Uuge Congress to Pass the Parental Rights Amendment to the States for Ratification

Status of State Resolutions

A number of state legislatures have taken up resolutions opposing ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, or urging Congress to pass the Parental Rights Amendment to the States for ratification. A few have even done both.

If you would like to be part of passing a PRA or CRC resolution in YOUR state, please email aaron@parentalrights.org to learn more.

Here is a status summary of those resolutions by State:

	Alabama                SUCCESS! SJR65 opposing ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child was adopted by the Alabama legislature April 19-21, 2011. The vote in the House was 57-10. (A voice vote was taken in the Senate.)
	Alaska Volunteers are recruiting lead sponsors for a 2011 resolution. More grassroots help needed. 2010: S.J.R. 26, supporting the Parental Rights Amendment, was introduced in Alaska's State Senate on January 20, 2010.
	Arizona Local volunteers are searching for sponsors. More help needed.
	Arkansas Local volunteers are searching for sponsors to introduce a 2011 resolution. More help needed.
	California Volunteers are finding a sponsor. More help needed.
	Colorado The PRO state coordinator for Colorado is looking for a sponsor; more help needed.
	Connecticut Connecticut is the one state where no effort has yet gotten underway to present a resolution in 2011. Volunteers needed.
	Delaware Lead sponsors confirmed; resolutions awaits introduction in the legislature.
	Florida               SUCCESS! House Memorial 557 (HM 557), introduced by Rep. Coley on Jan. 28, 2011, passed the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee March 28 (9-2) and  the House Judiciary (16-1) April 7 and passed the House on April 26. SM 954 was filed in the Senate on Feb. 10 by Sen. Flores and passed the Senate Judiciary Committee (7-0) on March 14; the Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (4-1) March 24; and the Senate Government Oversight Committee (11-0) March 30. SM 954 passed the full Senate by a vote of 38-0 on April 28, 2011.
	Georgia HR 738, a Parental Rights Amendment resolution, was introduced by Rep. Neal with 3 cosponsors on March 29. We do not anticipate further action until next year, which is the same session of the Georgia legislature. SR 601, a resolution opposing CRC ratification, was introduced by Sen. Jeff Mullis on April 12. We do not anticipate action until 2012.
	Hawaii HCR179/SCR49 have been introduced and sent to committee. HCR 179 was heard in committee March 28 and deferred for now, with opposition from Planned Parenthood and the ACLU. HR86 and SR25 have been introduced as a back-up plan in case one house is opposed.
	Idaho             SUCCESS! 2011: HJM 1 supporting the Parental Rights Amendment passed the House (49-20) on Feb. 7, and overwhelmingly passed the Senate on March 9, 2011 by a voice vote.
	Illinois State coordinator has secured a lead sponsor. Resolution ready to be drafted and cosponsors secured. More help needed. SUCCESS: SR 92 proposes a resolution supporting U.S. ratification of the CRC. This resolution was successfully opposed.
	Indiana ParentalRights.Org is in talks with a potential lead sponsor for a 2011 resolution. More help needed.
	Iowa SCR10 was introduced by 21 sponsors but effectively stalled in committee. Sponsors will begin work toward a 2012 resolution.
	Kansas Volunteers and a sponsor ran out of time in the brief 2011 session, but are working on a 2012 resolution.
	Kentucky Volunteers are pursuing a lead sponsor and working on a 2011 resolution. Help needed to secure lead sponsor.
	Louisiana             SUCCESS! 2010: S.C.R. 38, supporting the Parental Rights Amendment, unanimously passed both the  House (93-0) and Senate (34-0) in June 2010.
	Maine Volunteers and the Maine GOP are working on a potential 2011 resolution. More help needed.
	Maryland Volunteers are pursuing a lead sponsor and working on a 2011 resolution. More help needed.
	Massachusetts Volunteers are pursuing a lead sponsor for a 2011 resolution.
