SR 99 Hits First Milestone

March 29, 2011

SR 99 Hits First Milestone

As of this morning, we now have 34 sponsors on SR 99, the Senate resolution opposing ratification of the United Nations’ Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). This is great news!

With 34 sponsors, we can effectively halt any efforts by this administration to ratify the treaty; we can prevent it from receiving the 67 votes needed for Senate consent.

With 34 sponsors, however, we also have to be certain that not one can be turned by the opposition. And while we are thankful for and respectful of the senators we have on board, we also know the nature of politics.

So 34 simply aren’t enough.

It is also embarrassing that not a single Democrat has signed on yet. Not embarrassing for us – but for them!

A resolution in Florida supporting the Parental Rights Amendment and calling on the Congress to adopt it and send it to the states for ratification has so far passed through 3 committees. On its way, it has garnered 71% support among the Democrats who have voted on it.

A similar resolution passed unanimously in Louisiana last year - that's every Democrat in both houses. And five more resolutions (in SD, ID, and MT supporting the Amendment and in TN and OK opposing the CRC) have passed with a number of Democrats on board. But not one Democrat in the U.S. Senate so far has stood to oppose the dangers of the CRC.

Action Item

Please take a moment to call your Senators, especially if they are Democrats. Tell them it is embarrassing that the only ones standing against the intrusion of international law right now are Republicans. Tell them it doesn’t help the party to yield that high ground to their opponents across the aisle. Tell them you want them to represent America by protecting our rights to self-determination and self-government. Ask them to contact Senator DeMint’s office and cosponsor SR 99.

Legal Volunteers Needed

We also need legal volunteers who might be able to provide testimony in committee hearings before your state legislature. As Planned Parenthood and the ACLU begin to target Parental Rights Amendment resolutions, we need people present who can rebut their arguments with the facts about parental rights. Lawyers are especially beneficial in such situations. If you are able and would like to learn more, please email Michael@parentalrights.org and put “legal volunteer” in the subject line.

Gratefully,

Michael Ramey
Director of Communications & Research