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Depriving Men of Constitutional Rights
by Phyllis Schlafly
Family courts routinely deprive men of their fundamental right to parent their own children by charging them with a wide variety of trivial offenses. Family courts generally uphold feminist demands to kick a man out of his own home, and take control of their children and his money, based on a woman's unsubstantiated allegations. A major weapon in this ongoing battle between men and women who don't get along is the Violence Against Women Act. This law was passed in 1994 as a payoff to the radical feminists for helping to elect Bill Clinton President in 1992.
The Violence Against Women Act shows the hypocrisy of noisy feminist demands that we kowtow to their ideology of gender neutrality, to their claim that there is no difference between male and female, and to their opposition to stereotyping and gender profiling. There is nothing sex neutral about this law. It is based on the proposition that there are, indeed, innate gender differences: men are naturally batterers and women are naturally victims. This law is not designed to eliminate or punish violence, but to punish only alleged violence against women. Most of the shelters financed by the Violence Against Women Act do not accept men as victims.
This law has been known from the getgo as "feminist pork" because it puts $1 Billion a year of U.S. taxpayers' money into the hands of the radical feminists. They have set up shop in domestic violence shelters where they promote divorce, marriage breakup, hatred of men, and false accusations, while rejecting marriage counseling, reconciliation, drug-abuse treatment, and evidence of mutual-partner abuse. There is no accountability for the taxpayers' money spent in these shelters. This law provides the woman with free legal counsel to pursue her allegations, but not the man to defend himself. He is on his own to find and pay a lawyer.
Contributing Editor, Phyllis Schlafly, is the Founder and President of Eagle Forum. Used with permission.
Depriving Men of Constitutional Rights
by Phyllis Schlafly
Family courts routinely deprive men of their fundamental right to parent their own children by charging them with a wide variety of trivial offenses. Family courts generally uphold feminist demands to kick a man out of his own home, and take control of their children and his money, based on a woman's unsubstantiated allegations. A major weapon in this ongoing battle between men and women who don't get along is the Violence Against Women Act. This law was passed in 1994 as a payoff to the radical feminists for helping to elect Bill Clinton President in 1992.
The Violence Against Women Act shows the hypocrisy of noisy feminist demands that we kowtow to their ideology of gender neutrality, to their claim that there is no difference between male and female, and to their opposition to stereotyping and gender profiling. There is nothing sex neutral about this law. It is based on the proposition that there are, indeed, innate gender differences: men are naturally batterers and women are naturally victims. This law is not designed to eliminate or punish violence, but to punish only alleged violence against women. Most of the shelters financed by the Violence Against Women Act do not accept men as victims.
This law has been known from the getgo as "feminist pork" because it puts $1 Billion a year of U.S. taxpayers' money into the hands of the radical feminists. They have set up shop in domestic violence shelters where they promote divorce, marriage breakup, hatred of men, and false accusations, while rejecting marriage counseling, reconciliation, drug-abuse treatment, and evidence of mutual-partner abuse. There is no accountability for the taxpayers' money spent in these shelters. This law provides the woman with free legal counsel to pursue her allegations, but not the man to defend himself. He is on his own to find and pay a lawyer.
Contributing Editor, Phyllis Schlafly, is the Founder and President of Eagle Forum. Used with permission.
Subject: Creekside Park with Congressman Hoekstra and Senator Jansen
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| ~ TIME HAS BEEN CONFIRMED ~ Congressman Peter Hoekstra and Senator Mark Jansen will be at Creekside Park in Cutlerville (from 131 go east on 68th street, past division street and past eastern avenue, creekside park drive is the next street on the left or north side of 68th street) Thursday, July 29, 2010 ....... from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM Senator Jansen's office states that he will be there the entire two hours. Please take the time to stop by prior to the 7PM meeting we are having at WKTV Senator Jansens committee on Family and Human Services has not been moving forward for over 16 months on the Amir Bill 4118 proposed by Representative Polidori The purpose of this bill is to keep children in kinship care when CPS steps in. read the Amir bill 4118 at http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(tkpaox3bcuzu3d45fbruwvzl))/mileg.aspx?page=home type in 4118, and click search. for more info on Senator Jansen |
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Attention all Barry and Ionia County Voters: You need to get involved in the primary or face having a poor choice this fall in the general election. I am going to vote for Mr. Fabiano and am planning on helping with his campaign this week with phone calls in the evening and probably door-to-door this weekend if possible. Mr. Fabiano has assured me of his support of Equal Parenting and I have been told that Mr. Bremer supports it too. I like what Mr. Fabiano is for http://www.stevefabiano.com/welcome.html and am worried about Mr. Bremer’s gun registration idea and focus on “green” government initiatives http://www.bremerforrep.com/big-issues/ . Based on Mr. Callton’s stated opposition of Equal Parenting Rights I cannot support his candidacy at all. Mr. Callton does not even bother to take any real position’s on his site http://www.mikecallton.com/index.htm which I find a bit arrogant if not lazy.
