The
law against men
By Jeffery Leving and Glenn
Sacks
The
Albuquerque Tribune
17 January 2006
A RINALDO MUST READ
Governor's councilor challenged
The Republican - Springfield,MA,USA
BOSTON - A member of a Greenfield
political family says he
is planning to run for the
Western Massachusetts seat
on the Governor's Council.
Thomas T. Merrigan, a lawyer
and former judge, said he
will challenge the incumbent,
Peter Vickery, of Amherst.
"I'm 100 percent serious
and I will run," Merrigan,
55, said in a phone interview.
Vickery, 38, who is serving
in his first term on the
council, said he welcomed
the challenge as he seeks
re-election. "I think
contested elections are
good," Vickery said.
"It gives us a clear
choice."
RINALDO’S
NOTE: I recently sat
a table with Mr. Merrigan
at an event. Also
met Peter Vickery there,
who also get this newsletter.
The governor’s council approves
judges appointed by the
governor. David Ring,
the person who wrote the
story, is a nice guy. Mr.
Merrigan was a district
court judge. I asked
him about judges that support
shared parenting, and he
said that “I don’t like
litmus test.” Some
have said the position is
a relic, but Massachusetts
is only one of 14 states
that does not elect judges.
Interesting, nationally,
while I hear much on efforts
to change custody laws,
I hear little of backing
pro-shared parenting judges.
In Massachusetts, no fathers’
rights group became meaningfully
involved a governor’s council
race—a BIG mistake in my
estimation since THEY APPROVE
all judges.
Phyllis Schlafly and New
Politics of Family
Human Events – USA
A Rinaldo Must Read
From shame to no blame:
win for fathers living on
the fault line
Sydney Morning Herald -
Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
I cannot take any more,
hanged father told agency
Telegraph.co.uk, United
Kingdom -
16 hours ago
By
Paul Stokes. A father was
found hanging from a tree
after writing to the Child
Support Agency threatening
to kill himself unless his
payments were reduced. ...
A RINALDO MUST READ
Family
Court system needs more judges
Elmira Star-Gazette - Elmira,NY,USA
Divorce is costly, so save,
prepare carefully, experts
say
By Elizabeth Lazarowitz,
Daily News, New York
The Black Family: 40 Years
of Lies
By Kay S. Hymowitz
City
Journal
Winter 2006
Family Who Worked With Nixzmary
Brown's Caseworker Want
Her Fired
NY1
- NY,USA
NOTABLE QUOTE: “A mother
and daughter who had the
same city caseworker as
7-year-old Nixzmary Brown,
who was found dead in her
Brooklyn apartment last
week allegedly at the hands
of her stepfather, had some
strong words about the caseworker
Tuesday. Their case didn't
result in death, but they
say it wasted 10 years of
their lives. NY1’s Sandra
Endo has the exclusive story.”
Court:
State can let beaten girl
die
CNN
– USA
A sister act: 20-year-old
to raise teen after family
tragedy
Boston Herald - United States
Marriage and Caste
By Kay S. Hymowitz
City
Journal
Winter 2006
Commentary: The law against
men
Albuquerque Tribune - Albuquerque,NM,USA
The
Dowd side of feminism
Seattle Times - United States
... "I'm paid to be a
polemicist. I've been congratulating
myself in having revived feminism.".
Though her platform is powerful,
Dowd is tiny in person. ...
My
lunch with an antifeminist
pundit
Salon - USA
A
noisy new ruckus in women's
circles
Seattle Post Intelligencer
- USA
... Most women (and men) don't
have careers -- they have
jobs. The second point is:
Feminism, as I viewed it from
the outside, was about choices.
...
Radical
Feminists Reinterpret Title
IX
Human Events - USA
by Phyllis Schlafly.
ACLU appeals custody order
to protect straight, gay
parents
pride source.com, MI -
Jan 11, 2006
DETROIT - The American Civil
Liberties Union of Michigan
is appealing to the Michigan
Supreme Court on behalf
of a divorced man whose
overnight visitation with
...
