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Strengthening Families, Protecting Life and Promoting Health > Protecting Our Children > Parental Rights and Responsibilities
We call for revisions to the Texas Family Code's Rights of Grandparent, Aunt, or Uncle subsection to only permit judgments against unfit parents.We believe that parental rights and responsibilities are inherent and protected by the United States Constitution. Local, state, or federal laws, regulations, or policies shall not be enacted that limit parental rights in the rearing of both biological and adopted children. The Party supports the Texas Parental Rights Restoration Act to amend this statute and restore the fundamental right of parents to direct the upbringing of their children. We unequivocally oppose the United States Senate ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, which would transfer jurisdiction over parental rights and responsibilities to international bureaucracies.

A more direct plank will get the point across better.

The Parental Rights Restoration Act called for changes in the Family Code (link), so reworded to call for the changes instead of attaching hopes to a specific bill.

While the Convention on the Rights of the Child has legitimate criticism, the idea that it transfers jurisdiction to the UN is paranoid.

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Preserving American Freedom > Limiting the Expanse of Government Power > Annexation
Residents of an area to be annexed into a city may vote on annexation.All parties in annexation proceedings should be guaranteed these referenda: Residents of an area to be annexed may vote on annexation, and voters of the jurisdiction proposing annexation must authorize the proposal.
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An earlier plank calls for preservation of representative democracy. Forcing a city vote on annexation usurps this model.

It is appropriate for "annex-ees" to have a voice through a direct vote since they had no representative in the jurisdiction into which they are being annexed.

Need to clarify that this is for cities only. This stems from controversy from Houston's annexation of areas to its north.

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