[Nfbf-l] Fw: Fwd: Fw: Urgent Calls Needed by Thursday 7/26!

Wed Jul 25 18:09:07 UTC 2012

I didn't see anything like that either.  It sounds very ideological, and 
like a revival of this attitude that we shouldn't have to play by the same 
rules as other countries, just because we're the United States and we are 
better than everyone else.  "Are we, now?  This sounds like one more reason 
for the rest of the world to hate us, and I do not intend to act on this.

Mark Tardif
Welcome to my planet
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tara Prakash" <taraprakash at gmail.com>
To: "NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 1:51 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Fw: Fwd: Fw: Urgent Calls Needed by Thursday 7/26!

> is there any sensible reason to oppose this treaty except the ideological 
> crap from a misguided, misleading  fringe? If there is, I did not hear in 
> this forwarded message. I would suggest every sensible humanitarian to 
> support this treaty. NFB has supported international treaties binding on 
> the US in the past. Once this treaty is ratified the US will be bound to 
> honor it. It will ensure in the future that the special needs children are 
> not thrown under the bus in the name of balancing our budget.
>
> I would suggest you call your representatives and the White House to 
> ratify this treaty.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Doreen Franklin" <doreenproverbs3 at bellsouth.net>
> To: "NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>; "Blindkid 
> List" <blindkid at nfbnet.org>; <Blindhomeschooler at yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 10:44 AM
> Subject: [Nfbf-l] Fw: Fwd: Fw: Urgent Calls Needed by Thursday 7/26!
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>> Your urgent help is needed ..... I am just appalled that the UNITED 
>> NATIONS would even be involved in this ....
>>
>>
>>
>> Doreen Franklin
>> Florida
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>> HEF received this tonight and is passing it along to ask for your help. 
>> Please forward it to all your friends.
>> Thanks,
>> Brenda
>>
>> Thursday, 7/26, is a big day, but not in a good way.
>> Here's why.
>> On Thursday, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will vote on a treaty 
>> that would put us under international law when it comes to parenting our 
>> special needs children.
>> Yes, you read that right.
>> In the United States of America, there is actually discussion about 
>> adopting the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with 
>> Disabilities (CRPD), which would give the U.N. oversight of the 
>> healthcare and education choices parents with special needs kids make. It 
>> is outrageous that the government could tell me and you what is best for 
>> our children, particularly when they've never met the child.
>> As parents of a precious special needs child, Karen and I have already 
>> written to every U.S. Senator and are making calls as well to stop the 
>> ratification of this treaty.
>> But we can't do it alone. Please join Patriot Voices, the Home School 
>> Legal Defense Association and others to help us stop the U.S. Senate from 
>> considering this deeply misguided treaty.
>> We need you to do four things to help us stop CRPD:
>> • Please call your senator and ask them to vote NO on this treaty. Find 
>> your senator's contact information here.
>> • Please email your senator and ask them to vote NO on this treaty. We've 
>> made this easier by providing sample email copy for you to use.
>> • Please call the White House at 202-456-1111 and ask President Obama to 
>> withdraw this treaty from the U.S. Senate now.
>> • Please Tweet on our behalf: "Help stop ratification of UN Disabilities 
>> Treaty #CRPD 
>> http://www.flhef.org/component/acymailing/url/urlid-3521/mailid-97/subid-90 
>> Contact US Senator today 
>> http://www.flhef.org/component/acymailing/url/urlid-3522/mailid-97/subid-90"
>> If this were to pass, CRPD would become the law of the land under the 
>> U.S. Constitution's Supremacy Clause, and would trump state laws, and 
>> could be used as precedent by state and federal judges. This treaty would 
>> give the government, acting under U.N. instructions, the ability to 
>> determine for all children with disabilities what is best for them. It 
>> also would give the U.N. discretion over decisions about how we educate 
>> our special needs kids, and could potentially eliminate parental rights 
>> for the education of children with disabilities.
>> Please join our fight and tell our Senators that this treaty has no place 
>> in the United States of America.
>> Thank you and God Bless for all that you're doing to stand with us!
>> All my best,
>> Rick Santorum
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Blessings to you and yours,
>> Susan Furiato
>>
>> http://livinlifeoutloud.blogspot.com/
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