Hi, Fred Nelson for Community Comment

On November 20th, 1989, a treaty known as, “The convention on the Rights of a Child” or “CRC”, was adopted by the United Nations proclaiming a world wide regime of human rights for children up to 18 years of age.

Since then, 193 nations ratified the treaty with the exception of Somalia and the United States.

On February 16th, 1995, Madeline Albright, then Secretary of State, signed the CRC on behalf of the United States. President Clinton never sent the treaty to the Senate for ratification, which requires a 2/3 vote, nor did President Bush. Obama calls the failure to ratify “Embarrassing” and promises to look into it.

This treaty, if ratified, would create binding rules of law and effect American families, courts, and policy-makers. Children of other nations would not be impacted or helped in any direct way by our ratification.

CRC would override most all American laws on children and families because of the United States Constitution’s Supremacy Clause contained in Article Six.

Congress would have the power to directly legislate on all subjects necessary to comply with the treaty causing a massive shift of power from the individual States to the federal government. At present, our individual States are responsible for most laws concerning children and families.

A committee of 18 experts from other nations, sitting in Geneva, has the authority to issue official interpretations of the treaty. This effectively transfers ultimate policy authority in this area to a foreign committee.

Under CRC control, parents would no longer be able to administer reasonable spankings to their children. Children would choose their own religion with only parental advice.

Teaching Christianity in schools has been held to be out of compliance with the CRC.

A child’s “right to be heard” would allow them to seek government review of every parental decision with which they disagree.

CRC does not allow parents to opt their children out of sex education and the child has the right to reproductive health information and services without parental knowledge or consent.

The treaty also does not allow a nation to spend more on national defense than it does on children’s welfare.

The U.N. Convention on the Rights of a Child is a human rights treaty. Human rights theory includes the right to complete care from a socialistic state for all persons which gives the government unlimited powers. Our guarantees of liberty act as limitations to government powers.

Point Number One; We, United States citizens, do not need a world government telling us how to raise our children.

Point Number Two; The United States Constitution, now under assault by the left, has been the law of the land for over 200 years. It has served us well. Any attempt to ratify a treaty, that would threaten or take away any portion of our Constitution, should be considered a treasonable act and the perpetrators dealt with accordingly.

Fred Nelson for Community Comment