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United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

Posted in Social Issues and Politics, tagged , , , , , on January 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Its History
On Nov. 20, 1989, the U.N. adopted the CRC and submitted it for ratification to the member nations. It has been ratified by 193 nations—the United States is one of the few countries that has not ratified it.
The ratification process requires a two-thirds vote by the U.S. Senate. On Feb. 16, 1995, Madeleine Albright, [...]

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The Call to Dunkirk

Posted in Homeschool, Parenting, Social Issues and Politics, tagged , , , on January 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

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Continuing the Story of “Nazi Germany” and their Persecution of Homeschool Families

Posted in Homeschool, Social Issues and Politics, tagged , , , , , , , , , on August 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Since J.C. Thibodaux wrote his article on Nazi Germany Alive and Kicking Kidnapping, we’ve come across even more information on the actions of the German state against homeschoolers.
A few cases of German injustice:
Melissa Busekros, a 15 year old (at the time) was seized by the state, SWAT style, diagnosed with “school phobia” because she was [...]

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Revision to my post on Christians and Politics

Posted in Social Issues and Politics on August 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I have revised my post on Christians and Politics to more clearly portray what my feelings on this issue are.

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Nazi Germany: Alive and Kicking Kidnapping

Posted in Homeschool, Social Issues and Politics, tagged , , , , on August 7, 2008 | 12 Comments »

Looks like the German government just never learns its lesson. One would think a society that has suffered the stigma of being one of the worst human rights violators and ethnic/religious persecutors in history would display a wee bit of tolerance and respect for human rights. Not so, according to reports released by the Home [...]

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Christians and Politics

Posted in Good articles, Social Issues and Politics, tagged , , , on July 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Edited August 8, 2008:
I decided that I should edit this article to show excerpts from John MacArthur’s articles on “Christians and Politics” to help clarify both what his views and what mine are. Neither John MacArthur nor myself believe that Christians should totally be uninvolved in politics, instead that Christians not lose their focus [...]

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Question on the Death Penalty

Posted in Social Issues and Politics, tagged , on April 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »

I was recently visiting Dawn’s blog; she was in the middle of having a debate with Pizza Man about the death penalty.  She asked me what my thoughts/beliefs on the death penalty are.  Since my reply to her has gotten a bit too long to post into a comments box, I have decided to post [...]

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