Old Content (Un Treaty on Children)

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I saw this being discussed on the all to happy-perky Fox News morning show today. This treaty would essentialy give children the right to sue their parents for being parents which would make them child abusers. Let me explain. The rights enumerated in this treaty include religion, privacy and expression. This sounds nice, but if your smart you will say "wait a second." Our constitution limits Government not parents. These rights are for law-abiding adults." If thats what comes into your mind your not only smart your a good Conservative. Wary of "group rights" you support the traditional structure of the family. Secondly lets look at the different rights that would be granted. Religion-meaning parents are criminals if they force their children to go to church. Privacy-Parents are criminals if they arbritrarily search a child's room. Expression-This means you can say things that violate the values of the family and your parents can't do a damn thing!

This treaty gives an unfunded mandate of some form of secondary education to governmnents. The treaty contains this (States Parties recognize the right of the child to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health and to facilities for the treatment of illness and rehabilitation of health. States Parties shall strive to ensure that no child is deprived of his or her right of access to such health care services.) which is impossible to achieve without universal health care. I can go down the list of problems with this treaty but the point is that it does not square with our values, mandates unreasonable standards, and tells parents they can not raise their children the best way they see fit.

The treaty bans things like torture, and cruel punishment all perfectly honorable. But would any of the nations that sign on to this already allow these injustices? Probably not. This is what makes most a lot of international law pointless. The thugs never sign on.