	Michigan Jack Hoogendyk of Citizens Alliance for Life and Liberty is building a coalition. PRA resolution is in bill drafting.
	Minnesota SF 570/HF 950 supporting the Parental Rights Amendment were introduced March 3, 2011. Lead sponsors are Sen. Jungbauer and Rep. Laine. SF 63 opposing ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child was introduced by Sen. Jungbauer Jan. 20. Its companion, HF 402 was introduced by Rep. Erickson Feb. 7.
	Mississippi Deadline has passed to introduce a 2011 resolution. Volunteers are already working to secure sponsors for 2012. More help would be welcome.
	Missouri PRO is working with volunteers to find a lead sponsor to champion a 2011 resolution. More help needed.
	Montana              SUCCESS! 2011: Senate Joint Resolution 9 (SJR 9)  led by Sen. R. Hutton passed the Senate by a vote of 26-24 on Feb. 10. Passed House Judiciary (14-6) March 8 and passed the full House (65-32) March 11.
	Nebraska Working with state volunteers to introduce a resolution; no sponsor yet. More help needed.
	Nevada Working with state volunteers to introduce a resolution; no sponsor yet. More help needed.
	New Hampshire Working with state volunteers to introduce a resolution; no sponsor yet. More help needed.
	New Jersey Sen. Doherty will introduce; resolution being drafted. More help needed.
	New Mexico Working with state volunteers to introduce a resolution; no sponsor yet. More help needed.
	New York We have a sponsor, resolution is awaiting introduction. More help needed.
	North Carolina Rep. Fred Steen will introduce a resolution in the NC House; volunteers pursuing a lead Senate sponsor. More help needed.
	North Dakota Working with state volunteers to introduce a resolution; no sponsor yet. More help needed.
	Ohio Lead volunteers have solidified a lead sponsor. Awaiting introduction. More help needed.
	Oklahoma            Rep. Faught introduced HCR1017 on April 19. Be ready for alerts calling for phone and email support when needed.
	SUCCESS! 2010: H.C.R. 1033, opposing U.S. ratification of the UN's CRC, passed both the House (61-28) and the Senate (voice vote).
	Oregon Deadline passed for introducing a resolution in 2011. Volunteers are gathering sponsors for a resolution in 2012. More help would be welcome.
	Pennsylvania HR 97 was introduced by Rep. Tallman on Feb. 25 and submitted to the House Children and Youth Committee March 1.
	Rhode Island Volunteers are working to secure a lead sponsor and introduce a resolution. SUCCESS: SR 494 and HR 5517 propose resolutions supporting U.S. ratification of the CRC. These resolutions were successfully opposed.
	South Carolina Volunteers are pursuing a lead sponsor for a 2011 resolution. More help needed.
	South Dakota      SUCCESS! 2010: H.C.R. 1014, supporting the Parental Rights Amendment, passed both the House (41-28) and the Senate (21-13) in March 2010.
	Tennessee           Volunteers working to secure a lead sponsor for the 2011 session.                                  SUCCESS! 2010: H.J.R. 0369, opposing U.S. ratification of the UN's CRC, passed the General Assembly (70-20) in June 09 and the Senate (26-3) in February 10.
	Texas           HCR 60, introduced by Rep. Burkett on Feb. 10, passed the House Select Committee on State Sovereignty on April 14 by a vote of 5-1 (with 1 absent). It passed the House May 18 by a vote of 123-21 (2 pnv, 4 absent). It must now move quickly through the Senate.
	Utah Resolution is in the works; volunteers are securing a lead sponsor. Awaiting introduction in 2011.
	Vermont Volunteers are working to secure lead sponsors and introduce a resolution.
	Virginia Deadline is passed to introduce a resolution in Virginia this session. Volunteers and likely cosponsors are working toward a resolution in 2012.
	Washington Working with volunteers on getting a sponsor to introduce a resolution.
	West Virginia State leaders may have found a lead sponsor; awaiting final reply.
	Wisconsin Working with volunteers on getting a sponsor to introduce a resolution.
	Wyoming Deadline passed for introduction of new resolutions this session. Volunteers are gathering legislators to sponsor a resolution in 2012.

