MND Roundtable Discussion on
Fathers' Rights and the Marriage Movement

A four round discussion between experts and advocates;
September 29, October 2, October 6, and October 9.

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Introduction to the MND Roundtable on Fathers' Rights and the Marriage Movement

For its first roundtable, MND invited four well-qualified people to discuss Fathers' Rights and the Marriage Movement. In round 1, participants introduced their own positions in various ways. In round 2, they had the opportunity to challenge others in the discussion. Round 3 offered the opportunity to defend their positions against those challenges. Round 4 is the final round.

Roger F. Gay is well known for his research on and critisism of child support guidelines and child support policy as well as his reporting, analysis, and commentary at Men's News Daily. He contributed expert testimony in a federal case on child support guidelines, has submitted testimony to Congress on child support numerous times over the past decade, and has advised child support guideline review committee members in several states.

Rebecca O'Neill, family policy researcher with the independent think-tank Civitas: The Institute for the Study of Civil Society in London has analyzed 30 years of data on changing trends in family life, concluding that the traditional family is best. [1][2][3] Civitas' suggestion that the UK government should do more to encourage people to live in traditional family units drew national attention.

Stephen Baskerville is a professor in the Political Science Department at Howard University and a well known fathers' rights advocate. He organized the first national conferences on fatherhood held in the United States. His articles related to fatherhood have appeared in newspapers, magazines, and journals in several countries. He gives a weekly radio address in Washington D.C. and has appeared on such programs as The O'Reilly Factor.

Tom Sylvester is an affiliate scholar at the Institute for American Values and co-editor of Father Facts, 4th Edition, published by the National Fatherhood Initiative, a government sponsored activity that is not connected to the grass-roots fathers' rights movement. He is also a regular commenter at MarriageMovement.org.