Shutdown Not Stopping the Parental Rights Amendment

A partisan budgeting impasse shut down parts of the federal government on October 1, but that hasn’t stopped the Parental Rights Amendment from moving forward in Congress.

On October 1, House Joint Resolution 127 (H.J. Res 127), introducing the Parental Rights Amendment and led by Illinois Rep. Mary Miller, had seven cosponsors.

Today, after a full four weeks of government shutdown, that number has climbed to ten, as Reps. Ralph Norman (R-SC), Randy Fine (R-FL), and John Rutherford (R-FL) have all signed on this month.

This is a promising start for a resolution that previously garnered only eight cosponsors in the entire last Congress. But it is only a start.

If we are going to get to the point of seeing a subcommittee hearing on the Amendment, which will add important discussion to the congressional record, we will need to see an even larger groundswell of support.

That support will be visible in the number of cosponsors, which in turn will reflect the number of contacts congressmen are receiving from their constituents. And that’s where you come in.

Please consider taking a moment out of your busy schedule today to reach out to your congressman and ask them to cosponsor H.J. Res. 127, the Parental Rights Amendment. Their staff can reach out to Worth Loving in the office of Rep. Mary Miller to sign on.

You can find your lawmaker’s contact information here, then call or email with the following message (preferably in your own words):

I am calling/writing to encourage my congressman to cosponsor H.J. Res. 127 proposing a Parental Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. In a day when seemingly every government agency wants to control my children without my say, it is vitally important that we protect the irreplaceable role of parents in directing the upbringing, education, and care of our own children. This Amendment can protect families by preserving parental rights now and for future generations.

Please contact Worth Loving in the office of Rep. Mary Miller (R-IL) to sign on as a cosponsor of this very important resolution.

Thank you for your service to our district.

We are continuing to work behind the scenes on securing a lead sponsor for the Senate, and I look forward to giving you an update on that effort when it is available. In the meantime, though, we can continue to push the Amendment in the House, with or without the government shutdown.

Thank you for standing with us to protect children by empowering parents through the Parental Rights Amendment.