Sincerely,
Darrick Scott-Farnsworth
Executive Director www.AChildsRight.net www.daddyblogger.com
Cell 269 209-7144 or Nextel DC ID 130*112*19287
True Conservative: Pro-Life, Liberty and Property
The turkey shoot will be with 12 gauge target rounds. Skeet shooting can be done with 12 or 20 gauge target rounds. Open shoot can be any shotgun, handgun or .22 rifle.
the skeet shooting is $4 per round.
Here is what we need.
Most importantly, bring yourself and your family.
Tony DeMott
Interim Michigan State Coordinator, Campaign for Liberty
www.campaignforliberty.com/usa/MI/
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On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 12:01 AM, wrote:
TONY- How much for shooting skeet? are 12 and 20 gauge allowed? Please supply more info.
Date: Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 11:42 PM
Subject: FW: Grab your BBQ sauce, your bibs, and your guns!
To:
FYI: Apparently still time to be a delegate--
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:11:14 -0700
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Subject: Grab your BBQ sauce, your bibs, and your guns!
| Error! Filename not specified. July 25, 2010 2nd Annual Hog Roast and Turkey Shoot!
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Studies Reveal Rate Of Infidelity Growing
July 23, 2010 (TopWireNews.com: - press release)
ST. CLAIR SHORES, MI - July 21, 2010 — Infidelity…it’s a disease for which there seems to be neither cause nor remedy. And with the number of extramarital affairs growing at an alarming rate, Michigan investigative services such as Lakeside Investigations often work around the clock to help alleviate emotional pain for
the victimized spouse.
Statistics vary for the rate of infidelity that is taking place due to the amount of secrecy involved. But one thing that’s certain is more and more people are admitting to adulterous affairs than in the past.
According to one study, 22 percent of married men and 14 percent of married women admitted to straying during their marriage. Other studies show much higher percentages in recent years, even up to 55 percent or greater for men.
Studies also show that 70 percent of
women and 54 percent of men did not know that the extramarital affair was taking place. This is why Chris Charow of Lakeside Investigations in St. Clair Shores, Michigan believes his services are needful in today’s society.
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http://news.topwirenews.com/2010/07/23/Studies-Reveal-Rate-Of-Infidelity-Growing_201007238215.html
Michigan Court of Appeals prohibits child custody for same sex couples
July 12, 9:52 PMDetroit Diversity ExaminerRick Weaver
The Michigan Appeals Court in Detroit has overturned a lower court ruling by prohibiting joint custody of three children for a same sex couple ending their relationship.
During their
nearly two decade relationship, Renee Harmon and Tammy Davis raised three children together. As the relationship came to an end, things between the two rapidly deteriorated making the break-up contentious.
When Davis obtained a court order to prohibit Harmon’s further contact, Harmon sought legal action.
