The last judge I questioned about the federally mandated jailing of those more than $5000 delinquent in child support responded that MO judges were unsure of how to handle such situations. It so happened that the “dead beat” parent in the instant case was a woman admittedly $4,600 delinquent and without a job. Obviously that confused the good judge.

Clearly support enforcement law is a political issue based in evoking a public emotional rather than rational response. When the most powerful person in the world, the US president, orders his subordinate, Deputy Director of Child Support Enforcement, Judge Ross to “cook the books” on child support collections for political purposes prior to the ’94 election, insanity is sure to follow.

http://www.antipeonage.0catch.com/moccasin.htm

Unfortunately, the very definition of bigotry is the absolute refusal to even consider a situation from the hated person’s point of view.

Need I say more?

Every man here who is a Christian needs to follow that link and click trough that site and see how some of the churches are so completely screwed up as to be beyond help.

Why can women not escape the all or nothing fallacy? Why can there not be real support avoiders who have the money…that would be bad…AND at the same time real men who are hurting and being unjustly hurt by the system? Your kneejerk reference to how men must care for their kids is sophmoric and predictable. Its what all women scream at the mere mention of support payments.

The deviation into DV is also predictable. Who brought that up? Why is it relevant? You are obviously an evangelical feminist with your apologetic references to mans role in the home and the link you provide. I’m sick and tired of being told what submission DOESNT mean….I’m ready to be told what it DOES mean, in a Biblical and straightforward way. Realize dear that none of it is conditional…but you wouldn’t be roaring if you weren’t woman would you?

You are insignificant in your ramblings if your diseased thought process wasn’t so prevalent today. You actually write some of what passes for legal discourse…and that friends is terrifying.

We should keep her post and use it as a reference tool.

“No other success can compensate for failure in the home. The poorest shack in which love prevails over a united family is of greater value to God and future humanity than any other riches. In such a home God can work miracles and will work miracles.” – David O. McKay

Perhaps the other person is the father, perhaps it is another woman down the street who claims to take better care of children. It does not matter.

“But I have rights”, says the CP ilk such as sunrose, you can’t do that! To which I respond, “you just don’t care about your children, for if you did you would pay”.

“But I did nothing wrong”. To which I respond, “you just don’t care about your children, for if you did you would pay”.

“But I have been depressed and unable to work as the result of having my children taken from me.” To which I respond, “you just don’t care about your children, for if you did you would pay”.

“But I lost my job and driver’s license, and therefore I cannot pay”. To which I respond, “you just don’t care about your children, for if you did you would pay”.

“But if I pay what the judge says, I won’t have enough left to live on”. To which I respond, “you just don’t care about your children, for if you did you would pay”.

“But I’m a better parent than the father and the woman down the street”. To which I respond, “you just don’t care about your children, for if you did you would pay”.

“But I have not been allowed to visit my children, why should I pay for them if I can’t even visit them.” To which I respond, “you just don’t care about your children, for if you did you would pay”.

“But the children are being abused and molested in their new home. That is very very wrong.” To which I respond, “you just don’t care about your children, for if you did you would pay”.

“But what they have done to me and my children is illegal, it is basic accepted Constitutional law that they cannot do such things to a parent.” To which I respond, “you just don’t care about your children, for if you did you would pay”.

“But the people now raising my children have lots of money, and I cannot pay my own way with what I earn if I give them half.” To which I respond, “you just don’t care about your children, for if you did you would pay”.

“But the people now raising my children don’t even spend the money I give them on the children, they buy breast implants, take lavish vacations, drink champagne, and dump the children in daycare or with a babysitter.” To which I respond, “you just don’t care about your children, for if you did you would pay”.

“But what they are doing is immoral, it defies basic principles of Christianity and most or all major religions.” To which I respond, “you just don’t care about your children, for if you did you would pay”.

“But they have taken my driver’s license, and now I cannot get to work without breaking the law and getting thrown in jail.”

To which I respond, “But, but, but, all you have is excuses. If you were a decent parent, you would find a way to pay, whether you miss your children or not, whether you are a better parent or not, whether it is illegal and immoral or not, and whether the parent the judge said was better for the children was filthy rich or not. You Ma’am, are a deadbeat, the scum of society. You are to be publicly disparaged and humiliated, thrown in prison, and may never see your children again. Those who persecute you are heroes, for they are the ones concerned with your children, not you. In fact, you just don’t care about your children, for if you did you would pay.