Forum discusses challenges
toward gay marriages
SIU
- Daily Egyptian, IL -
Jan 16, 2006
New war on gay families
Southern Voice, GA -
Jan 13, 2006
Books by local authors
Pueblo Chieftain, CO -
Jan 7, 2006
... “Families of Value:
Personal Profiles of Pioneering
Lesbian and Gay Parents,”
by Robert A. Bernstein,
Marlowe & Co., $14.95.
...
Self-Help
Washington Blade, DC -
Jan 13, 2006
... 202-546-8200. GAY FATHERS
COALITION/ Baltimore: Support
group meets, Friday, Jan.
13, 7:30 pm at the GLCCB,
241 W. Chase St., 2nd floor,
Baltimore, Md. ...
Intolerant Views
Derry Journal, Ireland -
Jan 13, 2006
... uniformly reports findings
of no notable differences
between children reared
by heterosexual parents
and those reared by lesbian
and gay parents." This
article ...
Florida lawsuit draws attention
to dilemma of same-sex families
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, GA -
Jan 3, 2006
... families. "The
biological parent has all
the power in the relationship,"
said Lisa Gray, head of
the Orlando Gay Parents
Group.
Man Faces Prison Time For
Owing Child Support
Kansas City Channel.com
- Kansas City,MO,USA
Feminists don't like women
very much
Scripps Howard News Service
- Washington,DC,USA
The politics of stereotypes
Town Hall - Washington,DC,USA
By Suzanne Fields,
a columnist with The Washington
Times
NOTABLE QUOTE: Post-feminism
affects to emphasize "choice"
-- a woman can choose motherhood
or career -- but feminist
rhetoric always tilts toward
women who choose careers
outside the home. Nevertheless,
many thoughtful women, like
Mrs. Alito, continue to
choose to make the family
the priority. Such full-time
motherhood enrages the likes
of Linda Hirshman, who sounds
the alarm in an essay titled
"Homeward Bound"
in American Prospect, a
liberal magazine.
Women,
she argues, must wise up,
to acknowledge that feminism
hasn't gone far enough:
"The family -- with
its repetitious, socially
invisible, physical tasks
-- is a necessary part of
life, but it allows fewer
opportunities for full human
flourishing than public
spheres like the market
or the government."
In her telling of it, home
and family is still the
deadly trap for women, a
trap that Betty Friedan
once called "a comfortable
concentration camp."
County cracking down on
child support
Rice
Lake Chronotype - Rice Lake,WI,USA
Overburdened courts in line
for some relief
Kentucky Post - Covington,KY,USA
... years. Boone Gallatin's
family court judge, Linda
Bramlage, has the fourth
largest caseload in the
state among that type of
jurist. ...
Older
mothers often have more
lucrative professional careers
...
Newstarget.com - Taichung,Taiwan
... Nine years ago, I organized
the first national protest
in the history of the men's
movement, over the movie
"First Wives Club".
...
Bangor won't bend on bus
policy
By
Michelle Pittman, The Express-Times
The
Express Times
18 January 2006
NOTABLE
QUOTE: Bangor Area School
District Superintendent
John Reinhart says he sympathizes
with parents who would like
the flexibility of picking
up their children at different
bus stops, but he cannot
condone the practice.
School board members said
Tuesday they have been approached
several times In the past
by parents with joint custody
of children, asking for
exceptions to the district's
bus pick-up and drop-off
rule.
Child support enforcement
law has limited scope
Pioneer Press - St. Paul,MN,USA
Be a Better Dad
ABC30.com - Fresno,CA,USA
Sam Jones, project director
of the Birmingham Fatherhood
Initiative in Alabama, helps
turn the fathers' failures
into successes. ...
Letterman Case Shows Problems
with Restraining Orders
Men's News Daily - Guerneville,CA,USA
Double-Standard Treatment
for Child Abusers
iFeminists
18 January 2006
By Carey Roberts
A Rinaldo Must Read
NOTABLE
QUOTE: “Each
year the federal Administration
for Children and Families
surveys child protective
service (CPS) agencies around
the country to spot the
latest trends in child abuse.
And according to the National
Child Abuse and Neglect
Data System, women are the
most common abusers of children.
In 2003, females, usually
mothers, represented 58%
of perpetrators of child
abuse and neglect, with
men composing the remaining
cases. In that same year
an estimated 1,500 children
died of abuse or neglect.
