Homeschoolers alert

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[ErnBatavia]

Attention: Homeschoolers.....received this "alert" from my sister, who has 4 homeschooled kids - and great students/kids at that!

From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ----------------------------------------------------------------------

Dear HSLDA Members and Friends,

On Thursday, July 25, 2002, The Senate Foreign Relations Committee again delayed a scheduled vote on the United Nation's Convention (treaty) on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). The vote has been rescheduled for Tuesday, July 30. Chairman Joseph Biden has stated that the vote must come now in committee if the full Senate will have an opportunity to take up the treaty in September. We believe that a majority of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will vote in favor of CEDAW on Tuesday.

CEDAW represents an astounding transfer of influence over a nation's domestic policy to the United Nations. It is a direct threat to those Americans who respect the traditional family and American way of life. CEDAW is administered by a 23-member committee of experts at the UN. Given the broad language of the treaty to eliminate "stereotypes" and "traditional roles of women," it is conceivable that the freedom of home schoolers could be in jeopardy. Let me illustrate why we are so concerned. In 1999, the CEDAW Committee recommended the decriminalization of prostitution in China. It has expressed concern that Belarus celebrates Mother's Day, and lectured Armenia on the need to "combat the traditional stereotype of women in the noble role of mother." The Committee has stated that too many Slovenian mothers were staying home to raise their children. It has urged the nation of Andorra to order a review of textbooks concerning sex education used by the Catholic schools, given that a majority of young women attend Catholic schools in that country. The Washington Times reports that earlier this year the CEDAW committee criticized Belgium for failing to achieve recommended political quotas for that country. In response, Belgian officials announced a new law reserving 50 percent of all candidate slots for women.

Over 200 years ago, America fought a war so that we could decide issues of domestic policy for ourselves. We should not give this hard-fought right over to anyone other than our own elected representatives. Unlike some other nations, our Constitution places ratified treaties equal to the provisions of our Constitution and its bill of rights. CEDAW represents a direct threat to our nation's sovereignty.

ACTION REQUESTED

At this time, we urge all HSLDA members to contact the majority leader of the Senate, Tom Daschle of North Dakota, and the Senate minority leader, Trent Lott of Mississippi, and tell them that CEDAW should not be considered for ratification.

We also urge everyone to call their Senators and urge them not to ratify CEDAW.

To contact Senator Daschle, Lott and your Senators, you may access their number at www.hslda.org/toolbox , or contact the Capitol Switchboard at 202-225-3121.

Feel free to pass this email around to your friends and family as well. Our sources on Capitol Hill tell us that many Senators are on the fence about CEDAW. We need to convince them how dangerous this treaty really is.

BACKGROUND

HSLDA Issues Folder on CEDAW http://www.hslda.org/docs/nche/issues/U/UN_Women.asp

Washington Post: Senate Panel to Defy Bush, Vote on Women's Treaty http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21765-2002Jul17.html

The Washington Times: Review to 'delay' women's treaty http://www.washtimes.com/national/20020726-27598864.htm

Thank you for standing with us for freedom!

Sincerely,

Tom Washburne Director, National Center for Home Education

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[Libertarianize the GOP]

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[ErnBatavia]

shameless edukational self bump

[RAT Patrol]

I've been meaning to join the HSLDA for years. I don't need them at this point, but you inspired me to join anyway. Maybe my money will help some of the other home schoolers out there.

[Marie]

As an HSLDA member, I thank you very much.

Our country is being invaded and conqured without a shot being fired.

[ppaul]

Our country is being has been invaded and conquered without a shot being fired.

[Ed_in_NJ]

bttt

[Green Knight]

It never ceases to fail. EVERY time I read a thread involving the UN my blood boils and I feel a squeezing pain in my chest.

Unfortunately my senator is Bell Nelson, Democrat. So I expect him to vote for it. Damn it.

