of the child' legal standard. We already have excellent American-made law to protect persons with disabilities, and the world is already NOT following our example. It would be foolish to adopt a vehicle of international law in hopes that some foreign governments will suddenly change their minds. This treaty also redefines entitlements as 'economic, social, and cultural rights,' which would have a tremendous impact on a host of domestic law issues. Protect parental rights and American self-government, and reject this giant step toward socialism and government control of our families. Vote NO on the CRPD." For more information on the dangers of this treaty please visit our CRPD page http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=16378 . We will be at the Capitol tomorrow watching the Senate proceedings, and we will alert you to the results of the vote tomorrow as quickly as we are able. We are hopeful that the news will be good - but we must all remain diligent between now and then. Thank you for taking a moment right now and again tomorrow to call your senators and ask them to oppose this dangerous treaty! Sincerely, J. Michael Smith HSLDA President ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> Will your friends stand by you in trouble? 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