In 31% of those cases, the
perpetrator was the mother
acting alone, compared to
18% of fathers acting
alone.”
http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/cb/pubs/cm03/index.htm
Equal Parenting Crusade
Continues
By Steve Fullhart
KBTX
TV
18 January 2006
NEED CHILD SUPPORT?
The
State - Columbia,SC,USA
Here are the answers to
some frequently asked questions
about child support and
how to get it. ... What
is the application process
to obtain child support?
...
Group monitors domestic
violence court
By Eric Collins, Staff Writer
News-Record (Greensbro,
NC)
18 January 2006
Greensboro - A Greensboro-based
watchdog group is trying
to put pressure on Triad
judges to grant temporary
child custody to domestic
violence victims.
FNF: Conservative party
re-affirms its commitment
to shared ...
Politics.co.uk - London,UK
... precautions. Actually,
shared parenting promotes
child safety. ... safety.
‘We welcome the stance of
the Conservative Party on
shared parenting. ...
How superdad lost his mojo
The
Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
A
RINALDO MUST READ
Read
the quotes from Fathers
and Families in this publication!
From shame to no blame:
win for fathers living on
the fault line
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia -
3 hours ago
THERE is no need for single
fathers' groups in Australia
to conduct headline-grabbing
stunts such as those by
Fathers4Justice in Britain.
...
US activists share cause,
but disavow the tactics
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia -
3 hours ago
A year ago a fathers' rights
group in Massachusetts called
Fathers & Families looked
at the methods of the British
organisation Fathers4Justice.
...
Stunts a scary topic for
US group
The
Age, Australia -
4 hours ago
By Mark Coultan, New York.
A year ago, a Massachusetts
fathers' rights organisation
called Fathers & Families
looked at a video of ...
Holy
smoke! The Fathers 4 Justice
film
This is London - London,England,UK
COLUMNISTS
: Getting serious about
visitation
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
(subscription) - Little
Rock,AR,USA
... in some adults and often
leave non-custodial parents
(usually fathers) bereft
and ... have that access
by awarding joint or shared
custody, emotionally distraught
...
More
happy than anxious after
divorce
By Gareth Morgan, Western
Mail
Western Mail
17 January 2006
Something
smells very fishy about
the 'Leo kidnap plot'
Telegraph.co.uk - United
Kingdom
NOTABLE
QUOTE: The more one read,
the clearer it became that
it was not quite what was
advertised in gigantic print
on the tin: "World
Exclusive. Plot to kidnap
Leo Blair. Cops foil Fathers
4 Justice extremists."
We were told that no details
had been disclosed of how
anyone intended to snatch
the child. A security
source" was quoted
as saying: "Fortunately,
we think this has been nipped
in the bud at an early stage.
There have been no arrests,
although inquiries are continuing.
It was good intelligence
work."
Now
hold it right there. If
"Special Branch cops"
really had "smashed"
a genuine plot to do something
as evil as kidnapping the
Prime Minister's son, then
why had they made no arrests?
And what were they doing
blathering about it to the
Sun, when all stories about
the security of the Prime
Minister and his family
are rightly blanketed in
official secrecy?
One
of our allies? Think again.
Notable quote: “Now, I have
no wish to go deeply into
the grievances aired by
F4J. My own instinct is
that, when the courts are
deciding which separated
partner should have custody
of children, the presumption
should remain strongly in
favour of the mother. Mothers,
in my experience, make much
better child-rearers - and
there are often very good
reasons why fathers are
denied access to their young
(as some of the personal
histories of F4J's more
militant activists have
shown.”
RINALDO’S
NOTES: I had the same thoughts
about plot sounding fishy.
How serious could have been
this plan? What evidence
was gathered? What was said?
Who are the suspects?
Didn’t the police have a
motive after being foiled
a number of times by fathers-4-justice?
Did the Sun just want to
sell newspapers? There
are no answers. As for the
quotes about kids are better
off with mom, I believe
this is an honest answer
and what most family court
judges really think, but
will not openly admit. That
is the real bias.
Also, see putative e-mail
regarding the alleged plot.
F4J "Kidnap Plot":
Is The Sun Exposed in Bribery
Scam?