The Seattle Times responded to the decision in Amunrud v. Board of Appeals, (2006) 158 Wash. 2d. 208, 143 P. 3d. 571 that the US Supreme Court refused to hear on certiorari. Three justices of the Supreme Court of Washington dissented, 158 Wash. 2d. 231-246. Here are some excerpts of their dissent for the benefit of those litigating these issues in other states. If you can get a state supreme court to rule the same way as these three dissenters, we will end this evil license suspension system in that state and present the US Supremes with a split between state supreme courts.

Justice Sanders wrote, Id. 235-236:
Professional and motor vehicle licenses create both property and liberty interests requiring due process protection. Barry v. Barchi, 443 U.S. 55, 99 S. Ct. 2642, 61 L. Ed. 2d 365 (1979); Bell v. Burson, 402 U.S. 535, 91 S. Ct. 1586, 29 L. Ed. 2d 90 (1971).
And at Id. 241-242:
Professional license revocation also requires a rational relationship between the revocation of the license and the applicant’s fitness or capacity to conduct that particular profession. For example, in Schware v. Board of Bar Examiners, 353 U.S. 232, 77 S. Ct. 752, 1 L. Ed. 2d 796 (1957) the board of bar examiners refused to permit the petitioner to take the bar examination on the ground that he had not shown “good moral character” because of his previous membership in the Communist Party. The Supreme Court held: “A State can require high standards of qualification, such as good moral character or proficiency in its law, before it admits an applicant to the bar, but any qualification must have a rational connection with the applicant’s fitness or capacity to practice law.” Id. at 239. See also In re Revocation of License to Practice Dentistry of Flynn, 52 Wn.2d 589, 594, 328 P.2d 150 (1958) (holding that there must be a rational connection between the acts giving rise to the license revocation and Flynn’s fitness and capacity to practice dentistry to constitute a valid reason for the revocation).

Some more publicity support can go long way, if we had twomore justices in Amunrud, I would have my license back and would be suing the State of Wshington for wrongfully taking it from me.

Threre 49 other state supreme courts, so please keep pluggin away with these arguments.

My arguments along these lines are posted at

http://www.antipeonage.0catch.com/586476.htm

To the unmarried I say that it is good for them to remain single. But if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry a traditional woman like Suuth American or Asian.

By marring a foreign woman, the man can easily apply for citizenship to her country of origin (read: new D.L., away from the long arm of feminized laws, divorce bi-lateral and uncommon, focus on family).

Part of your responsiblities as a parent is CO-OPERATION with the other parent in making the marriage work and raising the children. This does not include enlisting the aid of unAmerican tyrants to punish the other parent for whatever wrongs, real or imagined, he may have committed.

If you have not got that through your thick skull then you are an unfit parent and should go f— yourself. That way you avoid bringing more children into the world.

As peonage is a crime, 18 U.S.C. §1581 prehaps you should leave your ex alone lest a federal grand jury somewhere decides to “run away” and commence enforcing the Peonage Law.

“Time and again, funds that should go to child support are spent instead on $ 60 hairstylist bills, $ 90 premium cable TV bills, $ 100 in new clothes, $ 300 for a New Year’s Eve bash, $ 1,000 for a weekend trip to Las Vegas, a new car, etc. by the ‘poor.’” How many people do you know in your own personal life that are spending $300 on New Years Eve, or paying $60 for a hairstylist, or $90 for premium cable that below the poverty line?”

How often does this really happen? What do haircuts cost for NCPs? How much does their cable cost? What do they spend on new clothes? (And was that $100 for children’s school clothes or actually for the CP? Is this money coming out of arrearage payments? Arrearage payments are back support payments. That support obligation was covered by the CP when the NCP didn’t pay. That support, had it been paid when it was due, would have covered the bills that the CP covered out of her earnings, some of which are supposed to be for her, just as NCPs claim that they need money for themselves as well.

