Alabama Adopts First
Official State Ban on UN Agenda 21 by Alex
Newman
Alabama became
the first state to adopt a tough law protecting private property
and due process by prohibiting any government involvement with or participation
in a controversial United Nations scheme known as Agenda 21. Activists
from across the political spectrum celebrated the measure’s approval as a
significant victory against the UN “sustainability” plot, expressing hope that
similar sovereignty-preserving measures would be adopted in other states as the
nationwide battle heats up.
The
Alabama Senate Bill (SB) 477 legislation, known unofficially
among some supporters as the “Due Process for Property Rights” Act, was
approved unanimously by both the state House and Senate. After hesitating for a
few days, late last month Republican Governor Robert Bentley finally signed
into law the wildly popular measure — but only after heavy pressure from
activists forced his hand.
Virtually no
mention of the law was made in the establishment press. But analysts said the
measure was likely the strongest protection against the UN scheme passed
anywhere in America so far. The law, aimed at protecting private property
rights, specifically prevents all state agencies and local governments in
Alabama from participating in the global scheme in any way.
“The State of
Alabama and all political subdivisions may not adopt or implement policy
recommendations that deliberately or inadvertently infringe or restrict private
property rights without due process, as may be required by policy
recommendations originating in, or traceable to ‘Agenda 21,’ ” the law states,
adding a brief background on the UN plan hatched at the 1992 “Earth Summit” in
Rio de Janeiro.
The people of
Alabama acting through their elected representatives — not UN
bureaucrats — have the authority to develop the state’s environmental and
development policies, the official synopsis of the law explains. Therefore,
infringements on the property rights of citizens linked to “any other
international law or ancillary plan of action that contravenes the Constitution
of the United States or the Constitution of the State of Alabama” are also
prohibited under the new measure.
Of course, as
the law points out, the UN has enlisted a broad array of non-governmental and
inter-governmental organizations in its effort to foist Agenda 21 on the
world — most notably a Germany-based group called ICLEI, formerly known as the International
Council of Local Environmental Initiatives. But the new measure takes direct
aim at that problem, too: “the State of Alabama and all political subdivisions
may not enter into any agreement, expend any sum of money, or receive funds
contracting services, or giving financial aid to or from” any such entities, as
defined in Agenda 21 documents.
“This bill,
that would bar the state from taking over private property without due process,
is intended to shelter Alabamians from the United Nations Agenda 21, a
sustainable development initiative that some conservatives see as a precursor
for the creation of a world government,” explained Alabama
GOP Executive Director T.J. Maloney when announcing that it had been signed
into law. The Republican National Committee (RNC) adopted a resolution earlier
this year blasting the global scheme and urging policy makers to oppose it, and
state parties have followed suit.
Public support
for the Alabama law was overwhelming and bipartisan as citizens who had been
terrorized by Agenda 21-linked schemes targeting their private property spoke
out. But according to analysts and state Republican Party officials cited in
press reports, Gov. Bentley was originally hesitant to sign the bill —
almost certainly due to concerns over the potential loss of some federal funding.
The U.S.
Senate, of course, has never formally ratified Agenda 21. But the executive
branch — in conjunction with accomplices at the international, state, and
local levels — has for two decades been quietly attempting to impose the
plan on Americans by stealth, mostly using deceptive terms like “Smart Growth”
and “Green.” And proponents of the global scheme consistently threaten that
states seeking to protect citizens from the UN plot could end up losing some
federal funds.
“Every time you
take a dollar of federal money, there’s strings attached,” explained Ken
Freeman, chairman of the Alabama-based group Alliance for Citizens Rights
(ACR), an organization that fought hard to ensure that the Governor signed the
bill into law. “We were originally walking soft on this issue, to tell you the
truth, because when things were going our way, why change anything?”
But when Gov.
Bentley did not immediately approve the bill, Freeman told a reporter, ACR
turned the activism up a notch, urging citizens to contact the Governor’s
office and express their support for the measure. The grassroots pressure paid
off: Alabama became the first state to be officially shielded by law from
UN-linked anti-property rights scheming.
“It seems that
Agenda 21 does actually bring people together in communities — just not in
the way the U.N. had hoped for,” remarked Justice
Gilpin-Green in a column for the conservative site Townhall, citing
Freeman and other instrumental supporters of the effort. “Hopefully other
states can mirror Alabama’s determined nature in passing their anti-Agenda 21
legislation. It was citizen awareness and direct action that finally brought
about the needed changes last week and that same awareness and action will be
needed for the future of every other state.”
Legislative
analysts said the bill, sponsored by GOP state Sen. Gerald Dial, was extremely
well crafted: protecting citizens and individual rights from UN decrees in a
simple, straightforward manner that Agenda 21 advocates would have a hard time
criticizing. Liberty-minded organizations and lawmakers are already examining
the measure for potential use as a model in other states currently struggling
to expel the global scheme and its myriad tentacles.
“Alabama House
Bill 618 [SB 477] is a large step towards protecting Alabamians against UN
meddling. It protects the due process rights of Alabamians. It keeps
Constitutional Law above International Law,” noted Jason
Baker, a Montgomery-based conservative pundit with the Examiner.
“Now state after state awakens to the threat it poses to freedom and
sovereignty.”
Across America,
Tea Party groups, liberty-minded Democrats, libertarians, and a broad coalition
of activists have been turning up the heat on Agenda 21. Tennessee, for
example, adopted a bipartisan state resolution slamming the UN scheme as an “insidious” and
“socialist” plot that is completely at odds with American
traditions of limited government, individual freedom, private property, and
self-governance under the Constitution. Numerous other states are pursuing similar
measures.
A bill similar
to Alabama’s seeking a complete ban on Agenda 21 and unconstitutional UN
“sustainability” efforts in Arizona wasapproved overwhelmingly in the state
Senate. The legislation died in the state House even after clearing several
hurdles, however, when the legislative session ended before a final vote could
be taken. New Hampshire is reportedly working
on a bill to ban Agenda 21 that sailed through the state House last month.
Meanwhile,
local governments across America — under intense pressure from citizens
and activist groups — are slowly awakening to what critics call the “dangers”
of the UN scheme. Dozens of cities and counties have withdrawn from ICLEI in recent years,
and as awareness continues to grow, that trend is expected to accelerate.
The UN,
however, is doubling down on its controversial plan. In June, governments from
all over the world will be meeting in Rio de Janeiro for the so-called
“Conference on Sustainable Development” — known as Rio+20 for short.
According to official documents released by the global body, the summit, headed
by Chinese Communist Sha Zukang, will be seeking to dramatically transform human civilization under
the guise of environmentalism.
Production,
education, consumption, individual rights, and even people’s thoughts will all
be targeted under the global plan to create a so-called “green economy,” the UN
admitted. But with the tidal wave of opposition in America growing stronger
every single day, analysts expect fierce U.S. opposition — if not from the
Obama administration, at least from the increasingly outraged citizenry.
Source: The New American June 8, 2012 and Blacklisted News.com
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