Legal Support For Children

Thursday, 08 October 2009

• Do We Really Need An Parental Rights Amendment? Please Educate Yourself

  Our campaign exists to secure a constitutional amendment that defends the rights of parents to direct the upbringing and education of their children. At ParentalRights.org, we believe that no government, regardless of how well-intentioned it might be, can replace the love and nurture of a parent in the life of a child. It’s a relationship worth protecting.
  
  That’s why our sole purpose is to amend the U.S. Constitution to protect parental rights. Without secured parental rights, the vital child-parent relationship is exposed to the imminent danger posed by anti-parent judges within the federal courts, as well as to the risks of international law which seeks to undermine the parental role.
  
  The Parental Rights Amendment will ensure that the special relationship shared by children and their parents is protected and secured for generations to come.
  
  
  By placing current Supreme Court doctrine into the express language of the U.S. Constitution, the Parental Rights Amendment will shield the child-parent relationship from government intrusion. It will ensure that parental rights are preserved as a fundamental constitutional right.
  
  
  Securing the Parental Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is a challenging journey—and we need your involvement and support. Join American families across the nation in standing up to protect children by empowering parents.The threat to parental rights in America is a result of the precarious current standing of these rights in the courts.
  
  The Supreme Court has identified specific categorizes of rights that are protected by the Constitution. A right may be fundamental or non-fundamental, and it may be either an explicit right or an implied right. The right of parents to direct the upbringing and education of their children is a fundamental, implied right.
  
  ABOUT FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS
  Fundamental rights include, among others, the freedom of speech and expression, the right to participate in elections, and the right to be shielded from racial discrimination. Before infringing on these rights, the government must first demonstrate that it has an interest "of the highest order" and that it is using the "least restrictive means." The burden of proof is placed squarely on the shoulders of the government. On the other hand, non-fundamental rights receive far less protection. The government only needs to show that it has a rational reason to restrict non-fundamental rights: the burden of proof is on the citizen to show that the state’s actions are irrational and illegitimate.
  ABOUT IMPLIED RIGHTS
  The Court also recognizes a distinction between explicit rights and implied rights. An explicit right – such as the freedom of speech or the right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment – is expressly stated in the black-and-white text of the Constitution. An implied right, on the other hand, must be drawn from other general provisions of the Constitution, which imply (in the Court’s determination) that the right exists. The Court then undertakes to define what protections this implied right merits. Throughout our history, courts have consistently ruled that implied rights are entitled to the same protection as explicit rights.
  
  NOT EXPLICITLY PROTECTED IN THE CONSTITUTION
  The Supreme Court has declared time and time again that parental rights are among the oldest and most revered of fundamental rights. This right, however, is not guaranteed in an explicit provision of the Constitution. Instead, parental rights are among the "liberties" that are guaranteed to every American by the Fourteenth Amendment.
  
  The danger of implied rights is that their meaning is never entirely stable. Because parental rights are implied rights, the Court is free to redefine their meaning whenever it wishes.
  
  PROTECTING PARENTAL RIGHTS
  Parental rights in America are now in a precarious situation, facing possible destruction by federal court judges who deny the existence of parental rights, as well as by judges who refuse to recognize them because they are not explicitly protected in the Constitution. Added to these internal threats is the growing danger of international law which threatens to intrude upon the child-parent relationship.
  
  The only way to shield this vital relationship from the onslaught of government control is by amending the Constitution to protect parental rights. It is the only way to ensure that parental rights are protected for this generation and the next.
  
  Thank you for your time and your dedication for all children!! Remember knowledge is power, the power to change things even your dreams didn't show you were possible. Education, Action, Protect, then Success. May God Bless and Guide Our Journey To A Parental Rights Amendment With Success~ Kelly Barr~
  
  YOU CAN TAKE PART IN THIS CRUCIAL CAMPAIGN TODAY BY SIGNING THE PETITION TO PROTECT PARENTAL RIGHTS AT https://www.thedatabank.com/dpg/385/personal2.asp?formid=signup