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http://www.examiner.com/x-47257-Detroit-Diversity-Examiner~y2010m7d12-Michigan-Court-of-Appeals-prohibits-child-custody-for-same-sex-couples
For Those Not John Edwards: More and Better Paternity Acknowledgments at Birth
Jeffrey A. Parness
Northern Illinois University - College of Law
Zachary Townsend
Northern
Illinois University, College of
Law
University of Baltimore Law Review, 2011
Abstract:
When former U.S. Senator and Presidential candidate John Edwards (finally) declared his paternity of Quinn, born of sex to Rielle Hunter, many assumed he could then begin to raise as well as financially support the child he once publicly shunned. Many assumed legal paternity could arise through a court order, if not Rielle’s wishes. Had he been on the Maury Povich television show, the positive genetic tests would have prompted the host to declare John the father. Yet notwithstanding these declarations, there would be no childrearing by John if Rielle determined he should have no contact with Quinn, even if Rielle sought child support from John and even if Quinn’s best interests favored contact between her and John. For genetic fathers like John whose bedmates are not like Rielle, there are often no opportunities to present Christmas gifts.
As John and Rielle were never married and as Rielle was not married to another, Quinn was a non-marital child with no federal constitutional legal father at birth. At birth, John may have had a federal constitutional opportunity interest in establishing parentage, seized by stepping up to parental responsibilities. Yet, as John only declared paternity two years after birth, after denying fatherhood and prompting another man to declare his genetic ties with Quinn, he may have been too late to seize the federal opportunity interest in order to fully parent Quinn without Rielle’s cooperation. Only with Rielle’s consent could John now complete a voluntary paternity acknowledgment, a prerequisite to placing John on Quinn’s birth certificate. And with Rielle’s opposition, any paternity lawsuit by John to establish regular contacts with Quinn would most likely fail even though any paternity lawsuit to establish John’s financial support of Quinn would most likely succeed.
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http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1645414
Wayne County judicial primaries
Wayne County voters will choose a replacement for retiring Circuit Court Judge Isidore Torres, and voters covered by the 33rd District Court (Brownstown and Grosse Ile Townships, and Flat Rock, Gibraltar, Rockwood, Trenton and Woodhaven) will sort out challengers to incumbent Judge Edward Nykiel.
In the Circuit Court race, there are three hopefuls seeking Torres' seat. The two best candidates are both former county commissioners: John Sullivan, 39, a private practitioner who has also served as an administrative law judge for the past year; and Susan Hubbard, 49, also a private practitioner.
Hubbard
was a tough commissioner who spearheaded efforts to establish basic ethical guidelines when she served. She has demonstrated a strong independent streak throughout a long career in Wayne County politics -- no small feat.
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http://www.freep.com/article/201007230300/OPINION01/7230318
SHARE Network Michigan
SHARE Network is a unique resource to help customers become self-sufficient. It is a network like no other. It brings together...
Workforce development partners
Faith-based organizations
Community organizations
Businesses and Government agencies
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SHARE Network Michigan Directory
http://sharenetworkusa.org/sharenetworkmi.org/SHARE_Network_Directory.htm
Juvenile Review
http://courts.co.calhoun.mi.us/review01.htm
Domestic Relations Review
http://courts.co.calhoun.mi.us/review02.htm
Lake Michigan rescuer
details how Holland father sacrificed life to save son: 'That boy has a purpose'
Published: Sunday, July 25, 2010, 5:15 AM
Heidi Fenton | The Grand Rapids Press Heidi Fenton | The Grand Rapids Press
GRAND HAVEN — A scene of courage and tragedy unfolded on the beach here Friday night, when a father died after struggling to rescue his 9-year-old son from drowning in Lake Michigan.
Mark Scheuer, 49, drowned off Grand Haven Beach after handing his son, Daniel, to another father, Steven VanDyke, who swam to their aid.
Early on Saturday, rescuers found Mark Scheuer’s body about 40 feet beyond the swim buoys.