Pray The Rosary For America On July 4th

July 4th is America's birthday. Hurrah! It's the perfect time to pray the Rosary, asking the Blessed Virgin Mary to beg God to send desperately needed spiritual solutions to our nation. When: July 4, 2011, 6PM What: Pray the Holy Rosary Why: To solve America's growing moral, economic, family and national crisis See, the more people who pray the Rosary on July 4th the more Our Lady will intervene for us before the Throne of Almighty God. To win graces that we desperately need to save our children, families, and homes from the terrible decline that is affecting our society AT EVERY LEVEL. YES. Pledge to say the Rosary for America on July 4th There are still good things happening in America. For example, recently, there was a tremendous outpouring of Catholic reaction against a very offensive and blasphemous display of Our Lady of Guadalupe in a floral bikini at the Oakland Museum in California. In reparation for this blasphemous display, hundreds of Catholics stood outside the museum in prayerful protest and prayer. But this type of blasphemy is becoming more frequent in our secular world, which shows there's still a lot of work to be done. So please: Pledge to pray the Rosary for America on July 4th See, those who seek to remove God and His holy law from our society fight press on: •    abortion murders innocent unborn babies •    the institution of the family is weakened by impure customs; and •    threatened by the legalization of homosexual "marriage" •    the sexual revolution pervades popular culture especially in television, media, movies and the Internet However, the worst result of this secularist offensive is the rejection of God by which people disdain His wise and loving action and refuse His grace for our country. And without His grace, how can we live? How can our leaders properly govern? From where will they get wisdom and strength to solve our great and complex problems? And besides all these moral problems, how can we maintain our treasured national identity, while adopting a just and balanced solution for the immigration dilemma? How can we solve our need to become self-sufficient in energy? How can we resolve our economic problems? How can we maintain a wise, strong and careful military strategy? The answer is: we can't do any of these things without the friendship of God. For without His grace, life is only disgrace and disaster. And we cannot gain the friendship of God, without the intercession of His Most Holy Mother. Now, the best way to win God's graces for America is to beg Our Lady to intervene for us, by the power of the Holy Rosary. That's why I invite you to pray the Rosary for America on July 4th . Sincerely,

	Robert E. Ritchie America Needs Fatima www.ANF.org

Pro-Life and Pro-Family Youth Support Needed at the UN!

Please Spread the Word to Youth Around the World!

Pro-Life and Pro-Family Youth Are Needed at the UN!

Pro-life and pro-family youth and youth groups around the world have an exciting opportunity to make an important contribution to the UN High Level Meeting on Youth coming up in New York in July 25th and 26th.

We are asking all readers of “The Family Watch” to help us spread the word to as many youth as possible.

Youth groups from around the world have submitted statements telling UN Member States what they want governments to do for youth and how to make the world a better place.

Unfortunately, the sexual “rights” activists are up to their usual tricks and have helped youth submit statements calling upon governments to grant sexual rights and abortion rights to children and youth among other things.  They will be claiming, as they always do, that these views represent the majority of youth around the world.

The July conference will be packed with youth delegates sponsored and trained by UN agencies and NGOs such as International Planned Parenthood to lobby for “sexual rights” including abortion on demand, graphic sexuality education for children as young as age ten, special rights for diverse genders, implementation of the radical Yogykarta Principles and a number of other elements that comprise the radical sexual rights agenda.

These carefully groomed youth will falsely claim that they are speaking on behalf of the world’s young people.

We must counteract their efforts and show UN Member States that the majority of the world’s youth want societies built upon strong families and the protection of life.

We invite all youth and/or youth organizations to sign the youth statement submitted to the UN by the Youth for Life and Family Caucus which FWI is supporting.  Click here to read the statement. To sign it, click here.

Those youth and youth groups that sign the statement will also become a member of this caucus, adding to its numbers thereby helping counteract the voices of the radical pro-abortion and anti-family statements submitted by other youth.

The more youth groups and individuals we can get to participate as part of this coalition, the more effectively we can make sure that the outcome document from this conference is positive and reflects the strong support around the world among youth for life and family values.

The input from youth around the world is supposed to be considered by governments in putting together this outcome document.  This is especially critical because it is likely that it will be submitted to the UN General Assembly for consideration.

