U.N., and Other Threats to the Family Unit

Henry B. Eyring ("The Family," Ensign, Feb. 1998, p. 10)
"The family unit is fundamental not only to society and to the church but to our hope for eternal life."


Dallin H. Oaks ("Why We must Act to Preserve the Families of the World," World Family Policy Forum, Jan 1999)
"I am grateful that some watchmen on the tower have alerted us to enemies and conditions that threaten to undermine the family, which is the foundation of societies and nations in every part of the world. Ironically, some of these enemies are working through the United Nations and using its stature and authority on the world stage to pursue anti family efforts that must be of concern to all of us."


Ezra Taft Benson (An Enemy Hath Done This, p. 201)
"After many years of observing the U.N. in operation, after carefully researching the less publicized aspects of this organization, and after a great deal of soul-searching, I reluctantly have been forced to the conclusion that the U.N.'s potential for evil far outweighs its potential for good." 


Family Action Council International (FACI: An Introduction)
"The mission of Family Action Council International is to promote measures designed to maintain and strengthen family as the fundamental unit of society."
"At the conference, attendees heard presentations from a wide variety of social workers, sociologist, political leaders, humanitarians, religious leaders, and other scholars-all concerned for the future of family in their respective nations and throughout the world. 
"In addition to hearing these timely and eternal truths about the family, those in attendance also learned of the war being waged by organizations at the United Nations to persuade that body to adopt international policies, programs, and treaties to promote, among other things, 


    *abortion-in particular, state funded abortions, even in those countries where it is now legal, and including abortions for minors with out parental interference. 


    *Recognition of same-sex unions, to include the ' reproductive right' to artificial insemination for lesbian couples.


    *the decriminalization of prostitution, to include government-funded medical and retirement benefits for what advocates now call workers in the sex trade; and

    *mandatory quotas for the percentage of women working in government (50% of all civilian positions in national, state, and local governments to be women; 35% of all military positions).


"...in 1946, at the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women...(it was) proclaimed that the concept of the traditional family should be replaced by a new social model, one in which women would stand by men "as comrades" and children would become the responsibility of the state. ..(It) advocated loosening anti-abortion laws, making contraception readily available, including sex education as part of the regular school curriculum, enforcing population limits, and eliminating the legal distinctions between married and unmarried adults."
"Perhaps the most significant anti-family policy to date is the 1979 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women...The U.N. established a committee that regularly reviews the extent to which governments are implementing the terms of the convention. While some of the CEDAW's Goals are sound (such as securing a woman's right to vote and freedom from employment discrimination), its primary focus is the reconstruction of sex roles or,...gender mainstreaming." 


Dallin H. Oaks, ("Why We Must Act to Preserve the Families of the World," World Family Policy Forum, Jan 1999)
"Threats to the Family"
"As Church leaders we have observed many worldwide trends and conditions that threaten the traditional family.."
    1. As a result of increase in divorce and separation, the traditional two parent family is decreasing as the setting within which most children are raised. 
    2. Increasing numbers of women are working outside of the home and devoting less attention to their responsibilities as mothers.
    3. As more and more people travel great distances to enjoy flexibility in where they reside, extended families are scattered and the nurturing and disciplining roles of grandparents, aunts and uncles are felt by a smaller portion of children. 
    4. The network of mothers who kept an eye on one another's children in a tight knit community is likewise weakening. 
    5. The competitive demands of a variety of community and school activities weaken family activities and togetherness. 
    6. Current attempts to redefine the family by treaty or law to include everyone who has keys to the same house threaten to dilute the legal concept of family beyond the point where it merits special protection." 

Must go to Education Class!

From our friends at latterdayconservative.com.....I definitely want to go! It looks like it is going to be a very insightful class! Be sure to read the quote on Education at the bottom.

Enjoy!

Kylie

Upcoming Event:

From my friends in Highland, UT...

If you have any school age children or grandchildren you might want to plan to come to our monthly Highland Wake Up meeting next Friday evening

Highland Special Event: Friday, February 3rd @ 7:00 pm

Guest Speaker Wendy Hart.

Location: Old Highland City Building, 10400 N Alpine Highway (5300 W), Highland, UT (map link)

Our guest will be Wendy Hart who is currently serving on the Alpine School District Board, here in northern Utah County. She will be speaking on the good, the bad, and the ugly of Common Core and the take over of public education. She will show how once implemented, there will no longer be "local control of education" by parents and locally elected individuals. You're right. The Constitution does not say a word about Federal or global involvement in education. Well, think about it. When has that ever stopped them before?