Men's News Daily, CA -
2 hours ago
NOTABLE
QUOTE: "On
Thursday, Martin Matthews,
one of the subjects of the
police investigation said
in a
statement that
a "3rd party"
had offered him "£10,000
from the Sun newspaper"
to accuse Fathers4Justice
leader Matt O'Connor of
masterminding the alleged
kidnapping plan.”
Child support enforcement
law has limited scope
Pioneer Press
19 January 2006
By
Terry Nyblom
County cracking down on
child support
The
Chronotype
Rice Lake Online
20 January 2006
By Eileen Nimm, Chronotype
staff
THE CULTURAL CONTRADICTIONS
OF FEMINISM
Yahoo! News - USA
School board wants new resiedence
ordinance
Maryville Daily Times -
Maryville,TN,USA
... department has responded.
The current ordinance also
does not take into account
divorced couples who have
joint custody. The biggest
...
Divorce devastates personal
wealth
Medical Study News
News-Medical.Net
18 January 2006
Utah
Family Law: Roadblocks to
divorce would only increase
pain
Salt
Lake Tribune - United States
To say that making divorce
decrees more expensive would
preserve families is like
saying that making death
certificates more expensive
would prolong life. ...
Something smells very fishy
about the 'Leo kidnap plot'
Telegraph.co.uk, United
Kingdom -
15 hours ago
By Tom Utley. The late,
great Sir John Junor - editor
for 31 years of the Sunday
Express in much happier
days for that newspaper
...
Angelides mirrors voters'
gay marriage views
Bay
Area Reporter - San Francisco,CA,USA
Today, he is an advocate
for marriage equality and
has repeatedly said he would
sign into law a gay marriage
bill if he were governor.
...
Focus part of group seeking
gay-marriage ban
Colorado Springs Gazette
- Colorado Springs,CO,USA
... The anti-gay marriage
amend- ment may be flanked
on the November ballot by
a referendum that would
authorize samesex couples
to enter domestic partnerships.
...
See all stories on this
topic
Gay marriage foes back ban
Wayland Town Crier - Framingham,MA,USA
Gay marriage foes are backing
a bill to create contracts
granting same-sex couples
limited legal rights like
hospital visitation, part
of a plan by ...
Hidden flaws ignored on
gay marriage edict
Virginian Pilot - Norfolk,VA,USA
It's easy to understand
why the General Assembly
leadership is moving so
quickly to pass a constitutional
amendment banning gay marriage.
...
See all stories on this
topic
Gay Marriage Proposal
KKTV 11 News - Colorado
Springs,CO,USA
The leader of a group seeking
to amend Colorado's constitution
to ban gay marriage says
same sex-couples might still
enjoy some legal protections
should it pass ...
See all stories on this
topic
With a constitutional ban
or not, gay marriage will
remain an ...
Richmond Times Dispatch
- Richmond,VA,USA
A ban on gay marriage seems
sure to pass the second
chamber of the General Assembly
soon -- unless pigs suddenly
fly -- and then head to
the ballot in November.
...
Proposed gay marriage ban
may allow some rights for
gay couples
Summit Daily News - Frisco,CO,USA
DENVER - Same sex-couples
might still enjoy some legal
protections under a proposed
amendment to the state constitution
that bans gay marriage,
the leader of a ...
Gay marriage - - where do
teachers stand?
renewamerica.us - Washington,D.C.,USA
While pundits are debating
whether "Brokeback
Mountain" may herald
acceptance of gay marriage,
many taxpayers and teachers
may be surprised to learn
that ...
Gay Marriage Ban Gains Momentum
In Pennsylvania
365Gay.com - USA
...
a legal status identical
or substantially equivalent
to that of marriage for
unmarried ... the executive
director of the Center for
Lesbian and Gay Civil Rights
in ...
Families Need Fathers:The
struggle for children's
rights goes on
Politics.co.uk - London,UK
... Yesterday we submitted
our reply to the CAFCASS
consultations document 'Every
Day Matters' in which it
is (finally) proposed that
shared parenting should
be ...
CAMPAIGN: 'Grandparents
need rights too'
Peterborough Evening Telegraph
- Peterborough,England,UK
THE fight for grandparents'
rights has been taken to
the House of Commons by
city MP Stewart Jackson...
