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| Date: From: Subject: | 3/4/2013 5:08:42 PM Dee Black--HSLDA Connecticut -- Calls Needed to Defeat Bills Affecting Your Parental Rights |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== Connecticut -- Calls Needed to Defeat Bills Affecting Your Parental Rights Dear HSLDA Members and Friends: Your calls and emails are needed to defeat two Connecticut bills that threaten your parental rights. Both of these bills are scheduled for a public hearing on Tuesday, March 5, before the Joint Committee on Children, so it is critical that members of this committee be contacted right away. First is Raised House Bill 6499, which would establish a task force on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). One of the task force's purposes would be to urge the U.S. Congress to ratify this dangerous treaty. The UNCRC would turn the parent-child relationship on its head so that parents would essentially become nothing more than facilitators of the choices of their children. Second is Raised Senate Bill 1009, which would require the Connecticut Department of Children and Families and the Department of Social Services to "establish a program to evaluate the well-being of children throughout the state." There is no indication of how this evaluation would be done or what standards would be used to determine a child's "well-being." 1. Action Requested: Please call or email as many members of the Joint Committee on Children as possible with this message or a similar message in your own words: "Please vote against Raised House Bill 6499 that would establish a task force to urge the U.S. Congress to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. This international treaty threatens the right of parents to direct the upbringing of their children." "Please vote against Raised Senate Bill 1009, which would require the Department of Children and Families and the Department of Social Services to evaluate the well-being of every child in the state. Any such action would be unwarranted and would constitute a violation of family privacy." When emailing members of the Committee, we recommend that you put in the subject line: "I oppose Bills 6499 and 1009." The members of the Committee are as follows: Sen. Dante Bartolomeo, Co-Chair (D-13) 1-800-842-1420 http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/Bartolomeo-mailform.php Rep. Diana S. Urban, Co-Chair (D-043) 1-800-842-8267 Diana.Urban@cga.ct.gov Sen. Bob Duff, Vice Chair (D-25) 1-800-842-1420 Bob.Duff@cga.ct.gov Rep. Kim Fawcett, Vice Chair (D-133) 1-800-842-8267 Kim.Fawcett@cga.ct.gov Sen. Art Linares (R-33) 1-800-842-1421 http://ctsenaterepublicans.com/contact-linares/ Rep. Whit Betts (R-078) 1-800-842-1423 http://cthousegop.com/contact-whit-betts/ Rep. Christina "Tita" M. Ayala (D-128) 1-800-842-8267 Christina.Ayala@cga.ct.gov Rep. Juan R. Candelaria (D-095) 1-800-842-8267 Juan.Candelaria@cga.ct.gov Rep. Ernest Hewett (D-039) 1-800-842-8267 Ernest.Hewett@cga.ct.gov Rep. Laura R. Hoydick (R-120) 1-800-842-1423 http://cthousegop.com/contact-laura-hoydick/ Rep. Edwin Vargas (D-006) 1-800-842-8267 Edwin.Vargas@cga.ct.gov Rep. Terrie Wood (R-141) 1-800-842-1423 http://cthousegop.com/contact-terrie/ 2. Please forward this e-mail to every family you know who is not a member of HSLDA and urge them to contact members of the Committee. View the text of Raised House Bill 6499 > > http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=17429 View the text of Raised Senate Bill 1009 > > http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=17430 Please call or email today! Very truly yours, Dewitt T. Black, III HSLDA Senior Counsel ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> How many news articles did you read this morning over your oatmeal? We live in a world where concise information presented at the right time can make a big difference in the outcome of important legislative efforts. Yet it's tough to keep up with all the issues that affect you. 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