It may be April 1st, but I’m not fooling about parents’ rights

Dads United – a group effort, which is nice to see – Fathers Day Demo

Members of the following organizations, and others, have come together to organize a united Fathers Day Demonstration in London:

Real Fathers For Justice, Families Need Fathers, Grandparents Apart, Equal Parenting Alliance, UK Fathers Forums, Dads UK Forums, F4J-Canada, Parents4Protest, Dutch Foundation For Child Access.

For more information visit Dads United.

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Remember this newscast about Fathers4Justice-Canada’s May 2005 Month of Mayhem?

Now these superheroes face the black robes for their actions. “Spiderman,” aka Steve Maladey, will be in trial at Surrey Provincial Courthouse, Monday, April 10, 2006, at 9:30 am. Steve is charged with mischief for scaling the Pattullo Bridge on May 7, 2005. The bridge was closed for several hours causing a back log of traffic.

“BC Hulk,” aka Kevin Christiaens, and Chris Wyatt will be in trial at the Surrey Provincial Courthouse, Tuesday and Wednesday, April 12&13, 2006, at 9:30 am. Kevin and Chris are charged with mischief also. They scaled the Alex Fraser Bridge the same day, May 7, 2005. Their actions shut down two northbound lanes for several hours, causing a back log of traffic.

Join Burnaby Batman and Robin QC at the trials to show your support.

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Equal shared parenting time in child custody cases supported by 85% of the 9196 participants in Senator Barnaby Joyce’s poll (Australia). This reflects the 2 polls conducted in the USA, each getting the same results.

Jim Loose of People for Equal Parenting (PEP) sent some words of wisdom that I’d like to pass on to you.

On March 22 three of our members testified at Texas’ Juevenile Justice and Family Issues Committee’s interim hearing.

…each of the members was a model of decorum: None spoke badly about the former spouse, none talked about terrible judges, none talked about comparisons to the holocaust (though comparisons to McCarthyism are certainly more than justified). Each spoke about a particular aspect of the total problem, provided some real information, and promised more. Most importantly, each got his testimony into the record. Only if our complaints have been officially made (versus griped about on the Internet or over coffee at Starbucks) has our government officially been petitioned for redress. Only then, is our government officially responsible for reacting to our complaints. All of us are a part of a political community with rules for making change. We need to understand this and work within the rules. “They” aren’t “doing it” to “us” until we tell them what’s happening to us, tell them how it’s wrong, and insist on change. Only when we’ve done that have we put the responsibility for change where it belongs. We have to do our part before we can insist that our leaders do their part…

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I recommend this March 27 article by Phyllis Schafley called Welfare reform meets the law of unintended consequences.

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Kevin Thompson is exposing the corruption in the Massachusetts family court system, and the authorities aren’t happy about it.

His book entitled EXPOSING THE CORRUPTION IN THE MASSACHUSETTS FAMILY COURTS (available for sale at lulu.com) has landed him in some hot water. He’s been ordered to stop exposing the truth. In his acknowledgements he sends a message to other parents caught up in the injustice.

[T]o the men and women who have horror stories of their own to tell, please share these stories with whoever will listen. Reform of the family court system will never happen until these hypocrites and racketeers are exposed publicly. Since the media is mysteriously unwilling to address this war against fathers, it is up to us 25 million non-custodial fathers in this country to take the bull by the horns and spread the word about what actually goes on behind closed doors in these secretive kangaroo courts.

I hope this 309-page book ends up in the hands of many parents, judges, attorneys and legislators. As Kevin says as he ends his book:

A father’s influences are not more nor less important than those from a mother, they are just different. A well-rounded person needs the unique influences that are provided by both of his parents and it should not be in a court’s power to intrude on those fundamental rights when both parents are fit.

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I'm a sun and nature loving, 50-something, laid back, forward thinking, liberal anti-feminist egalitarian, san francisco bay area native, single mom of 4 and yia yia to 2. I've been active in the equal parenting movement since 2002. Known as the purple Queen of Equality, I once blogged as the Feminist4Fathers. Find me now on sharedparentingworks.org and jugsforjustice.org. | More from Teri Stoddard