Family Watch is helping the caucus collect signatures all the way through July 21st.  The signatures will then be submitted to the UN showing the worldwide support for the Youth for Life and Family Caucus statement.

Please help us create a huge outpouring from individual youth (defined by the UN as people between the ages of 15 and 24 years of age) and youth-led groups everywhere to sign the statement in support of life, the family, and family values!

People frequently ask us what they can do to help protect and promote the family and family values.  This is one simple but important thing that everyone can do.

If you are a youth yourself or connected to a youth-led organization please read and sign the coalition’s statement.

Please forward this alert to all the youth and youth groups you can to help us spread the word.

We have Family Watch subscribers in over 170 countries.  It would be wonderful to have youth and youth groups in each of these countries sign onto the youth caucus statement!

More information about the conference is available here.

Time is short.  Please pass this on to as many youth groups as possible and encourage them to participate!

Thank you for whatever you can do to help.

Sincerely,

Sharon Slater
President

National Sidewalk Counseling Symposium on Aug. 6th at 4:00pm

National Sidewalk Counseling Symposium

Sponsored

Time	Friday, August 5 at 7:00pm - August 6 at 4:00pm
Location	Minneapolis-Saint Paul, MN
For	Pro-Life Action Ministries
More Info	This first-ever national symposium is designed to promote and encourage sidewalk counseling across the country. We want to encourage and build up those who are currently organizing sidewalk counseling, and teach others how to organize a sidewalk counseling program in their local area. Workshop topics will include: • Purpose, Focus & Essence of Sidewalk Counseling • Legal Aspects of Sidewalk Counseling • Sidewalk Counseling Training • How to Teach Sidewalk Counseling • Recruiting Volunteers • Organizing a Local Sidewalk Counseling Program • Future Trends in Sidewalk Counseling Confirmed speakers include: Debra Braun • Brian Gibson • Pastor Walter Hoye • Edmund Miller Fr. Frank Pavone • Ann Scheidler • Eric Scheidler • Joe Scheidler • John J. Jacubczyk, Esq. There is no conference fee...but pre-registration is required! You are responible for travel and lodging. We have a block of rooms at a reduced rate of $99 per night available, if registered before July 10, 2011. Friday, August 5th 7:00 pm Saturday, August 6th 8:00 am - 4:00 pm We will begin the day with a one-hour prayer vigil at a local abortion center. Contact us at prolife@plam.org or 651-771-1500 for hotel information and registration.

Tell Your Reps. to Stand Against The UN's Small Arms Treaty

Blane Holloway

2:26am Jun 8

OUR REPUBLIC IS OVER if this happens! Even if you hate guns you had better stand up against this Constitution Killer. If this is ratified by Congress, OUR REPUBLIC IS DONE! This will set precedent, and Obama along with Hillary Clinton will be using the Constitution as an example of the foolishness of men of the 18th century and as a, "what not to do", when forming a government. If anything (in this case U.N. treaty/resolution) is ever allowed to be considered superior to the Constitution by the U.S. Government, our form of government is "changed". We will cease to exist as a Republic with the Constitution as our governing force, in other words it will be game over, not check but checkmate. We will in essence have a new, higher law in the land that is not our Constitution. "Hope" for the Progressives and "change" for what was formerly the Republic of the United States of America under the Constitution will have been achieved. The importance of this cannot be stressed enough, IT WILL BE OVER! Please write, e-mail, phone, visit your Congressman, this cannot and must not happen. Please, I beg you, share this story. If this is to be known it is up to us, as you know the media is on their side seeking our destruction. bh

Is the U.N. Trying to Strip Americans’ Second Amendment Rights? www.theblaze.com Is the United Nations gunning for Americans’ second Amendment rights? That’s what one University of Houston professor claims. According to Larry Bell, the U.N. is currently crafting a “Small Arms Treaty” that the international body is passing off as an effort intended to combat terrorists and insurg

Co-sign Penny Nance's Letter to Google, FOX, American Idol and Disney

Penny Nance, Concerned Women for America

Please, for the sake of your children and grandchildren, read this message to the very end. What has happened to me and my child exposes a serious threat to every family.            
                                          -- Penny

Friend,

This just got personal.

