please redistribute
Dear All,
I am sending this to all of you to ask that you pay it some serious
attention, and get your writing hands active on the unfolding events in the
UK, demonstrations, top national news stories and concrete policy proposals
from mainstream political parties specifically in favour of equal parental
rights - for the first time ever. Please use me as a source to point you to
relevant articles and facts, if you wish.
Given the parlous state of family law in the UK today, this breaking news is
historic. Where it leads is partly down to us. There is a very clear demand
for family rights, equal rights to both parents, being articulated by
Michael Howard, as the result of direct action from Fathers-4-Justice - and
our arguments - used by F4J.
Please could you cc any articles to me and I will post them on the
euro-dads@yahoogroups.com forum, which you are also welcome to join and post
directly to, or view at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/euro-dads/ (open
access). The Fathers-4-Justice main sites do not appear to have been updated
for some weeks now.
Two useful urls for today's breaking news:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Politics/homeaffairs/story/0,11026,1258816,00.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3883927.stm
Read critical analysis of these articles on Euro-dads&mums - and give your
own.
Matt O'Connor has been on the main BBC "opinion formers" news bulletin, at
1pm BST today, after participating in the assault on the assembled Synod in
York Minster yesterday. He got the message absolutely right this time, and
it is a demand for equal rights in law.
I was unable to attend the Tory family summit in progress today as I write,
although invited. It is difficult to judge exactly how far their policy
proposals will reach, what is certain is that extraparliamentary pressure
must be maintained, irrespective - it is apparently the only thing that
works in this country on such issues. The most burning issue, soon, will be
that of children and parents already estranged from each other, due to
previous human rights violations by the court system, under both Tory and
Labour governments.
Julian Fitzgerald
Leeds, UK
-----Original Message-----
From: Roger F. Gay [mailto:rogerfgay@yahoo.com]
Sent: 12 July 2004 13:04
MND NEWSWIRE
Tories Back Fathers' Rights
July 12, 2004
British Tory leader Michael Howard is to call for a
change in the law which would give parents equal
access to their children when relationships break
down, according to the BBC. At a summit on custody
battles today, Howard is expected to say that "the
best parent is both parents," a familiar phrase coined
as the title of a book by <a
href="http://www.gocrc.org/">Children's Rights
Council</a> President David Levy.
<clip>
--------------------
Equality is not a difficult concept
|
Previous
Index
Next
Threaded
Edit
Reply
Quote
