Parental Rights & Texas Republicans
Every two years, thousands of grassroot Republican voters from around Texas gather at a State Convention. This gathering determines what it means to be a Republican in Texas.
One of the most important ways this happens is the development of the official platform of the Texas Republican Party. This document lays out in pain staking detail what the Texas Republican Party believes - not everyone agrees with everything - but it is a pretty amazing document.
The Grimes County Republican Party would like to remind Republican voters what we are fighting to support by highlighting various planks of our Texas Republican Platform.
Plank 127 Parental Rights and Responsibilities says:
"We support the fundamental God-given right and responsibility of parents to direct and guide their minor children’s care and moral upbringing. Therefore, we support the constitutional rights of parents to raise and educate their children, including their rights to direct the care, custody, control, upbringing, moral and religious training, and medical care of their children. Local, state, or federal laws, regulations, or policies that limit parental rights in the rearing of both biological and adopted children shall not be enacted. As long as parents are responsible for an adult child, through college or the age of 26 when dependent children are on the parents’ insurance, the parents must have access to medical information, grades, and other information normally afforded to parents of minor children."
The Texas Republican Party understands that children are gifts from God and parents have the moral responsibility to make decisions in their upbringing. We expect our legislators to support these rights and responsibilities within the laws of Texas!
