America under UN Pressure: An Update on the CRC

America is now under heightened pressure to sign the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) by what appears to be political maneuvering by the UN. In a recent announcement, UNICEF declared that Somalia's transitional federal government will ratify the treaty, leaving the United States to be the sole UN member country not to sign.

On the surface, this may seem confusing and even alarming. Why wouldn't the U.S. want to protect children's rights? Why wouldn't we want to join with other nations in such a noble cause?

To understand the destructive implications of the CRC for American families and why U.S. ratification demands a different standard for the U.S. than any other nation read my July article UN Dictating Parent-Child Policy to American Courts.

ParentalRights.org has an excellent article highlighting why this recent move of the transitional government of Somalia is intended to put pressure on the U.S. to ratify the CRC.

It's easy to focus on the more immediate issues of health care or the American economy, but we must be aware of how close we are to international invasion of the most sacred place in the United States: the home.