ALSO, THERE WERE A NUMBER
OF STORIES ABOUT A MAN WHO
FAKED HIS OWN DEATH TO AVOID
CHILD SUPPORT
|
Deadbeat dad who faked
death caught
Chicago Sun-Times, United
States -
Jan 19, 2006
COLUMBIA, SC -- Police
arrested a man accused
of faking his death
more than 25 years
ago to avoid paying
child support. Johnny
Sterling ... |
|
Man Called 'Ultimate
Deadbeat' Sentenced
WLTX.com, SC -
1 hour ago
(Lexington County)
- A man Lexington
County Sheriff James
Metts described as
the 'ultimate deadbeat
dad' had been sentenced
for not paying child
support. ... |
|
Ex-wife wants justice,
money
The State, SC -
9 hours ago
By
LAUREN LEACH. For
more than 20 years,
Gayle Prince was stumped
as to how her ex-husband
got away without paying
thousands in child
support. ... |
|
Faked death | Ex-wife
speaks out
The State, SC -
23 hours ago
Six
months ago, Gayle
Prince learned the
secret that kept her
ex-husband from paying
child support for
more than 20 years.
While ... |
|
Man Fakes Death To
Avoid Paying Child
Support
WTKR Your NewsChannel
3, VA -
Jan 19, 2006
A
South Carolina sheriff
is calling him "the
ultimate deadbeat
dad." Police
say Johnny Martin
faked his own death
25 years ago to avoid
paying child support.
... |
|
Death ruse to avoid
support payments
Edmonton Sun, Canada -
Jan 19, 2006
By
AP. COLUMBIA, South
Carolina -- Police
have arrested a man
accused of faking
his death more than
25 years ago to avoid
paying child support.
... |
|
|
Deadbeat Dad Captured
After Faking Death
North Country Gazette, NY -
Jan 18, 2006
A
Myrtle Beach man who
now owes more than
$30,000 in child support
after faking his death
over 25 years ago
to avoid paying, is
behind bars after
police got a ... |
|
Deadbeat Dad Arrested
After 27 Years
About - News &
Issues, NY -
Jan 18, 2006
A
South Carolina man
who faked his own
death 27 years ago
to get out of paying
child support has
been arrested and
now faces more than
$30,000 in back child
... |
|
MAN WHO FAKED DEATH
FOUND
KPVI-TV, ID -
Jan 18, 2006
COLUMBIA, SC (AP)
-- A South Carolina
sheriff is calling
him "the ultimate
deadbeat dad".
Police say Johnny
Martin faked his own
... |
|
Lexington County man
thought dead is arrested
The State, SC -
Jan 18, 2006
A
man who is accused
of faking his own
death in 1979 to avoid
paying child support
for two children in
Lexington County has
been arrested in Myrtle
Beach. ... |
|
Man Said to Fake Death,
Keep Child Support
ABC News -
Jan 18, 2006
This
is an undated photo
provided by the Lexington
County Sheriff's Department
shows Johnny Sterling
Martin, 58, of Myrtle
Beach, SC Martin,
who police said ...
|
|
Police: Man faked
death to avoid child
support
Charlotte Observer, NC -
Jan 19, 2006
COLUMBIA - An SC man
who police said faked
his death to avoid
paying child support
more than 25 years
ago has been arrested,
the Lexington County
sheriff's ... |
|
SC man accused of
faking his death
The State, SC -
Jan 19, 2006
By
LAUREN LEACH. When
Johnny Sterling Martin
took a few swigs of
Wild Turkey 101, he
would brag about not
paying child support,
his fourth wife said.
... |
|
Police: Death faked
to avoid child support
Knoxville News Sentinel
(subscription), TN -
Jan 18, 2006
By
Associated Press.
COLUMBIA, SC - Police
arrested a man accused
of faking his death
more than 25 years
ago to avoid paying
child support. ...
|
|
Sheriff: Man Was "Ultimate
Deadbeat Dad"
First Coast News, FL -
Jan 18, 2006
By
WLTX. LEXINGTON COUNTY,
SC -- Lexington County
deputies have arrested
a man they say faked
his own death nearly
28 years ago to ...
|
|
Man said to fake death,
keep child support
News & Observer, NC -
Jan 18, 2006
By
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
COLUMBIA, SC (AP)
- Police arrested
a man accused of faking
his death more than
25 years ago to avoid
paying child support.
