Posted on 05/26/2006 10:44:18 PM PDT by peggybac
U.N. treaty conferring rights to children could make homeschooling illegal in the U.S. even though the Senate has not ratified it, a homeschooling association warns.
Michael Farris, chairman and general counsel of the Home School Legal Defense Association, or HSLDA, believes the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child could be binding on U.S. citizens because of activist judges, reports LifeSite News.
Farris said that according to a new interpretation of "customary international law," some U.S. judges have ruled the convention applies to American parents.
"In the 2002 case of Beharry v. Reno, one federal court said that even though the convention was never ratified, it still has an impact on American law," Farris explained, according to LifeSiteNews. "The fact that virtually every other nation in the world has adopted it has made it part of customary international law, and it means that it should be considered part of American jurisprudence."
The convention places severe limitations on a parent's right to direct and train their children, Farris contends.
The HSLDA produced a report in 1993 showing that under Article 13, parents could be subject to prosecution for any attempt to prevent their children from interacting with material they deem unacceptable.
Under Article 14, children are guaranteed "freedom of thought, conscience and religion," which suggests they have a legal right to object to all religious training. Further, under Article 15, the child has a right to "freedom of association."
"If this measure were to be taken seriously, parents could be prevented from forbidding their child to associate with people deemed to be objectionable companions," the HSLDA report explained.
Farris pointed out that in 1995 the United Kingdom was deemed out of compliance with the convention "because it allowed parents to remove their children from public school sex-education classes without consulting the child."
Farris argues, according to LifeSiteNews, that "by the same reasoning, parents would be denied the ability to homeschool their children unless the government first talked with their children and the government decided what was best. This committee would even have the right to determine what religious teaching, if any, served the child's best interest."
Offering solutions, Farris suggests Congress use its power to define customary law and modify the jurisdiction of federal courts.
"Congress needs to address this issue of judicial tyranny by enacting legislation that limits the definition of customary international law to include only provisions of treaties that Congress has ratified," he said.
Farris also suggested Congress could pass a constitutional amendment stating explicitly that no provision of any international agreement can supersede the constitutional rights of an American citizen.
He pointed out two such amendments have been proposed in Congress.
Finally, he says specific threats to parental rights can be solved by "putting a clear parents' rights amendment into the black and white text of the United States Constitution."
Golly, I didn't know HSLDA had been trotting this scare tactic out for this long!! Their numbers must be down, usually they just try tampering with state laws to upset settled legal situations.
How do they know? :-)
My dad did in the 70s.
I'm lecturing my own kids on what the next 20 years will look like, and if I'm as accurate as my own father, and your's too, then we are in for some troubling times.
I was speaking as a matter of law, where a Sheriff can tell the Feds to take a hike.
There is a major Supremem Court Decision that I think goes back to 1920's that says parents have the right(s)to determine the upbringing of their children. I can't remember it right now, but it has been cited as a Precedent in many cases.
One of the goals of the nwo is the cloning of the american mind through the RED agenda of U. S. public schools: there are NO ABSOLUTES; foreign invasion over soverignity; multiculturism at all costs---including any solid, substantive academic learning.
Cultural anthropology is one of my major interests. During my own personal research efforts I have consistently found that countries with homeogenous populations have the highest literacy rates in the world. Most countries' literacy rates can be located in CIA factbooks.
It has been abundantly clear to me for years upon years that the goal is to mold the minds of children in public schools; a solid education is ancillary.
"and how many battalions does the UN command on US soil?"
We'd better be on our toes and keep the pressure on Congress, or the answer to your question could, some day, be "all of them."
I'm so glad you posted this! Thanks.
Allegiance to the U. S. Constitution, not a person!
Praise the Lord for the wisdom of our Founding Fathers!
"and how many battalions does Mexico command on US soil?"
Did anyone else see during hurricane Katrina's aftermath the Mexico military over here with their tanks?
I saw it on TV!
They don't have to have any battalions. All they need is one compliant man in the white house and a pen. "Stroke of the pen, law of the land, kinda cool!"
Remember right after the invasion of Kuwait, Pappa Bear said, "This is the new world order"? Remember that one? Freerpers on another thread brought that one up recently.
Others may think you're being scarcastic; however, those of us who have "done our homework," know they are right on schedule.
((Thanks so much for your posting!))
I can't believe such a thing is even needed.
I figure it will take more like ten years as things seem to be speeding up. This ramrod amnesty is an example that our overlords no longer fear an uprising from us peasants. A few of us old farts still around with enough strength left in the trigger finger may get bumped off in the process but I suspect the majority of sheep will accept their chains gracefully.
Many Dispensational Christians are expecting to be raptured out of the earth before the One World Government/Antichrist takes over.
You're right about that. He did use the phrase frequently now that I think about it.
You're right. Recently aired was a TBN movie about the end times, the rapture, called, "Left Behind," I think it was.
It's a based on a whole series of books by La Haye/Jenkins.
Perhaps, but my 30-06 trumps international law.
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