Top judge says mothers should have children taken away if they don’t let fathers see them … Full Story

By Eleanor Harding Mail
3rd January 2012

A senior High Court judge has hit out at couples who ditch each other instead of trying to make their relationships work – condemning their children to the trauma of an unstable home.
Sir Paul Coleridge has launched a campaign to promote marriage and reverse the ‘appalling’ impact of family breakdown in the face of soaring divorce rates.
The judge, who has previously bemoaned divorce as easier than getting a driving licence, said the millions of children currently being fought over in the family courts were a ‘complete scandal’.
And in a controversial move for a serving judge, he is setting up a foundation to promote marriage as figures show that divorce is on the rise.
It comes on the day lawyers say is traditionally the busiest for divorce petitions.
Due to tension in families over the Christmas period, January sees the number of enquiries double – with the first working day of the year being the busiest.
Sir Paul condemned what he called couples’ ‘recycling’ attitudes in ending relationships when they have children to think of.
He told The Times: ‘My message is mend it — don’t end it. Over 40 years of working in the family justice system, I have seen the fall-out of these broken relationships.
‘There are an estimated 3.8million children currently caught up in the family justice system. I personally think that’s a complete scandal.’
Sir Paul, 62, who is married with three children and three grandchildren, also said marriage is better for children than cohabitation and advocated it as the ‘gold standard’.
He added: ‘You are four times more likely to break up before your child is five years old if you are not married.’ DAVID CAMERON Britain’s Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg
Debate: Prime Minister David Cameron, left, has advocated tax breaks for married couples but this is opposed by his deputy, Nick Clegg
His comments will give cheer to those alarmed by the rise in marriage breakdowns in recent years.
But critics have questioned whether it is right for a judge in his position to take sides on the matter.
Anastasia de Waal, director of family and education at think-tank Civitas, said: ‘It is very important where you’ve got a judge who is making decisions about families that they are not clouded by a particular view but are looking at what is going to serve the family.’
Sir Paul spent three decades as a family barrister before 2000, when he became a High Court judge. Governments cannot legislate stronger relationships into existence. Ultimately, more and stronger marriages will result from individual choices, behaviour and culture. We will seek to influence those choices. – SIR PAUL COLERIDGE
Earlier this year he criticised the divorce system for reducing the breakdown of marriage to a basic form-filling exercise.
His Marriage Foundation has been backed by top names in the judiciary and legal profession, including Baroness Butler-Sloss, the former President of the Family Division.
It is also supported by Baroness Deech, a leading family academic and currently chairman of the Bar Standards Board and Baroness Shackleton, a leading family lawyer whose divorce clients have included the Prince of Wales and Sir Paul McCartney.
He also anticipates other judges to get on board, as well as some family solicitors and barristers.
Annual funding of £150,000 has been raised for the foundation, which would commission research, hold conferences, produce publications and lobby for ‘family-friendly’ policies.
Recent figures from the Office for National Statistics show that last year England and Wales saw 119,589 divorces — up by 4.9 per cent on the previous year.
Tax breaks have been promised for married couples by the Prime Minister – although this is opposed by his deputy Nick Clegg.
But Sir Paul said: ‘Governments cannot legislate stronger relationships into existence. Ultimately, more and stronger marriages will result from individual choices, behaviour and culture. We will seek to influence those choices.’

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A VOICE FOR MEN

December 27th, 2011 by Glenn Sacks, MA, Executive Director

Posted in Fathers and Families Advocacy Group

Australian Government in conjunction with Family Court Judiciary deliberately delivering child abuse, Bigotry and fraud.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Story-Bridge-Protest/243252119074360

We need to focus on the next elections and when LNP get power.

What we need is equal rights, how do we negotiate with LNP to get new Family law reforms our Kids need.

Like Brazil now has anti Alienation Law, we need to ask LNP for the same.

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Family and friends are here to offer moral support to Nathan as he appears in the Brisbane Magistrates court for scaling and demonstrating from the Story Bridge.

The sheer desperation he must have been dealing with given is continued lack of access and visitation with his son.

Australian fathers deserve strong leadership and support from government and desire fair and reasonable outcomes in Australian courts as a basic human right ratified by the Australian people.

To highlight the daily issues Australian fathers have with child access.

We actively supports all parents having child access issues and request any parent in the country dealing with custody and child access issues including those making payments through the child support agency to contact us.

