Tuesday, June 29, 2010

The left is beginning to push to ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.


 
The CRC leadership had a meeting with the White House.

 
They claim to have 60 willing votes and 13 undecided Senators.

 
A recent New York Times front page article inaccurately claimed that the US has not banned child soldiers, with the tag line: “we could accomplish this by ratifying the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.”

 
In the meantime, our effort to gain 34 votes against the treaty is making progress, but we have a long way to go.
 
Thanks to your calls, we currently have 22 co-sponsors of SR 519 which urges the rejection of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

 
Our friends in the Senate tell us that they believe that a greater number of Senators would get on board if there were a deadline accompanied by public pressure.

 
We have created such a deadline. In early August, we intend to run ads in local papers in the states of every Senator who is not a co-sponsor of SR 519. These ads will:

 
  • Alert the public to the meaning of the CRC and the dangers it poses to our families and our nation;
  • Let the public know that their Senator is “undecided” on the CRC;
  • Ask the public to call their Senators to oppose the CRC.

These are large display ads and can cost between $2000 and $6000 depending on the circulation of the paper.

 If you are willing to help us fund one or more ads in your state, will you please help us with the most generous donation possible right now so that we can order these ads in time?


If you live in a state where both Senators are already co-sponsors of SR 519, would you still help us place ads in other states by making a general donation to this effort?


    

 

 
We want to run these ads in as many newspapers as we can, depending on the funding we receive from this appeal.

 

 

 

Saturday, June 12, 2010

Micah 6:3-9

v3 - Oh my people, What have I done?  What have I done to make you tired of Me?

I almost skipped doing a quiet time today, why?  I thought "(insert idol here) is more important, I'll get to my quiet time in a minute" Some days that minute turns into an hours, and hours turn into a day - until at the end of the day when I lay down to sleep and I am finally quiet, I realize that I did not spend time with God.   Other days I do a quiet time out of obligation - and I don't even realize that I did not spend time with God, until much later.
I pray "Lord forgive me for resenting the requests that you place on my time" only to correct it and pray "Lord forgive my foolish, resentful, prideful heart - I never should have thought of it as 'my' time in the first place"

"4 For I brought you out of Egypt

and redeemed you from slavery.
I sent Moses, Aaron, and Miriam to help you.

5 Don’t you remember, my people,
how King Balak of Moab tried to have you cursed
and how Balaam son of Beor blessed you instead?
And remember your journey from Acacia Grove[a] to Gilgal,
when I, the Lord, did everything I could
to teach you about my faithfulness.”

6 What can we bring to the Lord?
What kind of offerings should we give him?
Should we bow before God
with offerings of yearling calves?

7 Should we offer him thousands of rams
and ten thousand rivers of olive oil?
Should we sacrifice our firstborn children
to pay for our sins?

8 No, O people, the Lord has told you what is good,
and this is what he requires of you:
to do what is right, to love mercy,
and to walk humbly with your God.

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

WHY NOT???

Thanks to the fine people at ParentalRights.org, here is the list of GOP Senators who have not signed on to Sen. DeMint’s resolution stating that it is the sense of the Senate for President Obama NOT to even submit the UN Treaty on the Rights of the Child.


AL Sen. Richard Shelby (334) 223-7303

AK Sen. Lisa Murkowski (907)-271-3735

FL Sen. George LeMieux (904)-398-8586

ID Sen. Mike Crapo (208)-334-1776

IN Sen. Richard Lugar (317) 226-5555

KS Sen. Sam Brownback (316) 264-8066

KS Sen. Pat Roberts (785) 295-2745

KY Sen. Mitch McConnell (502)-582-6304

LA Sen. David Vitter (225)-383-0331

ME Sen. Susan Collins (207) 622-8414

ME Sen. Olympia Snowe (207) 622-8292

MA Sen. Scott Brown (617) 565-3170

MS Sen. Thad Cochran (601)-965-4459

MO Sen. Chris Bond (573) 634-2488

NE Sen. Mike Johanns (402) 476-1400

NH Sen. Judd Gregg (603) 225-7115

OH Sen. George Voinovich (216) 522-7095

TN Sen. Lamar Alexander (615) 736-5129

TN Sen. Bob Corker (615)-279-8125

TX Sen. John Cornyn (713)-572-3337

UT Sen. Robert Bennett (801) 524-5933

UT Sen. Orrin Hatch (801) 524-4380

WY Sen. John Barrasso (307)-772-2451

WY Sen. Michael Enzi (307) 772-2477

What I want to know is: Why not? Many of those men and women are strong conservatives. So I place this as a public service and exhort readers in those states to call their offices. We do not need UN bureaucrats telling us what to do and we do not need kids suing their parents for making them go to church or because they searched their room. Our law is fine as it is. Call your senator today.

Here’s the text of the resolution. Here is the website for Parental Rights (founded by Michael Farris).

Monday, June 7, 2010

ELCC

I am so excited about tonight!

I know, I know - it is just a teacher's meeting - but still.....

God has just blessed us and blessed us through this group and I am really looking forward to this again next year.

Smiles,
Amanda