Thank God.
It is about time that people realized that ther should be equalｌ
rights for both women　ａｎｄ　ＭＥＮ！！！

-- In us-capf@yahoogroups.com, "Joseph Lowry" <josephalowry@...>
wrote:
>
> 110th CONGRESS
>
> 1st Session
>
> H. CON. RES. 241
> Expressing the support for the enacting of joint custody laws for
fit
> parents, so that more children are raised with the benefits of
having
> a father and a mother in their lives.
>
>
> IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
>
> October 25, 2007
> Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland (for himself and Mr. ABERCROMBIE)
submitted
> the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the
> Committee on the Judiciary
>
>
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>
>
> CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
> Expressing the support for the enacting of joint custody laws for
fit
> parents, so that more children are raised with the benefits of
having
> a father and a mother in their lives.
>
> Whereas, in approximately 84 percent of the cases where a parent
is
> absent, that parent is the father;
>
> Whereas if current trends continue, half of all children born
today
> will live apart from one of their parents, usually their father,
at
> some point before they turn 18 years old;
>
> Whereas when families (whether intact or with a parent absent) are
> living in poverty, a significant factor is the father's lack of
job
> skills;
>
> Whereas committed and responsible fathering during infancy and
early
> childhood contributes to the development of emotional security,
> curiosity, and math and verbal skills;
>
> Whereas an estimated 19,400,000 children (27 percent) live apart
from
> their biological fathers;
>
> Whereas 40 percent of the children under age 18 not living with
their
> biological fathers had not seen their fathers even once in the
past
> 12 months, according to national survey data;
>
> Whereas single parents are to be commended for the tremendous job
> that they do with their children;
>
> Whereas the United States needs to encourage responsible
parenting,
> by both fathers and mothers whenever possible;
>
> Whereas the United States needs to encourage both parents (and
> extended families) to be actively involved in children's lives;
>
> Whereas a way to do that is to encourage joint custody so that
> parents share children;
>
> Whereas the American Bar Association found in 1997 that 19 States
> plus the District of Columbia had some form of presumption for
joint
> custody, either legal, physical, or both, and since then, 13
> additional States have added some form of presumption, bringing
the
> current total to 32 States plus the District of Columbia;
>
> Whereas Census Bureau data shows a correlation between joint
custody
> and a higher payment of financial child support ;
>
> Whereas social science literature shows that children are
generally
> well adjusted in an intact family with 2 parents in the home, and
> research also shows that for children of divorced, separated, and
> never-married parents, joint custody is strongly associated with
> positive outcomes for children on important measures of adjustment
> and well-being;
>
> Whereas research by the Department of Health and Human Services
shows
> that the States with the highest amount of joint custody
subsequently
> had the lowest divorce rate; and
>
> Whereas parents with joint custody pay 50 percent more in child
> support than parents with visitation only or no contact with the
> child : Now, therefore, be it
>
>
> Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),
> That Congress expresses support of the States passing joint
custody
> laws for fit parents, so that more children are raised with the
> benefit of having a father and a mother in their lives, careful to
> protect victims of domestic violence, abuse, neglect, children
from
> potential kidnapping by a parent.
>