ALIENATION is CHILD ABUSE

 We have been ignored by the Government and the Regent Governor General.

AUSTRALIA’S CORRUPT COURTS HATE CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN AND THEIR FATHERS

 We are asking for a Royal Commission to investigate the plight of Children and
fathers faced with ALENATION and CHILD ABUSE at the hands of CORRUPT MANIACLE VEXATIOUS and ABUSIVE JUDICIARY.

THE RISE AND FALL WOMEN AGAINST MEN EQUALITY ONLY EQUALITY ALWAYS

We are now open to submissions for a joint written appeal to the Their Royal
Highnesses the Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall and Princes
William and Harry Clarence House, London, SW1A 1BA.

Join us add your thoughts and voice here

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Child abuse needs to be tackled on all fronts to prvent it, we want to prevent it, we need to prevent it, we  need to provide a community which refuses to condone violence against its most vulnerable  members, OUR CHILDREN.

The London School of Economics is facing legal action after a former student claimed its gender studies course was sexist – against men.

Tom Martin, who quit the university after six weeks, claims in papers lodged at the Central London county court  that lecturers ignored male issues.

He is claiming some £50,000 citing breach of contract, misleading advertising, misrepresentation, and breach of the Gender Equality Duty Act.

The 39-year-old, who attended the university last year to take up a Gender, Media and Culture Masters degree, said there was “systemic anti-male discrimination”. But he said an internal investigation carried out by the university in the wake of his complaints found “no evidence” of bias.

Mr Martin, who is representing himself, said: “The core texts we had to read before each class were typically packed with anti-male discrimination and bias – heavily focusing on, exaggerating, and falsifying women’s issues perspectives, whilst blaming men, to justify ignoring men’s issues. There was no warning of this sexist agenda in the prospectus.”

He added: “They simply refuse to acknowledge the research which contradicts the ‘women good/men bad’, or the ‘women victims/men perpetrators’ storyline.

“Science does not come into it at LSE’s Gender Institute. Like a religion, the curriculum simply insists, by repetition, attempting to drum the anti-male agenda into the students.”

The university’s legal team has asked for the case to be struck out, claiming the core texts were not compulsory, merely recommended readings, and that the texts were equally available for both men and women to read, so therefore did not directly discriminate against men. The team also argues that “any discriminatory effect [against men] was plainly justifiable”.

A protester called Nathan has climbed the Story Bridge, causing police to close three lanes of traffic.

Nathan explains that his protest is against the Family Law Courts.

“The Family Law Courts of Australia and the Federal magistrates court department of child Services are an absolute disgrace. They cause more harm and more abuse than anything else.”

Nathan says he hasn’t seen his son for months.

Ash, Camilla & Luttsy with stand-in Dan spoke directly to the protester harnessed to the top of the Story Bridge at 6:30am.

Nathan is right and needs support … let us know if you know Nathan … Show some support leave a comment for Nathan

You are not alone;

please don’t hesitate to ask for support www.fathersunionaustralia.com

On 10th July 2011, on the 10th anniversary of Fathers 4 Justice, the founding father of F4J, 44-year-old father-of-three, Matt O’Connor, began a seven-day fast for equal parenting rights on behalf of fathers and grandparentsoutside the Oxfordshire home of Prime Minister David Cameron. This small personal protest, called ‘Hunger4Justice’, was the antithesis of previous F4J protests. It was ignited by comments Mr Cameron made on Fathers Day in which he labelled all dads as ‘runaways’. But it also underlined the seriousness and maturity of a new campaign resolutely determined to hold the Prime Minister to pre-election promises made to F4J in 2010 by the Conservative Party. On the 15th July the Prime Minister wrote to Mr O’Connor giving assurances ref the Conservative Party’s position on family law reform In Mr O’Connor’s response to the Prime Minister on 1st August 2011, he said, ‘Whilst I applaud much of the underlying sentiment contained in your letter, it falls depressingly short in dealing with the issues I raised in my letter, not least the breaches of your party’s pre-election promises made to Fathers 4 Justice.’ ‘I welcome your acknowledgement that ‘some’ fathers are prevented from seeing and raising their children and that this is wrong. I also agree that the minority of fathers who walk away from their responsibilities should be condemned as I would have hope you would also condemn those mothers who deny their children a right to see their fathers.’