A few weeks ago, the founder of a pro-homosexual group openly went after my child and admitted that my child -- and by extension your son, daughter, grandson or granddaughter -- was the “target demo” of their multi-million dollar homosexual  tolerance campaign.

Here is what happened ...

Like tens of millions of Americans, I was enjoying one of the final weeks of American Idol with my family when we were confronted with a 90-second homosexual “tolerance” ad sponsored by Google. The ad blatantly targeted young people and was designed to show that the homosexual lifestyle “gets better” with age. Even more disturbing, one of those featured called to children saying “Okay little ones, here’s the first thing you need to know.”

The next day in my blog I wrote that I “felt tricked” by Fox and American Idol because the ad was at the very least in the wrong time slot and thus targeted “my 4th grader.” I made the point that bullying for any reason is wrong and that a general anti-bullying campaign would have been a more appropriate focus for such an ad in that time slot. I added that Fox “blew it last night” and “broke trust” with their audience.

The next day, Dan Savage, who created the campaign, posted a blog responding to my blog. In his hate-filled diatribe, Savage unleashed the typical attacks against me, Concerned Women for America, and anyone who opposes his radical homosexual agenda.

Savage called CWA an “officially-designated hate group.” He accused me of raising my child in a “skinner box” in my “basement” because I said my fourth-grader does not yet know about sex. He then called me a “hateful s____.”

Quite frankly, I am accustomed to these types of attacks against myself, CWA, and conservative women in general.

But then it got deeply personal...

Savage launched into a 250-word rant specifically about my child in which he questioned my 10-year-old’s sexuality!

Savage specifically said my child “was always our target demo” and wondered aloud if my child was a homosexual, concluding that if so, my fourth-grader “needs to hear from us.”

So here we have a prominent homosexual activist openly admitting that my child -- and your child or grandchild -- has always been his “target demo.”

<#first_name#>, this campaign isn’t really about stopping gay bullying in school. This is about using the power of prime time television and Google to infiltrate your home and your family and get their message to our sons and daughters, grandsons and granddaughters. 

Savage says the family is the biggest threat while boldly stating his disdain for the American family and heterosexual moms in particular. He uses Google and Fox and American Idol to make sure that my child knows that “the adult world isn’t entirely populated by hateful s___ts like his mother.”

+ + This cannot go unchallenged...

Friend, this personal attack against my family cannot go unchallenged. The founder of a multi-million-dollar ad campaign featured on America’s most popular television show admitted that he is targeting my child, and your child as well! It is our job to tell our children about sex, not theirs!

That’s why, today, I am writing a letter to Google and Fox as well as Disney (which allowed the Woody character from Toy Story to be featured in the ad) demanding that they immediately sever ties with Dan Savage’s “it-gets-better” ad campaign.

I also want to strongly remind Google, Fox and Disney that it is precisely the moms and grandmothers that Dan Savage is attacking who make their websites, TV shows and movies so popular and profitable. If they continue to support direct attacks on the cornerstone of their economic house, there will be ramifications!

+ + Please stand with me against these attacks.

I am inviting concerned moms, grandmothers and likeminded men across this country to co-sign my letter. My staff will collect these letters and distribute them to Google, Fox, American Idol and Disney.

Please go here to read my letter to Google, Fox and Disney, and then stand with me as a co-signer demanding these companies sever ties with this radical assault on our families.

Despite whatever so-called “good intentions” Google and Fox and American Idol and Disney may have had in participating in this campaign at its outset, now that Dan Savage has exposed his true intent and blatant animosity for American moms, this must stop.

Again, this just got personal. His radical homosexual agenda has just been exposed and they are targeting our kids!

Thank you in advance for standing with me.

Co-sign my letter to Google, FOX, American Idol and Disney.

Sincerely, Penny Nance Chief Executive Officer

P.S. I have included links to the ad, my Fox News article and Dan Savage’s obscenity-laced response. Please be warned that what Savage wrote is truly obscene. Go here to access these articles.