Read the latest news about the struggle to preserve parental rights at all levels of government. Learn what the Santa Clara Moms for Liberty group has been up to, what upcoming events and functions we're having, and how you can help.
During a visit to the National Archives a few days ago I learned something interesting. The document that we view at the National Archives, the completed and signed copy, is not the one that was sent to King George. The version that went to the king had no signatures on it.
Why?
Because the men who affixed their names to the document knew well the consequences of their actions. Were the king to be provided the list of names of the people working against him, it would have made it easy for them to be rounded up and dealt with.
Tyrants don't like pushback. They never have and never will. Understand that we now live in a country which thinks nothing of holding political prisoners, men who have not been tried or charged. Let that sink in.
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty [emancipation from bondage, true freedom].
2 Corinthians 3:17 (Amplified)
We have the privilege this year of celebrating our independence in the birthplace of our nation, the cradle of liberty, Philadelphia Pennsylvania. May God bless and keep America.
Teach the Children the Value of Liberty
If you share our concern over what has been taking place in our classrooms, please consider joining with us as we fight for families, for children, for education, for truth, and for common sense.
We continue to ask people whether they understand what is now taking place within our school systems. We continue to provide information and resources to help people, especially parents, gain some idea of what's being taught to kids (and why). And yes, we continue to ask people to get involved and help with the lifting.
We fight against children being taught to hate their country, to judge people based on the color of their skin, and to ignore the basic truths of biology. We fight against the sexualization in school of little ones and the destruction of the innocence of youth. Perhaps most importantly, we fight to ensure that the proper teaching of math, reading and writing remain at the forefront of a child's education.
The idea that it is parents who are responsible for raising, educating, and seeing to the well being of their kids, that is sacrosanct.
Join with us in preserving the attributes and ideals of this great nation.
Feel free to forward this newsletter to friends and family. Actually anyone who acknowledges the fundamental right of parents to raise, educate, and protect their children are invited to join with us. We are gathering a group of joyful warriors, folks who understands why (and for whom) we fight.
Time for a Pride Month that ALL Americans Can Appreciate
The month of July to be declared American Pride Month.
Having grown weary of the LGBTQAMNOP nonsense (“the Biden White House, woke corporations, and the media”), Congressman Wesley Hunt (R-TX 38) has decided it's time to celebrate something worth celebrating: American exceptionalism. So he will introduce a House resolution to put focus on national pride, reminding people (especially the young) why America is worth honoring.
July will be used to “celebrate, memorialize, and increase awareness of the monumental achievements of the United States of America and the countless number of patriots throughout her history which have made this nation the last best hope of earth.”
All we can say is it's about time...
Sat Jul 1st at 4pm: Monthly members meeting, online via Zoho. (Members will be emailed connection info).
Tue Jul 11th from 6:15pm to 9:00pm: July's speaker is world-class swimmer Riley Gaines. Riley has had first-hand experience facing the absolutely crazy policies that now allow men to compete in women's sports. She has shown tremendous courage in standing up to these men. She is a twelve-time All-American swimmer who graduated from the University of Kentucky in 2022. At her final NCCA Championship meet, she tied with Lia Thomas, a transgender female who spent three years on the men’s swim team before joining the women’s team.
Location: IFES Portuguese Hall 432 Stierlin Rd, Mountain View
On June 7, 1776, Richard Henry Lee introduced into Congress a resolution,(adopted on July 2) which asserted that these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, fee and independent States. While this resolution was being discussed,on June 11 a committee, consisting of John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Robert R. Livingston , and Roger Sherman was appointed to draft a Declaration of Independence. In his Autobiography written in 1805, Adams states that the committee of five decided upon "which the declaration was to consist", and it then appointed Jefferson and himself to form a subcommittee to really write them down. Now Jefferson and Adams have two completely different versions of what happened then. Adams says:
Jefferson proposed to me to make the draught, I said I will not; You shall do it. Oh no! Why will you not? You ought to do it. I will not. Why? Reasons enough. What can be your reasons? Reason 1st. You are a Virginian and a Virginian ough to appear at the head of this business. Reason 2nd. I am obnoxious, suspected and unpopular; you are very much otherwise. Reason 3rd. You can write ten times better than I can. 'Well", said Jefferson, 'if you are decided I will do as well as I can'. Very well, when you have drawnit up we will have a meeting.
