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CURRENT PRESS RELEASE |
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2/2/10
State Rep. Dave Agema today called for support of a U.S. Constitutional amendment affirming rights of parents to raise their children as they see fit, without laws overriding such rights.
“Governments are notorious for trying to trample on the rights of parents to raise their children-- just look at how many foolish laws and regulations try to keep parents from home-schooling their kids,” said Agema, R-Grandville. “Parents-- not some law or treaty-- should have the ultimate say about the education and upbringing of their kids.”
Agema said that both a U.S. senator and Congressman Peter Hoekstra have introduced resolutions to amend the Constitution to “prevent the erosion of the enduring American tradition of treating parental rights as fundamental rights.” The amendment would grant parents exclusive rights to educate and raise their children as they see fit and forbid state, federal and international laws or treaties from superseding these rights.
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