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-----Original Message-----
From: Jackel, Lindsay <LJackel@vconnhse.telstra.com.au>
To: Fathers' Manifesto <manifesto@christianparty.net>
Date: Tuesday, December 09, 1997 1:59 PM
Subject: NOW Resolutions behind HCON 182
>John,
>
>Here's the misandrist NOW resolutions behind the USA HCON 182
Bill.
>
>(Mr) Lindsay Jackel
>
Dear Lindsay,
We will publish the name of every Congressman who votes for this trash
at
hcon182 .
They already know from the vote on Proposition 209 that the country
is fed
up with feminism, and that it is just a matter of time before those
who
voted for socially desctructive legislation like this will be properly
dealt
with.
Sincerely,
John
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>
>FAIRNESS IN COURTS DEALING WITH FAMILY MATTERS
>
>WHEREAS, an estimated 40% to 50% of men who frequently abuse their
>spouses also seriously abuse their children (Finkelhor, 1990; Gondolf
>and Fisher, 1991; Walker and Wolovick, 1994); and
>
>WHEREAS, nearly three-fourths of all spousal assaults nationwide involve
>separated or divorced victims (House Hearing, Violence and the Law,
>1987); and
>
>WHEREAS, abusive fathers often ask for custody in order to gain control
>in divorce cases (American Psychological Association Study on Family
>Violence, 1996); and
>
>WHEREAS, women seeking relief from domestic violence through divorce
are
>often required to give primary or joint custody of their children
to the
>abuser due to gender bias in the courts (Minnesota Supreme Court Justice
>Rosalie E. Wahl, 1993);
>
>THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that state and local National Organization
for
>Women (NOW) chapters are encouraged to take steps to make the justice
>system and the public aware of this trend by working with existing
>women's shelters and court advocates to establish court watches,
>document cases of court gender bias, document cases of abusers gaining
>custody and issue press releases;
>
>BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that state and local NOW chapters be encouraged
>to take steps to change the justice system, protect women and children
>from domestic violence by calling for review of suspect judges, work
to
>recall or defeat judges that do not treat domestic violence as a serious
>issue, and lobby for laws that require courts to take domestic violence
>into account when determining custody.
>
>
>NOW ACTION ALERT ON "FATHERS' RIGHTS"
>
>WHEREAS organizations advocating "fathers' rights," whose members
>consist of non-custodial parents, their attorneys and their allies,
are
>a growing force in our country; and
>
>WHEREAS the objectives of these groups are to increase restrictions
and
>limits on custodial parents' rights and to decrease child support
>obligations of non-custodial parents by using the abuse of power in
>order to control in the same fashion as do batterers; and
>
>WHEREAS these groups are fulfilling their objectives by forming
>political alliances with conservative Republican legislators and others
>and by working for the adoption of legislation such as presumption
of
>joint custody, penalties for "false reporting" of domestic and child
>abuse and mediation instead of court hearings; and
>
>WHEREAS the success of these groups will be harmful to all women but
>especially harmful to battered and abused women and children; and
>
>WHEREAS the efforts of well-financed "fathers' rights" groups are
>expanding from a few states into many more, sharing research and tactics
>state by state; and
>
>WHEREAS many judges and attorneys are still biased against women and
>fathers are awarded custody 70% of the time when they seek it per
the
>Association of Child Enforcement Support (ACES);
>
>THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the National Organization for Women
(NOW)
>begin a national alert to inform members about these "fathers' rights"
>groups and their objectives through articles in the National Now Times
>(NNT); and
>
>BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, as a part of this alert, NOW establish
a
>clearinghouse for related information by sharing with NOW state and
>local Chapters the available means to challenge such groups, including
>the current research on custody and support, sample legislation, expert
>witnesses, and work done by NOW and other groups in states where
>"fathers' rights" groups have been active; and
>
>BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that NOW encourage state and local Chapters
to
>conduct and coordinate divorce/custody court watch projects to
>facilitate removal of biased judges; and
>
>BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that NOW report to the 1997 National Conference
>on the status and result of this national alert whereupon its
>continuation or expansion will be considered.
>
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