... |
Shared
parenting is best for children
of divorce
A
Rinaldo Must Read
Albany
Times Union
19 January 2006
Letter to the Editor
Concerning the story "A
matter of equity for women
in family law" in the
Times Union on Jan. 5, I'm
glad the reporter gave the
perspective of the opposing
side of shared parenting.
That there are more than
900,000 non-custodial parents
in New York state, as reported
by the U.S. Census Bureau,
the information from the
Protective Parents Association
of the Northeast should
raise a few eyebrows.
For the record, according
to the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Service
Administration for Children
and Families Office's report
on 2003 perpetrators of
maltreatment, more than
80 percent (83.9 percent)
of victims (children) were
abused by at least one parent.
Approximately two-fifths
(40.8 percent) of child
victims were maltreated
by their mothers acting
alone; another 18.8 percent
were maltreated by their
fathers acting alone; 16.9
percent were abused by both
parents. Victims abused
by non-parental perpetrators
accounted for 13.4 percent
of the total.
More information is available
for those who are interested
in reading the truth. Visit
the Web site
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/pubs/cm03/chapterthree.htm#perps
I work in downtown Albany
and decided to walk up to
the Capitol to see the demonstration
on Jan. 6. I counted 13
people and one toddler.
When the group that I belong
to did a candlelight vigil
on the Capitol steps in
September more than 25 people
showed and spoke at that
event but yet no one from
the media showed. Why, may
I ask?
When it comes down to the
solution for children, it's
better to have both parents
in children's lives. Shared
parenting can work if we
give it a chance.
John Joel
Albany County Coordinator
Coalition of Fathers and
Families of New York
Albany
jjoel518@verizon.net
ITEM
2: DAN HOGAN NEW PRESIDENT
OF FATHERS AND FAMILIES!
From
Ned Holstein,
Important Announcement from
Ned
Meeting January 26 in West
Newton
Fathers & Families received
an unprecedented outpouring
of gifts from our contributors
at the close of 2005, allowing
me to announce some positive
steps forward.
With the approval of the
Board of Directors, I have
asked Dan Hogan, who is
now our Managing Director,
to take over as President
of Fathers & Families.
I will continue as a member
of the Board of Directors,
and my dedication to Fathers
& Families will remain
intense. I have no intention
of abandoning the battle,
but will now be able to
channel my time and effort
to where it will be most
useful. I will have more
time for writing, speaking,
outreach to other organizations,
lobbying, and fundraising.
I feel deeply fortunate
to have a successor of Dan’s
outstanding ability. Dan
holds both a law degree
and a doctorate in psychology
from Harvard. He served
on the Harvard faculty for
many years. He has significant
experience consulting to
nonprofits and has served
on many nonprofit boards.
Dan is a divorced father
with three adult children.
He has worked days, nights
and weekends for Fathers
& Families for over
two years. He is a talented
organizer and has a warm
human touch. He is an outstanding
fundraiser. I could not
ask for a better successor.
Dan 's effectiveness will
be enhanced because we are
in the process of hiring
a fulltime Administrator
to relieve him of much of
the administrative burden
of running this growing
organization. This in turn
is possible only because
of your generous outpouring
of gifts to F&F at the
close of 2005.
I will attend our next General
Membership Meeting, January
26th in West Newton (see
directions below). The topic
will be “2006 – Where Do
We Go From Here?” I hope
you will attend, so I will
have the chance to personally
thank each of you who has
made my tenure as President
so satisfying I also hope
you will attend as a demonstration
of support for Dan, as he
takes over a tough job.
I know we will have even
a better year in 2006!
Sincerely,
Ned Holstein, M.D., M.S.
ITEM 3: An e-mail from the
Fathes-4-Justice bloke who
was alleged to have plotted
to kidnap the Prime Minister’s
child, Leo Blair.
THIS
IS AN E-MAIL I RECEIVED
FROM THE MANUMIT YAHOO GROUP.
I
can NOT, NOT, NOT verify
its authenticity, but it
appears it might be reliable.
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Was that you Ed, at the
meeting?
