The UN treaty,
"Convention on the Rights of the Child" states in Article 13:
The child shall have the
right to freedom of expression; this right shall include freedom to
seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds,
regardless of frontiers, either orally, in writing or in print, in
the form of art, or through any other media of the child's choice.
And just to clear up any confusion, Article 17
reads:
States Parties recognize the important
function performed by the mass media and shall ensure that the child
has access to information and material from a diversity of national
and international sources, especially those aimed at the promotion
of his or her social, spiritual and moral well-being and physical
and mental health.
Read more for the status of this treaty and some
of its other provisions...
The treaty was
signed by the US on Feb. 16, 1995, but it has yet to be ratified
by Congress. As for other provisions...
Article 7 prohibits closed adoption, thereby
increasing the number of abortions:
The child shall be registered immediately
after birth and shall have the right from birth to a name, the right
to acquire a nationality and, as far as possible, the right to know
and be cared for by his or her parents.
Article 14 allows a 5-year-old to refuse to go to
church, since the only age consideration in the treaty is "all under
age 18":
States Parties shall respect the right of
the child to freedom of thought, conscience and religion.
Article 15 forbids parents from determining what
sort of characters their children hang out with or date:
States Parties recognize the rights of the
child to freedom of association and to freedom of peaceful assembly.
Article 16 prohibits parents from preventing
pre-marital sex:
No child shall be subjected to arbitrary or
unlawful interference with his or her privacy, family, home or
correspondence, nor to unlawful attacks on his or her honour and
reputation.
Article 19 prohibits corporal punishment:
States Parties shall take all appropriate
legislative, administrative, social and educational measures to
protect the child from all forms of physical or mental violence,
injury or abuse, neglect or negligent treatment, maltreatment or
exploitation, including sexual abuse, while in the care of parent(s),
legal guardian(s) or any other person who has the care of the child.
Article 29 dictates that education be oriented
toward the worship of the one world government:
States Parties agree that the education of
the child shall be directed to: [...]
(b) The development of respect for human rights
and fundamental freedoms, and for the principles enshrined in the
Charter of the United Nations;
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