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http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2010/07/rescuer_details_how_holland_fa.html
July Pundit
Table of Contents:
Washtenaw County FOC Prisoner Release Project
Underground Economy Task Force Issues Report
New Policy on Credit Balances
New "Issue Tracker"
Grievance Audit Process
Intergovernmental WIT
Prisoner Reentry Initiative
http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/resources/publications/focbnewsletters/july2010pundit.pdf
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Executive Director www.AChildsRight.net www.daddyblogger.com
Work 269 353-5041
Cell 269 209-7144 or Nextel DC ID 130*112*19287
True Conservative: Pro-Life, Liberty and Property
| 2010 DC Rally Update Welcome to all of those that can attend the 2010 DC Rally and all of those in spirit. Despite the challenges, there has been several accomplishments by the various groups. There are several groups attending with independent yet congruent purposes. On Thursday; several groups visited over 100 Congressional offices to deliver reform messages on shared parenting, parental rights, and domestic violence reform. This was a great experience for many people to learn the halls of Congress and meet Congressional representatives and staffers. There was some great networking. On Friday; groups visited more Congressional offices, the Bike Trek team made their glorious arrival, Families 4 Justice set up their stage at Upper Senate Park to reach out to many people, there was a press release at the National Press Club, and there were some great networking sessions. The events will continue on Saturday and Sunday at 2 locations along with a candle light vigil, march, presentation of stuffed animals to a local hospital, and more presentations and networking. It is different to see many separate events happening. It is great to see everyone finding their interest represented in a variety of venues. There are many visionaries here that bring value and great perspective to strengthening the mission and purpose to family reform. James Semerad DADS and MOMS PAC Washington DC Representative 5815 Woodlawn Gable Dr, Apt I Alexandria, VA 22309 6632 Telegraph Road, Suite 110 ( phone: 248-467-1204 www.dadsmomspac.org info@dadsmomspac.org |
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We are also watching HCR 45 very closely and have made many calls to the Legislature on this. HCR is the MI Resolution which urges the U.S. Congress to pass the Parental Rights Amendment. To see the wording and the history, use the link above, click on Concurrent Resolutions on the left column, and type in 45. We are working on a plan to "encourage" Rep. Meadows (who has held this up for months) to move this forward after the primary election.
WOOD-TV article on foster care.
(Thanks for bringing this in, Ruth) At the following links.
Michigan Foster Care Review Board 2009 ANNUAL REPORT
http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/resources/publications/reports/fcrb/fcrb_ar09.pdf
Also, here is a link to the Washington D.C. Family Preservation Festival this weekend.
Dennis and Sally are continuing to work on video recording of family stories. Sally is working on a meeting with several elected officials.
Remember to Vote August 3.
Please forward this e-mail to other folks interested in restoring Parental Rights.
John Tuinstra, President
Citizens For Parental Rights
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News for 7/22/2010 on Foster Care, Family Court and other curious items
Posted by: "Dan" dandiebolt@yahoo.com dandiebolt
Grandfather says girl who died in foster care didn't belong there: 'This never should have happened'
Published: Tuesday, July 20, 2010, 11:00 PM Updated: Wednesday, July 21, 2010, 7:07 AM
GRAND RAPIDS -- Hank Schriever disagreed with authorities for putting his 5-year-old twin granddaughters in foster care in February, but assumed they would be safe.
He was distraught to learn police think a foster care mother is responsible for causing the death of one of the girls, Emily Marie Meno.
"My feeling is this never should have happened," the Cedar Spring man said. "That's why I'm so cotton-pickin mad about the whole system."
Emily died Saturday at Spectrum Health Butterworth hospital from a traumatic brain injury that happened late Thursday or early Friday. Police did not release the foster mother's name.
"The cards are against them," Toro said. "And they're expected to be on their own."
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http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2010/07/grandfather_says_girl_who_died.html
Too old for foster care, youths struggle
Lack of state, federal funds leave holes in safety net
Catherine Jun / The Detroit News
Detroit -- A growing number of youths in Michigan are reaching adult age while in foster care, a situation experts fear leaves them vulnerable to homelessness, poverty and incarceration.
State and welfare agencies say a lack of funding has been the greatest obstacle to getting these youths the safety net they need when they age out of the system.
When they're pushed out onto the streets at age 19 after years of jumping from home to home, the trauma of being separated from their families and getting inconsistent adult guidance destines them to multiple problems, said Paul Toro, professor of psychology at Wayne State University.
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http://detnews.com/article/20100721/METRO01/7210369/Too-old-for-foster-care--youths-struggle
Judge: Fatally beaten boy needed shield, got inaction (with video)
By Lisa Roose-Church • DAILY PRESS & ARGUS • July 21, 2010
A "series of very bad decisions and/or questionable decisions" through-out the years caused Dominick Calhoun "to fall through the cracks and ultimately contributed to his violent death," a Genesee County judge said Monday.
