Topic: Constitutional Issues
Statistics from the War on Children To maintain good emotional health, children need the love, guidance and companionship of both of their biological parents. Yet, throughout America, state laws and family court rulings are designed to disenfranchise fathers - stripping them of their God-given rights to be parents and reducing them to mere "visitors".by Jake Morphonios
(Conservative Libertarian)
Friday, March 14, 2008
One of the most widespread yet underreported abuses of the government of the United States of America is its relentless, for-profit War Against Children.
To maintain good emotional health, children need the love, guidance and companionship of both of their biological parents. Yet, throughout America, state laws and family court rulings are designed to disenfranchise fathers - stripping them of their God-given rights to be parents and reducing them to mere "visitors".
Federal and state governments are complicit in this war on kids due, in part, to their Title-IVD child support revenue schemes. The divorce industry fuels rancor between divorcing parents. These collective efforts to remove fathers from the lives of their children have had devastating results.
Children from fatherless homes account for:
63% of youth suicides (US Dept. of Health & Human Services, Bureau of the Census)
70% of juveniles in state-operated institutions (US Dept. of Justice, Special Report, September 1998)
85% of all children with behavioral disorders (Center for Disease Control
71% of all high school dropouts (National Principals Association report on "State of High Schools")
Additional statistics and empirical evidences universally confirm that children forcibly deprived of the companionship and guidance of their fathers are considerably more likely to suffer anxiety and depression, develop drug addiction, engage in risky sexual activity, break the law and commit suicide.
In June of 2001, President George W. Bush said:
"Fatherlessness has emerged as one of our greatest social problems. We know that children who grow up with absent fathers can suffer lasting damage. They are more likely to end up in poverty or drop out of school, become addicted to drugs, have a child out of wedlock, or end up in prison."
His predecessor, President Bill Clinton, said in October of 1995:
"The single biggest social problem in our society may be the growing absence of fathers from their children's homes because it contributes to so many other social problems. Without a father to help guide, without a father to care, without a father to teach boys to be men and to teach girls to expect respect from men, it's harder."
While these (and most other) politicians are aware of this plight, they do little to correct it. "Save the children" makes for a reliable campaign speech, but substantive action rarely follows the rhetoric. Children need both parents, but they cannot walk into a voting booth and hold accountable those politicians or judges that are taking away their ability to maintain relationships with both mom and dad following a divorce.
We owe it to them to demand better from our government and family courts. We owe it to them to demand legislation that establishes equal custody and shared parenting as the standard custody arrangement following divorce. There will be exceptions, such as when parents live far apart, but such exceptions are accounted for in a "rebuttable presumption of equal custody".
Children Deserve BOTH Parents.
To read post cards from children suffering from the devastating effects of divorce and the loss of the companionship of both loving parents, visit: Post Cards from Splitsville.
To find out what you can do to contribute to the fight for children's rights, please contact: jake.morphonios@nc.f4j.us or visit Fathers 4 Justice.
Jake Morphonios is a civil rights advocate and North Carolina State Coordinator for Fathers 4 Justice - US. The political opinions of Mr. Morphonios do not represent those of Fathers 4 Justice. Neither Mr. Morphonios nor F4J-US provide legal advice or assistance with individual cases.
Fathers seeking support or information, or other parties interested in becoming involved in the father's rights movement may contact Mr. Morphonios at: jake.morphonios@nc.f4j.us
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Thank you for your continued attention on the family rights issue. Children are not only being disenfranchised from their fathers but from their whole family and extended family at the swipe of a Judge's pen. It's criminal!
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