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By: Susanne

I do believe that it is time to replace all of the fools attempting to destroy this country. We have so much to consider as Americans. The only thing we really have a grip on in leading the world now...

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By: Lisa Woodcox

This is a disgrace to our country and to those that have disabilities. Having a disability is not an epidemic, it does not go away, and it is not just in the United States. How can one party decide and...

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By: susan gabrielle

Yes Kevin, It’s too bad Mr. Santorum won’t be our President. He refers to himself as a true Christian. I too love that part in the bible when Jesus tells the disabled, the sick and the poor that they...

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By: Tami Tiller

I am a disabled individual. In addition I work with intellectually disabled adults and also have several immediate family members (including a spouse) with severe intellectual and physical...

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By: J. R.

As I read this treaty, it would need to rewrite the legislation. This treaty would allow to take away the rights of parents to take care of their children. Yes, I do believe that children have freewill...

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By: Shawn Lawrence

Once again I see that certain members of Congress have taken an extreme view only because they don’t want our President to succeed at anything he does. Even if it means taking this country to the brink...

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By: KA101

A quick check of the US Library/Congress treaty-info page (thomas dot loc dot gov, hit the “treaties” link and search for “disabilities”) reveals that based on how they were ratifying the Convention,...

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By: Ron Kuebler

I haven’t heard a good reason to vote against Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. I would like to know what in this document is threatening our sovereignty as a country. That idea...

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By: FUNMI YINKA-GBADAMOSI

Its so sad. Persons with disabilities are human being and they be treated as such anybody can become disabled anytime

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By: Joe

The outrage that normal people are showing for the UN Treaty for the Disabled can only be described as #Solidarity. We are with you and we are gathering signatures for the GOP38 that callously ruined...

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By: annie

Thank you KA101! Well said, it is frustrating that the misdirection of information for the purpose of mongering fear has created support for this total failure of our senate to truly act on the best...

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By: Allen Black

I don’t get some of the comments here. Why do we need all of these UN treaties or just this one to do the right thing? We are a Sovereign Country. I am wondering how many here are for a one world...

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By: Anna Stryczny

“This treaty is a test of the Senate. It’s a test of whether this body is still capable of voting for change.” – The change he’s inferencing seems to be to bring the United States government under...

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By: Valerie Beavers

Shame on the Republican Party! The Disability Treaty has been ratified by 126 countries around the world and leaders in the US Senate could not get it right; it is not suprising when you have spent the...

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By: Gary Sweeten

I have not read the legislation so I have no idea what it said. I suspect that few others on this thread have read it either. So, rather than jumping to conclusions about good guys and bad guys it migh...

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By: Susan Butler

My book club is reading the book, Healing the Heart of Democracy later this month. I can only hope that there is some valid reason to fail to agree with the UN proposal. I do doubt that there is one… I...

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