And, come to think of it, how does the NCP get this accounting and where is the accounting for NCPs’ expenses? Is $60 for a haircut necessary because the CP may have an office, management, or admin position which requires “FOA”? Was some bill covered out of earnings and this money taken from arrears or child support which might have been late? Was the $1,000 to Las Vegas some possible school-related function where some sports event was held there, a job or school interview? What, precisely were the circumstances? How come we never hear about deadbeat NCPs who own expensive cars, live in expensive houses, date, spend money on unnecessary and expensive things while their ex-families struggle in some dilapidated part of town?

As a CP for 13 years, I’ve talked to and known a lot of other CPs – who were working. They cut their own hair – and their children’s hair. They might throw a birthday party for a child, but they usually forego any presents for themselves on their own birthdays. In fact, I know of many cases where there were no parties at all. The CP’s money all went for rent, food, medical, etc. And the vacation claim is very interesting, given that most CPs I’ve talked to use their vacation and sick days to take care of sick children, doctor’s appointments, school meetings, and end up going to work sick because they have no sick days left for themselves. These same CPs rarely, if ever, go out socially. There’s no money for babysitters, clothes, or the actual activity, much less take vacations. I’ve known many CPs who wash clothes out in sinks and tubs because they don’t have washing machines or money or cars to go to laundromats. Many if not most CPs forego medical, food and other nessities to make sure their children have what they need.

As for the claim that most NCPs are in poverty and less than 4% who owe child support earn over $40,000, how is that possible with a national unemployment rate of 4.5% and a so-called booming economy? How is it NCPs with arrearages owing can afford to go date and start another family or move from state to state? How is it many NCPs quit good-paying jobs at time of divorce and can only seem to find low-paying jobs after the child support order is issued? Are NCPs hiding income by working under the table or being paid part in check and part in cash?

Last year, almost $106 billion in child support went unpaid – most of that was arrearage. That, of course, is the cumulative total. $29.92 billion was due in 2006, but just under $18.06 billion in current support was paid. $7.08 billion was collected in back support – arrears.

As for taking driver’s licenses, this became necessary when other enforcement measures failed. Many CPs find other ways to work because they can’t afford cars or repairs when the ones they owe break down, so they piecemeal travel expenses to get to work.

Here’s something the good pastor didn’t include in his article:

1 Timothy 5:8 But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

Ephesians 6:4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

See this link and examine items 4 and 5 under Creation: http://www.gal328.org/articles/CBE-Statement.html

As the head of the family, fathers are to provide for and protect the family. They are to set Christian examples, be loving, kind, merciful. “Head” does not mean dictator or exhibiting arbitrary selfishness. See this link: http://www.godswordtowomen.org/studies/word%20study/head.htm

No where in the Bible does it say husband gets to beat wife. Husbands are instructed at great length on how to treat their wives. They break the marriage covenant when they do not uphold their end of the deal. Implicit in these instructions is the idea that men do not abuse their wives and men are responsible for the condition of the family. So if you are calling on Biblical precepts, you must also chastise those men who do not provide for or protect their families.

One aspect of domestic violence is financial abuse. Withholding child support subjects the ex-family to possible outside abuses (living in dangerous neighborhoods, poorly kept living quarters, lack of food, medical, etc.)

And Christians are supposed to obey the laws of the land. Therefore, if this article is supposed to be justification for not paying child support, then it is not in line with that understanding of obedience.

“Those that have had anything to do with enacting or enforcing these laws that deprive men of their ability to sustain themselves have sinned grievously, if you accept the Bible as a source of moral authority.” The simple solution then, is for men (most NCPs are men) to pay full child support on time. Then the issue of rescinding driver’s licenses is moot. With all due respect, it is equally true that men who don’t obey the laws and who “deprive [women] of their ability to sustain themselves [and their children] have sinned grievously, if [they] accept the bible as a source of moral authority”.

Another excellent well argued article for those that accept Christian religious principles.

Unfortunately, the very problems that you address would not exist if the political majority followed Christian principles. I suggest that men’s/fathers movement would be totally irrelevant in a righteous Christian society. It is the very loss of moral character of politicians and legal profession that have created our dilemma.

“Is feminism a cure for which there is no disease, or a disease for which there is no cure?” – Richard F. Doyle