U.N. sticking its nose in again (OneNewsNow.com)

U.N. sticking its nose in again (OneNewsNow.com)

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U.N. seeks to regulate rights of disabled persons

Charlie Butts - OneNewsNow - 6/12/2012 3:40:00 AM

President Barack Obama is asking the Senate to ratify the U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities -- but one parental rights group is expressing serious concern.

Michael Farris of the Home School Legal Defense Association tells OneNewsNow that handicapped individuals "ought to have access to as many avenues of life as they can," but it should be done by the states, or as a last resort, the federal government.
"The United Nations has no business telling your church how many parking slots they have to set aside for the handicapped," he says. "Moreover, if this treaty is ratified, every home in America would be subject to rule by the United Nations for making sure that you're in compliance with the handicap provisions established by the United Nations."
The treaty suggests that rights for the disabled are an evolving standard. In addition, parental rights could be violated.
"Any time that a parent does have a child with a disability, the U.N. standards would say that government gets to decide what's best for that child," Farris explains. "It doesn't mean that the parents have that final say. Currently, parents with a child with a disability have the same rights as any other parent. Unless there is abuse and neglect, the parents get to decide."
He adds international law has its place in how nations treat other nations, but there is no legitimate reason for allowing international law to tell Americans what to do inside its borders.