Judge John Conover of the 67th District Court in Flint said the lack of action by Child Protective Services, the Livingston County probation office and Livingston County Probate Judge Carol Hackett Garagiola contributed to the boy's murder in April.
"We have all these series of events and if you weave a thread through them, you come up with this horrific tragedy to a 4-year-old boy," he said Monday.
The judge's comments came at a preliminary hearing for Dominick's mother, Corrine Baker, who was bound over to Circuit Court for trial on charges of second-degree murder and second-degree child abuse for her failure to protect her son from her boyfriend, who is charged in the boy's murder.
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http://www.livingstondaily.com/article/20100721/NEWS01/7210303
British Columbia Plans "Groundbreaking" Changes in Family Law
If the British Columbia government gets its way, family law in the province will be rewritten to encourage out-of-court settlements. Before parties can use court services, they will have to show they tried mediation or dispute resolution first.
According to the FP Legal Post, the bar sees the proposed changes as "groundbreaking." They are the result of a four-year review of the province's 32-year-old Family Relations Act; the government plans to replace it with a new act next year. Family court cases account for one-quarter of all litigation in the province.
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http://sbmblog.typepad.com/sbm-blog/2010/07/british-columbia-plans-groundbreaking-changes-in-family-law.html
Database: Michigan Merit Exam scores
Search for your local school results.
http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20100722/NEWS01/307220003/Database-Michigan-Merit-Exam-scores
Ottawa County voters have three lawyers to pick from to fill family division judge spot
Published: Thursday, July 22, 2010, 4:46 AM
OTTAWA COUNTY -- A trio of attorneys will face off to fill a rare open seat on the Ottawa County Circuit Court, with the top two vote-getters moving on to the November election to decide who will be the court's newest family division judge.
Assistant Ottawa County Prosecutor Kent Engle, family law attorney Chris Houghtaling and employment law specialist David Rhem will vie for the seat left open by the retirement of Judge Calvin Bosman and the decision of John Hulsing to move to the general law division of the court.
Currently, Ottawa County divides its four judges between the general bench, which concentrates on adult criminal and civil matters, and the family division which include juvenile law, abuse,
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http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2010/07/ottawa_county_voters_have_thre.html
Years and marriages later, they still pay
By Bella English
Globe Staff / July 18, 2010
Steve Niro got married in 1981 at age 23 and divorced less than five years later. At the time of the divorce, he and his wife were in their late 20s, and both were working. Niro remarried nearly 15 years ago, but he's still paying his alimony.
Two years ago, Niro's youngest son graduated from college, ending child support payments and leaving his former wife with alimony of $65 a week. "The next thing I know, I get summonsed to court for alimony adjustment,'' he says. A probate court judge increased the alimony to $700 a week even though the couple had divorced nearly a quarter of a century ago — five times longer than they were married.
"I paid child support. I paid college. I was never late. I fulfilled my obligations,'' says Niro, 52, a Milford native who works for an environmental engineering firm in Portland, Maine. "I just have to hope that legislators in Massachusetts have enough sense to pass a law that puts guidelines on alimony because the courts don't exercise any common sense or logic.''
Niro and other men — and women — like him say the state's alimony law is archaic, reflecting an era when women kept house and men provided. Today, with women making up nearly half the workforce, they say alimony should be a temporary boost, not a lifetime subsidy.
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http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/family/articles/2010/07/18/years_and_marriages_later_former_spouses_still_owe_alimony/?page=1
Voter Guide
Select a candidate from the list of races below to view the candidate's biography and responses to the State Journal's candidate questionnaire.
http://db.lsj.com/community/dc/election2010/index.php
South African doctor invents "anti-rape" female condoms with "teeth"
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/07/22/south-african-doctor.html
Making the case to expand 211 service: 'If it was not for 211, I probably would have been dead'
http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2010/07/making_the_case_to_expand_211.html
"Youngsters need two loving parents in their lives, and if a father has been deemed fit by the courts and is ready and willing to be a good parent, no one should be allowed to stand in his way."–Cleveland Plain Dealer Editorial Board