You thought "No Child Left Behind" was bad? You ain't seen nothing yet. This is "No Child Left Behind" on steroids! And it has been planned and incrementally implemented for decades as Charlotte Iserbyt described in her best selling book The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America. It is a great read. This is just one of the final nails in the coffin.

Wendy is in a unique position in the belly of the beast and will give you a insiders perspective of what is really going on in so called public education. This is not just a Washington thing, or a California thing, or something down the road in 20 years. This is already upon us here in Utah.

Think your kids are safe because they are in a Charter school, a private school or even Home School? Guess again. Wendy will show you how the tentacles of this new invasive and pervasive super grab may be able to reach all the way into your little Johnny's home school program. All in the name of government money. Surprise America! Surprise Utah! The net is tightening. Here are two short clips as an intro:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DOCH1YT6Uk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44svabuBT8g

Come early to guarantee your seat. We hope to see you there. Feel free to pass this on.

Latter-day Conservative Newsletter

Ezra Taft Benson on the Danger of False Educational Ideas As a watchman on the tower, I feel to warn you that one of the chief means of misleading our youth and destroying the family unit is our educational institutions. President Joseph F. Smith referred to false educational ideas as one of the three threatening dangers among our Church members. There is more than one reason why the Church is advising our youth to attend colleges close to their homes where institutes of religion are available. It gives the parents the opportunity to stay close to their children; and if they have become alert and informed as President McKay admonished us last year, these parents can help expose some of the deceptions of men like Sigmund Freud, Charles Darwin, John Dewey, Karl Marx, John Keynes, and others. Today there are much worse things that can happen to a child than not getting a full college education. In fact, some of the worst things have happened to our children while attending colleges led by administrators who wink at subversion and amorality. Said Karl G. Maeser, “I would rather have my child exposed to smallpox, typhus fever, cholera, or other malignant and deadly diseases than to the degrading influence of a corrupt teacher. It is infinitely better to take chances with an ignorant, but pure-minded teacher than with the greatest philosopher who is impure.” Vocational education, correspondence courses, establishment in a family business are being considered for their children by an increasing number of parents. (Source: Ezra Taft Benson, General conference address, October 1970)

Stop Attack on Parents Charge over Children

Protect the Family by protecting parents choice and charge over their children:

Urgent Calls Needed to Stop Obama's Attack on Educational Freedom

Dear HSLDA Members and Friends,

 "So tonight, I am proposing that every state--every state--requires
 that all students stay in high school until they graduate or turn 18."

 --President Barack Obama, last night's State of the Union speech.

I was shocked when I heard that. Under our U.S. Constitution,
 education matters are left to the states. Our Founders wanted
 decisions about education and a host of other matters left to the
 states and local government so that these important decisions that
 affect every family could easily be influenced by the real decision makers: parents and the family.

 Parents--not the federal government and certainly not the
 president--are the ones who should decide how children are educated
 and when they're ready to graduate from high school.

 But last night, President Obama made it clear that he thinks the
 federal government should be in the business of telling states how
 long children should stay in school. 

 Since we were founded in 1983, HSLDA has fought attempts by state
 legislatures to increase the ages of compulsory attendance in school.
 We do this because parents--not education bureaucrats--are best
 equipped to decide how long their children should stay in school.

 Now, thanks to President Obama and his willing allies in Congress,
 we're going to have to fight this in Congress, too. We need to make
 sure that the White House, and their allies in Congress hear our
 message loud and strong: leave education decisions to parents.

 CALL NOW!

 Right now, please call the White House, and your members of Congress,
 and give them this message:

 "Last night, President Obama called for the government to mandate that
 all children stay in school until they graduate or turn age 18. This
 is not the federal government's responsibility. Leave education
 decisions to parents, not federal bureaucrats. Tell President Obama
 to withdraw his compulsory attendance mandate immediately."

 The White House: 202-456-1414, or send an online message:
 http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=13517


 Your U.S. representative and two U.S. senators: 202-224-3121
 (Capitol Switchboard) or http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=13518 to
 find their names and contact info.

 There appears to be no limit to this president's desire for power.
 Car companies, banks, doctors, and now schools and the family. But
 this time he's gone way too far, and homeschoolers and freedom-loving
 Americans need to make sure that he hears our message.

 Thank you for standing with us for freedom.

 Sincerely,

 Michael P. Farris, JD, LLM
 Chairman, HSLDA

 P.S. Click here http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=13519 to watch the
 president threaten education freedom in last night's State of the
 Union speech.


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