A Constitutional Amendment: the Only Way to Protect Parental Rights to Direct the Upbringing and Education of Their Children
A Constitutional Amendment:
The Only Way to Protect Parental Rights to Direct the Upbringing and Education of Their Children
English 1020
May 1, 2008
Outline
Thesis: In order to ensure that parental rights concerning the upbringing and education of their children remain fundamental rights in America, there must be an amendment to the United States Constitution explicitly stating parental rights.
I. Parental rights are not specifically protected under the United States Constitution. A. The Fourteenth and Ninth amendments to the Constitution B. Judicial interpretation of these amendments
II. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
A. What the CRC is
B. What the CRC does C. Why the CRC is a problem for American families III. Parents must unite to fight the attack on parental rights.
A. Moral issues should not be decided by the government
B. Attack in areas such as: public school, Dept. of Children’s Services, the healthcare system, and home schoolers IV. Customary international law
A. What customary international law is
B. How customary international law works
V. An Amendment to the United States Constitution is the only way to protect parental rights against both Supreme Court decisions that overrule parents and the threat from international law.
Appendix: Draft for Constitutional Amendment protecting parental rights written by parentalrights.org.
A Constitutional Amendment: The Only Way to Protect Parental Rights to Direct the Upbringing and Education of Their Children. Parental rights to direct the upbringing and education of their children, which have been upheld for centuries, are now in question. Parental rights are being attacked by federal judges who deny or refuse to recognize the rights of parents to direct the upbringing of their children as basic fundamental rights (Farris, “Parental Rights”). Furthermore, the
The Only Way to Protect Parental Rights to Direct the Upbringing and Education of Their Children
English 1020
May 1, 2008
Outline
Thesis: In order to ensure that parental rights concerning the upbringing and education of their children remain fundamental rights in America, there must be an amendment to the United States Constitution explicitly stating parental rights.
I. Parental rights are not specifically protected under the United States Constitution. A. The Fourteenth and Ninth amendments to the Constitution B. Judicial interpretation of these amendments
II. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
A. What the CRC is
B. What the CRC does C. Why the CRC is a problem for American families III. Parents must unite to fight the attack on parental rights.
A. Moral issues should not be decided by the government
B. Attack in areas such as: public school, Dept. of Children’s Services, the healthcare system, and home schoolers IV. Customary international law
A. What customary international law is
B. How customary international law works
V. An Amendment to the United States Constitution is the only way to protect parental rights against both Supreme Court decisions that overrule parents and the threat from international law.
Appendix: Draft for Constitutional Amendment protecting parental rights written by parentalrights.org.
A Constitutional Amendment: The Only Way to Protect Parental Rights to Direct the Upbringing and Education of Their Children. Parental rights to direct the upbringing and education of their children, which have been upheld for centuries, are now in question. Parental rights are being attacked by federal judges who deny or refuse to recognize the rights of parents to direct the upbringing of their children as basic fundamental rights (Farris, “Parental Rights”). Furthermore, the
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