Posts Tagged ‘updates’
Thank you! We Did It!
Thanks to you, we once again exceeded our goal for #GivingTuesday, and I don’t mean by a little. All told, this Giving Tuesday raised $30,733.50,including $2,140.00 to our educational arm, the Parental Rights Foundation. (Gifts to the Foundation can only be used for education regarding parental rights and policy, while the remaining gifts to ParentalRights.org…
Read MoreToday Only! Gifts Count Double.
It’s here! #GivingTuesday has arrived! Will you “remember the Children” by helping us reach our 1-day donation goal of $20,000 to fuel state resolutions that promote the Parental Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution? You recognize, as we do, that the very best way to protect children is by preserving their right to be raised…
Read MoreThanks to You, We Alerted President Trump
Dear Champion of Parental Rights, ParentalRights.org recently sent a letter to President Trump on your behalf. The following explains how that unusual event came about and what it means. When a Norwegian family court in September ruled to terminate Amy Jakobsen’s parental rights to Tyler, her son, friends, and legal advisors went looking for additional…
Read MoreParental Rights Announces New Executive Director
From ParentalRights.org President Jim Mason: On Monday, October 28, I was pleased to announce the promotion of Michael Ramey to the position of executive director for ParentalRights.org and for the Parental Rights Foundation. We recently celebrated Michael’s ten years of dedicated service to the cause of parental rights and to the organization. You have no…
Read MoreAction Needed: Will You Be a Resolutionary?
Here’s How You Can Help.As laid out in our 2019 Battle Plan last week, ParentalRights.org is looking to launch resolutions in as many states as possible—resolutions whereby your state lawmakers urge the 2019 Congress to pass the Parental Rights Amendment (PRA). The plan is bold. It’s going to take a lot of work. But we…
Read More2019 Battle Plan Enclosed
Dear Champion of Parental Rights, I have some exciting news from the board of ParentalRights.org, and I wanted to share it with our most faithful supporters right away. Our board recently held a planning retreat and came away more passionate and focused than ever. Together the board and my staff planned and laid the foundation…
Read MoreBig Day in the U.S. House?
Today is the first day Congress is in session since the start of the August Recess more than a month ago. And while the confirmation hearings of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh in the Senate Judiciary Committee will be grabbing all the headlines, today is an important day in the House, as well. That’s because,…
Read MoreEvery Three Days
Dear Champion of Parental Rights, Heartbreaking. Unjust. Shameful. These are just a few of the words that come to mind when I consider the shocking violation of parental rights in our country. I think of a three-year-old Colorado girl who was strip-searched while attending day-care, without a warrant and without her mother’s knowledge. The Federal…
Read MoreNew Cosponsor of the Parental Rights Amendment Brings House Number Up to 21
Ken Calvert (CA-42) is now a cosponsor of H.J. Res. 121, the Parental Rights Amendment, in the U.S. House. With lead sponsor Randy Hultgren (IL-14), Calvert brings to 21 the total number of supporters in that chamber. With your support, we engaged in a special Lobbying Day at the Capitol on June 27, and Rep.…
Read MoreNew CAPTA Bill Shifts Power to Parents
It may be the rarest of all gifts in American politics today: any topic that can bring bipartisan support. Such is parental rights, which according to polling enjoys the support of more than 90% from any political party—Democrat, Republican, or Independent. This gift of bipartisan agreement should apply equally to H.R. 6233, a bill newly…
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