Parental Rights

Friday and Saturday found my family and I in Jamestown, North Dakota at the North Dakota Home School Convention. The keynote speaker was Michael Farris! He was great to listen to. One of his talks was on Parental Rights. Apparently, the UN is trying to get a treaty passed called the UN Convention on the Rights of a Child (UNCRC).

''This poses a serious threat both to parental rights and to U.S. sovereignty, as the UNCRC dictates not only that the federal government must intrude into the family sphere to an unprecedented degree, but also how the federal government is to monitor and govern the actions of our families. Parental rights would be replaced by "the best interests of the child" as defined, ultimately, by an international committee of 18 people in Switzerland.'' (from the website listed below)

The actual document is here if you want to read 15 pages of a UN treaty.

Basically, this treaty would allow the children to have a ''right to be heard'' - allowing children to take their parents to court and to choose their own religion. Parents would not be able to spank their children, would not be allowed to home school them, and would have to teach them that all religions are the truth.

You can read lots more about it and you can sign the petition at http://www.parentalrights.org/