Free Australia from the family court bigots and tyrants … Geldof’s most recent high-profile crusade is to highlight the anti-father prejudice of the family courts. When he and Paula Yates originally split he lost custody of the children, and even though he fought successfully (at great expense) to get them back, his shock and disgust with the system rages on. Geldof has written about his experiences and views extensively in a 30-page report entitled: ‘The Real Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name’. A Sometimes Coherent Rant, recently abridged for a national newspaper.  Love him or hate him, agree or disagree, no one could deny that Geldof is good at getting results. Whatever cause he happens to be fighting for, he is the world’s most effective troublemaker. You can read more here…

You can watch Bob’s message in the following video’s.

ROLE MODEL: Robin Williams’ strong character in Dead Poets Society is too hard an act to follow for many dads.  Source: The Sunday Mail (Qld)

CALLING all good men. We need you. The role of fathers is often undersold in a culture where women, despite trends towards stay-at-home dads and go-to-work mums, are still the primary caregivers.

It’s women who are generally expected to nurture, to listen, to comfort and, increasingly, to discipline because men who grew up in homes where punishment was meted out by a belt can be unsure how to teach kids a lesson any other way.

As women become more independent and self-sufficient, the danger is that men are left wondering how they fit into the equation.

Far from being redundant, however, good men have never been more important, particularly in the lives of boys.

Single mothers of sons may not like to hear this, but the most important parent is the same-sex parent, says adolescent psychologist Dr Michael Carr-Gregg.

This doesn’t mean dads don’t influence their daughters (a girl’s relationship with her father sets the tone for interactions with other males) but that boys instinctively imitate their dads.

This is wonderfully reassuring when dad is around and is warm, attentive, stable and responsible.

If not, hold on. You could be in for a bumpy ride.

Researchers at Columbia University have found that children in two-parent households with a poor relationship with their father are 68 per cent more likely to smoke, drink or use drugs compared to all teens in two-parent households.

Teens in single-mother households fared worse; they had a 30 per cent higher risk than those in all two-parent households.

And it is worse for boys.

Young Australian males from broken homes are more likely to commit crimes and go on to become serious offenders than females (though girls are closing the gap).

Boys are crying out for strong role models, and when dad is absent (or loosely present), boys struggle harder to work out what being a man is all about. Enter grandfathers, uncles, teachers, coaches, youth group leaders and other mentors who can be trusted.

Consider the pivotal role of Robin Williams’ characters in the 1989 film Dead Poets Society and 1997’s Good Will Hunting in improving the self-esteem, prospects and happiness of boys.

It’s sobering to learn, from Raising Boys author Steve Biddulph, that 30 per cent of Australian men don’t speak to their father; 30 per cent have a hostile relationship; 30 per cent go through the motions of being a good son (hello, Father’s Day); and only 10 per cent are friends with their dad and see him as a source of emotional support.

The only way is up.

Governments and communities must invest more time and resources in helping men parent more effectively and to relate better to boys in their charge.

Women must encourage and enable the good men in their lives to shine, be they adults or children.

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langk@qnp.newsltd.com.au

The Family law changes / de-reforms are only to legalise the corruption that is rife in the courts now today and for past decades, If Gillard and the women’s power group get their Family law passed I see devastation for kids and dads.

The obvious and overwhelming for many men, discrimination and abuse in and around the court WITH NO ACCOUNTABILITY and NO GOVERNING COMMISSION, proves the Australian courts have failed. The Australian family courts have failed to uphold the Australian laws failed their primary mandate to deliver in the interest of children, and it has deliberately failed, acting out of feminist policies and not acting on Australian law, the courts now are a failure, a farce and a fraud.

When feminist women’s power groups are “unwilling to accept or permit the possibility of a true relationship of fundamental equality to exist” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War) this is the case in the Australian courts today and has been this way for decades, we are at war with the feminists, not of our choosing.

The rule of law fails when the courts fail and the government fails to deliver equality and justice to the common people again we are at war not of our choosing, but a war thrust on us by the courts and the Australian government administration failures.

“The attempt to establish or maintain domination and to avoid equality is a precipitating
 factor in all wars, i.e., one group wishing to dominate another. Attempts at domination are also often the primary precipitating factor in individual one-on-one violence outside of the context of war, i.e., one individual attempting to dominate another. ” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War)

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