Last Friday I received an email from HSLDA (Homeschool Legal Defense Association) that was informing it’s members that The Parental Rights Amendment was introduced to both Houses of Congress. I headed over to ParentalRights.org to read more about it.
On the site it shared that this is a significant step forward and they couldn’t have done it without our support. They need our continued help and support because in order for this to pass the House it needs a two-thirds super-majority vote. They are asking everyone to call Congress members D.C. and district offices and encourage them to cosponsor this Amendment. They need people to write or visit their congressmen.
I’ve been following the stories and efforts of ParentalRights.org for some time now. My first thought was
this sound like a great effort, this can be really good for us...right?
I have a habit of researching EVERYTHING whether good or bad because I like to get the details, full scope, bottom line, the facts or basically the real deal. So I began as I normally do looking through my resources and searching articles pertaining to this matter. I came across some opposing views about this amendment. It caused a lot of concern and questions to race through my mind.
Before I get into the opposing views, let’s take a look at what The Parental Rights Amendment consists of:
The proposed Parental Rights Amendment will specifically add parental rights in the text of the U.S. Constitution, protecting these rights for both current and future generations.
Section 1 - The liberty of parents to direct the upbringing, education, and care of their children is a fundamental right.
Section 2 - The parental right to direct education includes the right to choose, as an alternative to public education, private, religious, or home schools, and the right to make reasonable choices within public schools for one's child.
Section 3 - Neither the United States nor any State shall infringe these rights without demonstrating that its governmental interest as applied to the person is of the highest order and not otherwise served.
Section 4 - The parental rights guaranteed by this article shall not be denied or abridged on account of disability.
Section 5 - This article shall not be construed to apply to a parental action or decision that would end life.
On the surface these all sound fairly good, seemingly they are rights protecting our decisions as parents. Well let’s go a little beneath the surface and break down what these sections are saying. I read an article by Publius Huldah published on freedomoutpost.com. He analyzed the amendment and broke down section by section of what these really mean. He warns us
The name, “parental rights amendment” (PRA), sounds so good! But it actually strips parents of their God-delegated authority over their children, and transfers that authority to the federal government.
In order to understand this, you must first learn about “enumerated powers”.
He then goes on to explain when We The People established and ordained the U.S. Constitution we itemized - enumerated every power We delegated to each branch of the federal government over the Country at Large. All other powers were retained by The State or The People. Meaning we only delegated “few and defined” powers to the federal government, none of which included power over children, their care and their upbringing. It has no lawful authority over these objects.
So could it be that the federal government is trying to obtain lawful authority over the care and upbringing of children through this proposed amendment? Let’s look at two observations he lists:
1 . Parents have Responsibilities to their children, not “rights” over them.
The Creator God who – as recognized by the Signers of our Declaration of Independence – endowed us with unalienable Rights; also assigned to parents specific responsibilities to their children. Among these are:
- Provision for children: 2 Corinthians 12:14; Proverbs 13:22; 1 Timothy 5:8; 2 Thessalonians 3:10-12.
- Education and moral instruction of children: Proverbs 1:8-9, 6:20-21, 13:1, 22:6 & 23:19-22; Genesis 18:19; Deuteronomy 4:9-10 & 6:1-7; Ephesians 6:1-4; 2 Timothy 1:5 & 3:15-17.
- Discipline of children: Proverbs 13: 24, 15:5, 19:18, 22:15, 23:12-14, 29:15-17; Hebrews 12:5-11; Colossians 3:21.
Parents are supposed to provide for, care for, teach, protect, and educate their children. NOT civil government!
2 . The Judicial Power of the Federal Courts
Article III, Sec. 2, cl. 1, U.S. Constitution, enumerates the powers of the federal courts:
“The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties made, or which shall be made, under their Authority;…”
“Judicial Power” refers to the power of courts to hear and decide cases.
Amendments are part of the Constitution. Thus, federal courts have power to decide issues addressed by Amendments.
Huldah continues with his warning,
The PRA would transform “families” and “children” from matters over which the federal government now has no lawful authority to matters under the total control of the federal government.
The PRA is a delegation of lawmaking power over families and children to the federal government. Congress may make whatever laws it pleases pertaining to YOUR children; the Executive Branch may issue whatever rules or orders it pleases pertaining to YOUR children – and under Section 3 of the PRA, federal judges will decide whether these laws, orders & rules serve the government’s interest. If so, you lose.
Lawsuits involving these matters would become cases “arising under this Constitution”, or “Laws of the United States”, or “Treaties”, which would ultimately be decided by five (5) judges on the supreme Court. The authority of millions and millions of American parents would be transferred to five (5) judges on the supreme Court.
That Court has a long history of perverting every word of our Constitution it touches. It is suicidal to transfer Family Authority to that Court.
He breaks down every section of The Parental Rights Amendment but I want to focus on Section 3 - Neither the United States nor any State shall infringe these rights without demonstrating that its governmental interest as applied to the person is of the highest order and not otherwise served.
What this means is if the federal judges decide the federal and state governments have a good reason to infringe (violate, break, restrict) your parental rights it will happen. No matter what rights we think we have they can be easily stripped away.
This sounds to me like a no win situation. If the governments can go around our “parental rights” as easily as with a decision from a judge then why bother? Should we support this amendment and put our rights into the hands of the federal government giving them that “power” over our families? Is The Parental Rights Amendment deceitful and manipulative?
Conclusion
I wrote this post to reach out to this community because I know you all research, read and analyze information. The 
This here before us is a major deal. If this amendment is passed it will be listed in the U.S. Constitution. I have not made any steps to support this amendment. I first wanted to come to you all and ask for your thoughts, opinions and feedback on this. I am really questioning if this amendment will do more damage than repair. If any of you have already been looking into this matter please chime in and have a conversation to inform us on your findings. Thanks in advance ~
Thank you so much for reading!
Many Blessings ~ ❤️