e are a non-gendered group. Moms, Dads, Grandparents and extended family members are all part of this group.
We will not and have not advocated for "mom's or a dad's rights" or a "child's rights" or a "grandparent's rights". We are a civil rights group period.
We do point out the blantant and sometimes cruel realities - such as 94% of all custodial parents are mothers and females make up 52% of all calls into the domestic violence hotlines.
My suggestion is that you find one thread and follow it, read what has been going on. We do a lot of letter writing and lobbing in Albany and in our own assembly districts.
The whole meaning behind this group is to change the across the US concerning our parent/child relationships.
There are several bills sitting in our Assembly and Senate that will just blow you away. Like the one that they want every child before the age of 5 to be tested for mental disabilities-of course sponsored by the drug companies.
On Sept. 17, 2004 a Federal Class Action suit was filed on behalf of all non-custodial parents. It was dismissed by Elliot Spitzer because he said it was frivolous.
Imagine that, your right to parent your child is frivolous.
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"If you tell a lie long enough and repeat it over and over again, it will then be perceived as truth."
"The state must declare the child to be the most precious treasure of the people. As long as the government is perceived as working for the benefit of the children, the people will happily endure almost any curtailment of liberty and almost any deprivation." Adolf Hitler
Not on my watch.
Debby