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Is Parental Authority on the UN Chopping Block?
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The Convention on the Rights of the Child was established about 20 years ago. Although the U.S. has signed the treaty, it has not been ratified according to Constitutional mandate. Michael Farris, chancellor of Patrick Henry College , says if the treaty is ratified during the Obama administration, it would override all state laws regarding parental rights.
"The biggest problem with this treaty is that we replace American law [developed] by our elected officials with international law that is governed by a board of 18 child's rights experts in Geneva ," he explains.
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