I-VAWA train wreck is coming!

Hello everyone,

I thought I would pass this on to all of you.  Please distribute far and wide.  Any additional expansions of the VAWA laws need to be attacked by all of us with both barrels.  Many of us are already victims of this horrific set of "well intentioned" laws. Let's let D.C. know, NOT NOW, NOT EVER.

 

Becky Clark

President

Dads and Moms of Michigan

 

----- Forwarded Message ----
From: Edward Bartlett <edwardbartlett@comcast.net>
To: edwardbartlett@comcast.net
Sent: Fri, March 5, 2010 7:14:41 PM
Subject: I-VAWA train wreck is coming! [feel free to distribute]

Friend –

 

The family is the most protective institution of women and men in the world – that's true in every country, and even more so in low-income countries that have little or no "safety net" for the dispossessed.

 

One month ago the International Violence Against Women Act was introduced in the House and the Senate. Let's be candid: I-VAWA is a thinly-disguised attempt to export a radical gender ideology and break up families around the world.

 

Originally, we hoped the rad-fems weren't going to move I-VAWA very fast. But as of today, I-VAWA has 42 co-sponsors in the Senate and 40 co-sponsors in the House. It now appears the liberals are hoping everyone will be distracted by the healthcare reform debate, so they can slip this through while no one is watching.

 

It is critical that we act promptly to get word out that this bill is a pig in a poke. Instead of helping women, it will harm them by breaking up the family and forcing women to become dependent on the state.

 

I'm attaching an analysis of the bill. Feel free to use this analysis in any way you wish – modify it, elaborate on it, post it, distribute it, whatever. But it's critical that we get word out that I-VAWA represents a raw deal for women, a disaster for men, and would be a devastating blow for families around the world.

 

Please do whatever you can to help us stop this bill.

 

Best,

Ed