[madfly]

CEDAW ping

[madfly]

CEDAW ping

[TxBec]

CEDAW represents an astounding transfer of influence over a nation's domestic policy to the United Nations. It is a direct threat to those Americans who respect the traditional family and American way of life. CEDAW is administered by a 23-member committee of experts at the UN. Given the broad language of the treaty to eliminate "stereotypes" and "traditional roles of women," it is conceivable that the freedom of home schoolers could be in jeopardy.

Let me illustrate why we are so concerned. In 1999, the CEDAW Committee recommended the decriminalization of prostitution in China. It has expressed concern that Belarus celebrates Mother's Day, and lectured Armenia on the need to "combat the traditional stereotype of women in the noble role of mother." The Committee has stated that too many Slovenian mothers were staying home to raise their children. It has urged the nation of Andorra to order a review of textbooks concerning sex education used by the Catholic schools, given that a majority of young women attend Catholic schools in that country.

Although I visit their sites often, I haven't joined HSLDA or the THSC (Texas) primarily because I live in Texas, which is very homeschool friendly. I am reconsidering that.

[SpookBrat]

"It never ceases to fail. EVERY time I read a thread involving the UN my blood boils and I feel a squeezing pain in my chest."

Same here. :(

[SpookBrat]

I don't think this will pass, but I'll call anyway and let my voice be heard. I own a house in Texas but live in Florida, so 4 Senators get to listen to me. LOL

These people in the Senate drive me crazy.

[2Jedismom]

Ping!

[GaltMeister]

They just can't stand the thought of a state tax-paying asset bowing out of their system to stay home and raise kids.

'Go to work so you can pay taxes. Let us raise your chilluns to be the next generation of slaves'

[Guillermo]

I can hear it now. Anyone opposed to this is "against the rights of women".

[Illbay]

I used to consider "Get US Out of the U.N." types to be fringe kooks.

Now, I want US out as well. How I wish we could just leave those people to stew in their own juices. Maybe now that Switzerland has joined, we can duck out and leave them to foot the bills themselves.

I don't care if they want to continue to "squat" on that land we gave them in Manhattan, just leave us out of it from now on.

[kancel]

>>Our country has been invaded and conquered without a shot being fired.<<

The really pathetic part is that this is likely to continue. We will be completely occupied and the sheeple won't even notice or care.

[kancel]

>> It has expressed concern that Belarus celebrates Mother's Day, and lectured Armenia on the need to "combat the traditional stereotype of women in the noble role of mother." The Committee has stated that too many Slovenian mothers were staying home to raise their children.<<


These people in their "anti-discrimination" crusade discriminate against women who choose to stay home, who choose to be mothers, and against the children who choose to honor those mothers. In their effort to "help the oppressed" they have obviously overlooked the fact that women actually choose- happily- to be stay at home wives and mothers. In the process they don't help at all but instead harm horribly and terribly.

I love my job. It is the most wonderful, satisfying, fulfilling thing I have ever done in my life. It wasn't until I became a stay-at-home wife/mother that I really thought I was doing something important- something that mattered- something that changed the world (of at least the husband and three children currently in my charge.)There aren't many jobs outside the home that do that, being a drone in an office, a factory or a store doesn't cahnge the world- of anyone.


If the UN really cared about the plight of women instead of being againt, motherhood and femininty they would support it and encourage change that would make it possible for more women to stay home and take care of their own children. They could start by encouraging a lowering of the tax burden that at least our nation faces.

But of course that wouldn't fit their agenda of making a socialist hell out of the whole world.

[Tired of Taxes]

Thanks for the ping. I don't trust the United Nations, and these resolutions like CEDAW are frightening, in my opinion.

But, I won't be joining the HSLDA. I realize it is a very reliable organization for other homeschoolers, but their literature makes it clear that they are not interested in secular homeschoolers, and other secular HSers have told me that HSLDA requires a certain curriculum and that they can refuse to defend you if you don't use that curriculum. Christian homeschoolers we have met recommended HSLDA to us, but we opted not to join after we received their literature. I'm sure it's great for others, though, and I do applaud most of their efforts.