We Need Only Five More Senators to Kill the CRC

The facts are clear: ratifying the United Nations’ Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) would be bad policy for our country. Yet there are still 71 Senators who can’t decide whether they prefer that to our own American law.

We are grateful to those 29 senators with the courage to step forward and be counted opposing this dangerous treaty. And we are grateful to all of you for contacting your senators to produce this kind of response.

But the remaining senators have so far resisted all efforts from their constituents to urge their support of SR 519:

On Monday, we will launch ads making known their inability to decide in favor of American families over international law. To see the sample ads, click here.

This week, then, is the final week to get senators on board before we go to print – and while we would love to reach them all, our goal remains 34 cosponsors.

Action Items

1. Call your senators again. Find their number on our Status page and tell them you support ParentalRights.org and our effort to halt ratification of the CRC. Urge them to cosponsor SR 519 to defend American sovereignty and families.

2. Go visit them. Drop by their local office and let them know you are concerned enough about the threat of the CRC to make the trip. Or make an appointment to visit next month, when your Senator will be in your state.

3. Pass it on! More emails going out means more phone calls going in.

Gratefully Yours,

Michael Ramey
Communications Director

"Parental Advisory"

The Helena, Montana, school board is facing the ire of parents over a recent proposal to provide sex education to students starting in kindergarten. A final vote by the board is scheduled August 10th.

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Big News on SR 519!

We are very excited to announce three new cosponsors on Senate Resolution 519, which opposes U.S. ratification of the United Nations’ Convention on the Rights of the Child. Just in the last few hours, Senators Pat Roberts (R-Kansas), Sam Brownback (R-Kansas) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) have signed on as official cosponsors!

This brings us to 25 cosponsors, which is a rarity in the U.S. Senate. And when we consider that SR 519 was introduced just 2 months ago, this kind of support is very encouraging. It shows that Senators are listening, and that they understand our desire to have Americans making laws for Americans.

Your calls and our Declaration Campaign have also been very effective. If one (or two!) of these is your senator, please consider sending a thank you card to their nearest local office (for an address, visit parentalrights.org/States, click on your state, then click on the senator’s name).

It has been an exciting week for stopping the UN’s CRC, and we would like to see that continue. With only 9 cosponsors to go, we are hopeful that some who have not yet signed on will look closer and join. But we need you to help us keep their attention!

Please take a moment now to visit parentalrights.org/status and check the status of your own senators. If they’re in orange, they’ve signed on. If not, their phone number is provided – please give them a call and urge them to cosponsor SR 519. (If you need some talking points, find those here.) Tell them ParentalRights.org asked you to call – this will aid our lobbying efforts when we go to visit them on your behalf.

Together, we can protect the right of children to have their interests protected by parents who love them!

Expectantly,

Michael Ramey
Communications Director

Get Ready For August

My great-grandparents hailed from Maine, where they said there are two seasons – winter and August. (I’ve since been told about Mud Season, too.) The fact is, August is a special time of year for Parental Rights and the U.S. Congress, as well.

First, August is the time when parties prepare for general elections by deciding through primary elections which candidate they will back in November. They are looking for a winner – and so are we. We have put together a Parental Rights pledge which we are sending out to candidates to gauge their support for your parental rights. As we receive responses for a given race, we will begin to post these on the appropriate page of our States Watch section, ParentalRights.org/States. As an example, the congressional race for Kansas’ 3rd district will be posted today. If you can help us get pledges to the candidates in your area, please contact the Regional Coordinator listed on your state’s page (available by clicking on your state here).

Second, August is a quiet month in Washington – because your senators and congressman will be coming home to work in your state for the month. That makes it the ideal opportunity for you to meet with them face-to-face and encourage their support for what matters to you. This year, we would encourage congressmen to support HJ Res 42, the Parental Rights Amendment in the House. We ask you to encourage senators to support SJ Res. 16, the Parental Rights Amendment in the Senate, and to quickly cosponsor SR 519, a resolution that opposes U.S. ratification of the United Nations’ Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). (Talking points here and here.)

Third, August 2 will be the launch date for ads in our Declaration Campaign. We want to take out a newspaper ad in the state of any senator who will not cosponsor SR 519 to halt ratification of the CRC. This will require generous funding from our supporters, as ads can be expensive. Our hope, though, is to drive those who are undecided to make up their minds to defend US sovereignty and American parental rights.

Action Items

1. Contact you regional coordinator to get involved in sharing the PRA Pledge with candidates in your state. Visit ParentalRights.Org/States and click on your state to find that coordinator’s email address.

2. Contact your congressman’s and senators’ local offices for an appointment to speak with them during their August in-state period. Then, gather friends and family to support you, gather your facts, and urge your lawmakers to support parental rights legislation. You may want to contact your regional coordinator for support on this as well – and please let us know if you get an appointment!

3. Give generously to bring an SR 519 ad to your state on August 2.

August is almost here – let’s start now to make the most of it!

Expectantly,

Michael Ramey
Communications Director

Parental Advisory

“Parental Advisory” is a new feature we’re adding this week to keep you informed of some of the reasons we need the Parental Rights Amendment. We hope these will keep you fired up and give you a way to talk to your friends about parental rights. And we’ll try to keep them short. Like this:

A Massachusetts town is planning to distribute condoms to students regardless of parental wishes. Public opinion forced them to abandon their original plan of including elementary school kids in their “generosity,” but they still have no concern for the parents’ say in their dealings with adolescents.