The UN CRPD Treaty Needs to be Stopped

Last week I wrote in a SayAnythingBlog post  about an impending threat to U.S. sovereignty posed by the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities which was to be voted on in the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.

On Thursday of last week, the committee did vote 13-6 in favor of the CRPD and has sent it to the floor for a full Senate vote. Three Republicans joined ten Democrats in lending their endorsement to this treaty — Sens. John Barrasso (Wy.), Richard Lugar (Ind.), Johnny Isakson (Ga.). Thanks to these Republicans we are now in a full court press to stop what a Washington Times headline describes as “Liberals Intent on Imposing Backdoor Globalism” given to an article written by Senators James Inhofe (R-OK) and Jim DeMint (R-SC) who both serve on the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and were opposed to the treaty. The senators’ strong disapproval of internationalist interference in American policy was evident...   Read More

UN CRPD Treaty Would Undermine US Sovereignty And Eradicate Parental Rights

On July 16, former GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum joined the fight against a a threat, one that is personal for him. Tomorrow that threat will take a turn for the worse or for the better as it comes to a vote in the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. It doesn’t only affect Rick Santorum, his special needs daughter, and his family, but it will expose thousands of Americans to a loss of liberty and representation. This threat comes from the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). Although the CRPD may perhaps sound noble, the rights that it threatens to wrest from Americans are vast and troubling. Read More