President of the United States of America
Barack H. Obama
1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Washington, D.C.
Dear Mr. President:
God bless you. God bless America. Once again, America is gleaming in new hope and ideals. Once again, we can shine a light like that city set on the hill. We can show the world who we truly are, as a nation, and as a people.
We can begin spreading goodwill by ratifying two important U.N. Human Rights covenants, for the sake of our humanity.
First, we ask that you sign the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
This doctrine merely reasserts the innocence, needs, and protection of children under the age of 18. It condemns exploitation of children for sex, labor, or military conscription.
Second, we ask that you sign the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Optional Protocol on Justice For All Rights.
"That historic moment will help rectify the imbalance between civil and political rights and economic, social and cultural rights, which has particularly denied marginalized groups and those living in poverty the ability to demand an effective remedy when their rights are violated,” said Amnesty International.
"The Optional Protocol is an important tool for implementing the declaration made 15 years ago at the Vienna World Conference on Human Rights that 'all human rights are universal, indivisible and interdependent and interrelated'. The international community must treat human rights globally in a fair and equal manner, on the same footing, and with the same emphasis."
Sincerely,
Eddie G. Griffin
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Eddie, The UN Rights of the Child has been a horrible mess worldwide and it would be a monumental mess that would, according to the consitution, allow international court rulings to overrule our bill of rights. It has caused enormous headaches throughout the UK, Germany and many, many others. In addition, as a homeschooling family, it would allow the fed to virtually rule roughshod over the family, as in the UK. Do you really want to potentially lose your children for punishing them, even time-outs, as has happened in many countries, or losing them over having them go to Church with you on Sundays? Not for me, thank you very much. Have to argue with you on that one.
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