This would explain the threat
to shoot to kill (for which
you, and others, should
lodge a formal complaint)
and the lack of arrests.
Interesting that it only
comes to light as private
debt collectors are announced
for 'child support'.
Looks like it was used as
a justifier for harsher
action against separated
fathers.
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Official
Statement From Alleged Blair
Kidnap Plotter
Thursday 19 January 2006
In any civil rights movement
there will be good times
and bad. In any large gathering
of people there will be
positive relationships and
negative. Our equal child
custody movement is no different.
Most of us who report on
these people we consider
friends try to focus on
the positive aspects, the
positive advances we've
made. I know I have avoided
reporting things I felt
would have a negative impact
on our image. Those incidents
do not reflect the love
and devotion for their children
of the parents we represent.
They are a very small part
of a large, and constantly
growing, civil and human
rights movement.
Matt O'Connor has stated
he expelled 30 extremists
last year. It just so happens
that he said this was done
at the same time that 30
members of Fathers4Justice
walked out over poor management
and started the Real F4J.
Since that time both groups
have gone on to do demonstrations
in support of equal child
custody.
There are Fathers4Justice
organizations in several
countries. A couple of them
are O'Connor's sanctioned
groups. The rest are run
by individuals who refuse
to be under his management.
Without going into too much
detail, I'll just say that
for the last 3 years I have
witnessed much frustration,
disappointment and anger
over O'Connor's management
skills.
I'm pretty sure we'll be
hearing from more ex-members
now that O'Connor has officially
pulled the plug. For now
I offer you the official
statement by the alleged
kidnap plotter:
I, Martin Matthews, would
like to make a few things
clear about the Sun newspaper
article about kidnapping
Leo Blair.
1. At no time did anyone
ever suggest anything of
the sort.
2. The following people
were present, Artur 07833930788
a 58-year-old father who
is `T Total,' Dyian, A
photography teacher who
also did not drink as he
later went to work 0760483250,
Gary 077064619381, Jolly,
Graham, Eddie, and two women.
3. After speaking with the
Daily Mail, Sun and Daily
Mirror, I feel it necessary
to point the following:-
On the 18th of December
2005, I was feeling unwell
and only had two glasses
of Coke in the pub. I do
not have the slightest idea
from where these roomers
of a kidnapping came from.
I have noted in the tabloids
that Jolly Sainsbury and
Graham Manson are quoted
as saying, that I may have
suggested this as a joke.
However, after speaking
with Jolly and Graham it
must be made clear that
they have been misquoted.
4. I found yesterday exhausting,
as I had made it clear to
the tabloids exactly what
the position was. However,
I find that in today's papers
have reported that a conversation
had taken place with fact
or evidence to support this.
5. Late last night and early
this morning I was approached
by a 3rd party offering
me £10,000 from the Sun
Newspaper to lie and admit
that the kidnapping plot
was a Matt O'Conner idea
and that he had asked me
to look into it for the
group.
6. I would like to thank
Matt O'Conner for everything
he has done for us and suggest
that he should be included
in the next honours list.
7. I did meet with Police
Officers in Epsom on the
27th of December 2005. However,
I find it particularly strange
that if I did in fact suggest
or take part in any kidnap
plot on the 18th last, the
police have not ever questioned
me about this. In fact when
I telephoned the Police
Officer who spoke to me
on the 27th last, about
the Sun Newspaper article,
and asked him directly who
was involved he could not
give me any information.
8. I am of the opinion that
the entire saga is a complete
fabrication by someone in
power and ask most loudly
that proof or evidence should
be made available for public
scrutiny.
9. As I am not a politician
and have no experience with
such matters all I can say
is the only Party to benefit
from this saga would be
the Labour Party, by taking
the heat of Ruth Kelly and
off the front page of the
newspapers.
Regards,
Martin Matthews 07944642688
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At 09:43 PM 17/01/2006 Ed
wrote:
I had the "SO 13"
(terrorist mob) at my door
last week telling me if
I get
up and perform in public
again, I will be shot!
Sikko bastards.
Good luck ozy blokes, may
the force be with you!
All The Best
EDWARD
Please visit www.eddiegoldtooth.co.uk
The only way is up Baby!!!
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