Agenda 21… Alabama Adopts First Official State Ban on Agenda 21

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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. ~ Alex Newman

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.

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.

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.”

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,”

 remarkedJustice 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.

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.

 

Alex Newman – June 8, 2012 – posted at BlackListedNews

 

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