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Please Call Your Two U.S. Senators Right Now to Reject UN Disabilities Treaty
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Mike Farris is the founder and chairman of HSLDA and a homeschooling father of 10.
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Dear HSLDA Members and Friends,
We have received intelligence that this week supporters of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) will be lobbying in force
for Senate ratification of this dangerous United Nations treaty. They
are busing in activists, making phone calls, and pressuring lawmakers.
We must match their efforts. Please call your two U.S. senators right now and
politely but firmly urge them to defeat the CRPD. You can reach your
senators by calling the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121 and asking
for them. You can also email them with our prewritten letter to your senators by filling out your information and then clicking the red “take action” button.
What to Say
Your message can be as simple as the following:
“I urge you to oppose the UN Convention on the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities. This treaty surrenders U.S. sovereignty to
unelected UN bureaucrats and will threaten parental care of children
with disabilities. Our nation already has laws to protect Americans with
disabilities. This treaty is unnecessary and will hurt families by
giving bureaucrats, instead of parents, the power to decide what is in
the best interests of a child with disabilities.“
I know you are busy homeschooling your children. I know many of you
have already called, and you may feel your senator is not listening to
you. But I also know that your dedication to U.S. sovereignty,
homeschool freedom, and parental rights made the difference in 2012 when
the Senate rejected the CRPD. Please take the time to make these calls
again. I know that if we are united in making our voices overwhelmingly
heard, we can win again.
No Real Protection
Senate staffers may argue that the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
added reservations, understandings, and declarations (“RUDs”) to the
CRPD, including one which attempts to say that the treaty will not
affect homeschooling. RUDs are considered to be weaker than treaty
language under international law, as our recent analysis shows. Do we dare to trust our God-given right to direct the education and upbringing of our children to these RUDs?
Other staffers may argue that the treaty is only a statement of
support for people with disabilities, and will not change U.S. law.
Remind these staffers that Article VI of the U.S. Constitution says
treaties that are ratified by the Senate “shall be the supreme Law of
the land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any
Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary
notwithstanding.”
World Leader
The U.S. already is the world leader in advancing the rights of persons with disabilities—we don’t need to ratify a UN treaty to remain the leader.
Thank you for calling. Please forward this email to your friends, and
urge them to call as well. At this point, the CRPD has not yet been
scheduled for a floor vote, which means that supporters of the treaty
still do not yet have the votes. Your phone calls and letters
are making the difference. In fact, Senator Orrin Hatch (UT), just gave a
powerful speech on the Senate floor against the CRPD. We encourage you
to watch it here.
To learn more about the CRPD and to read it for yourself, please click here.
For liberty,
Michael P. Farris, JD, LLM
Chairman, HSLDA
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P.S. We greatly value you and your support—it is a privilege to serve
you! If you or someone you know is not a member of HSLDA, will you
consider taking a moment today to join or recommend us? Your support enables us to defend individual families threatened by government officials and protect homeschooling freedom for all. Join now >>
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