DeMented, Santorectum block ratification of disability rights treaty

[KamaAina]

Apparently disabled people pose some sort of threat to U.S. sovereignty.

http://thehill.com/blogs/global-affairs/un-treaties/239095-demint-holds-up-un-disabilities-treaty-as-home-school-opposition-grows

"Part of this treaty deals with abortion and the rights of children, issues that should be addressed by states, local governments and American parents, not international bureaucrats," DeMint spokesman Wesley Denton told The Hill in an email. "Sen. DeMint strongly opposes this treaty, as the United States is already the world leader in addressing the needs of the disabled and it’s foolish to think Americans need to sign away our sovereignty to exert our influence around the world."

The treaty has broad bipartisan support, with many senators — including Sens. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) — arguing that it would merely extend the protections of the ADA to people with disabilities around the world, including Americans living abroad. ...

The aide said the treaty popped up on the congressional radar very quickly about one month ago, and DeMint and others want to slow it down in order to give opponents a chance to have their voices heard. The Home School Legal Defense Association is one of the groups leading the charge against the treaty on Capitol Hill, with the help of former GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum....

The home-schooling group is urging its members to send a message to senators telling them to oppose a treaty that “surrenders U.S. sovereignty to unelected U.N. bureaucrats and will threaten parental control over children with disabilities.”

Mr. Santorectum? This is the operator. Your fifteen minutes are up.

Note that the Home School Legal Defense Association is the far-right fringe group that is behind Patrick Henry Colege, where Xtian homeschoolers can get a degree without ever being exposed to the taint of the secular world, then use that degree to get into the next repuke administration.