Monday, May 18, 2009
61 members of Oklahoma House of Representatives oppose childrens rights because... Why?
I am sorry - but I just don't understand why a majority of the members of the Oklahoma House of representatives voted to condemn the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child which 193 nations have ratified. Does Oklahoma oppose protecting children from neglect, violence, exploitation and abuse? Do we not want to reduce infant mortality? Do we not favor reducing disease among children? Are we opposed to accessible educational opportunities for children? Should governments not protect freedom of religion among children? Don't we agree that parents are primarily responsible with the health, well-being and upbringing of their children? Would someone explain this vote to me, please - before I read the mocking articles on it in newspapers across the country and hear about what yahoos Oklahomans are on TV news reports? (Read more here)
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