Jefferson's version is completely different. In a letter to Maddison of 1823 he writes:
Mr. Adams memory has led him into unquestionable error. At the age of 88 and 47 years after the transactions, . . . this is not wonderful. Nor should I . . . venture to oppose my memory to his, were it not supported by written notes, taken by myself at the moment and on the spot. . . The Committee of 5 met, no such thing as a sub-committee was proposed, but they unanimously pressed on myself alone to undertake the draught. I consented; I drew it; but before I reported it to the committee I communicated it separately to Dr. Franklin and Mr. Adams requesting their corrections;. . . and you have seen the original paper now in my hands, with the corrections of Dr. Franklin and Mr. Adams interlined in their own handwriting. Their alterations were two or three only, and merely verbal. I then wrote a fair copy, reported it to the committee, and from them, unaltered to the Congress.
The draft was presented to Congress on June 28 and adopted by Congress on July 4, after a number of changes had been made. There are no journals on the debates and the amendments. The most important of these were the excision of a passage1 indicting the slave trade and a number of passages were reworded in a more pious form.. A formal parchment copy of the Declaration, adopted in Congress 4 July 1776, was available for signing on August 2, and most of the 55 signatures were inscribed upon it on that date2. The intention of the Declaration, Jefferson later wrote, was not saying some- thing new, but
to place before mankind the common sense of the subject, in terms so plain and firm as to command their assent... Neither aiming at originality of principles or sentiments, nor yet copied from any particular and previous writing, it was intended to be an expression of the American mind.
There is still another version of the text, the so-called Lee-version. This is the text that Jefferson sent to Lee. This may be a better version of the draft. See Carl L. Becker, The declaration of independence. A study in the history of political ideas (New York, 1922) page 174.
One of the inspirations for the American Declaration of Independence was the Plakkaat van Verlatinghe of 1581 in which the Dutch abjured the King of Spain as their sovereign.
1 This passage, Jefferson wrote at the time, was struck out in complaisance to South Carolina and Georgia, who had never attempted to restrain the importation of slaves, and who on the contrary wished to continue it. Our Northern brethern also I believe felt a little tender under those censures, for tho' their people have very few slaves themselves yet they had been pretty considerable carriers of them to others.
2 As late as November, Matthew Thornton of New Hampshire, recently elected to Congress, became the last to sign the Declaration of Independence.
While the U.S. Constitution does not expressly discuss parental rights, the right to protect, raise, and educate your own children has been described as the oldest of our fundamental liberties.
The history and culture of Western civilization embraces a strong tradition of parental rights, and the Supreme Court of these United States has described parental rights as being "established beyond debate as an enduring American tradition." See Wisconsin v. Yoder, 406 US 205, 232 (1972).
Parents need to begin to recognize the rights they hold as parents, and make their voices heard. Only then can we hope to turn things around.
Madison Meetup
Interested in learning more about our Constitution and Declaration of Independence? Want to discuss the principles upon which this precious republic was founded? Well you are in luck!
Moms for Liberty Santa Clara is now hosting monthly "Madison Meetup" gatherings on the last Sunday of each month. Meetings take place from 3 to 4:30pm in meeting room at the Bascom branch of the San Jose Public Library, located at 1000 South Bascom Avenue San Jose.
Open to ages 8 years and up. All attendees will be provided with a pocket constitution. Discussion topics will be emailed to those who are signed up one week in advance of the meeting. Please let us know if you'll be attending.
Make James Madison and the other founding fathers proud!
Please let us know if you'll be attending. We are trying to get a handle on if there's interest in doing this. Thanks!
Think on this...
GiIVE ME THE LIBERTY TO KNOW, TO UTTER,
AND TO ARGUE FREELY ACCORDING TO CONSCIENCE, ABOVE ALL LIBERTIES.
- John Milton, Areopagitica
IF YE LOVE WEALTH BETTER THAN LIBERTY, THE TRANQUILITY OF SERVITUDE BETTER THAN THE ANIMATING CONTEST OF FREEDOM, GO HOME FROM US IN PEACE. WE ASK NOT YOUR CONSELS OR ARMS. CROUCH DOWN AND LICK THE HANDS WHICH FEED YOU. MAY YOUR CHAINS SET LIGHTLY UPON YOU, AND MAY POSTERITY FORGET THAT YE WERE OUR COUNTRYMEN.
- John Adams
A PRIMARY OBJECT SHOULD BE THE EDUCATION OF OUR YOUTH IN THE SCIENCE OF GOVERNMENT. IN A REPUBLIC, WHAT SPECIES OF KNOWLEDGE CAN BE EQUALLY IMPORTANT? AND WHAT DUTY MORE PRESSING THAN COMMUNICATING IT TO THOSE WHO ARE TO BE THE FUTURE GUARDIANS OF THE LIBERTIES OF THE COUNTRY?
- George Washington
Moms for Liberty Santa Clara County operates as a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization.
The organization's primary mission is to organize, educate and empower parents to defend their parental rights at all levels of government.
