Dear Mister Governor.

What's Good??

I know that some of you may be thinking, Why is this dude writing about everything but Men's Rights nowadays?

Well friend, I'm glad you asked that question!!

You see, the issue of Men's rights is bigger than just feminism, children, child support, or marriage striking.

Don't get me wrong though. All of those topics are important; its just that all of these problems are manifestations of a clear failure of our governments and our fellow citizens from knowing, understanding, and upholding the concepts of Natural law and Constitutional rights. And, while this state of affairs was helped along by feminist groups and others,
the fact remains that We the People have failed to stand up and actively fight for our rights.

No more of that. Ignorance and apathy ends NOW.

So, to answer the question, I haven't been writing much about these issues because I've been out on the streets trying to educate the people. Among other things, I have stood on the side of the road and waved signs for Ron Paul, visited my State Capitol building and handed out copies of the Masterful Taken Into Custody to my State Representative and to friends and neighbors, and, writing letters to my Governor and other elected officials.

Speaking of which, here is what I recently wrote to my State's Chief Executive:

Dear Governor,

I read your State of the State address with interest. While there are some policy moves you have made that I disagree with, on the main, I think you have done a great job for this State.

However, I was concerned about a portion of your speech that addressed increasing child support collections.

The child support system, as it exists in America today, is extremely flawed, and it, along with the rise of no fault divorce, has greatly contributed to our recent economic, spiritual, and societal woes. It is impossible to build a strong community without having a strong family and marriage culture. As a black man, I see the consequences of our loose marriage culture everyday. Be it young men selling drugs, or young black men gunning each other down on the streets, or legions of little black boys and girls going to sleep at night not knowning who or where their fathers are...

All of these outcomes are a direct result of state and federal programs and statutes that violate the Natural and Constitutional rights of men to be husbands and fathers without fear of overzealous government persecution, and it also violates the moral and Natural right of a child to know and have a loving relationship with his father.

For example, these links will take you to scholarly articles that explain how federal and state child support programs, policies, and laws, in addition to the concept of No Fault Divorce itself, violate Natural Rights given to man by God and secured by State and Federal (U.S. Constitution Amendments V, VII and XIV, (State X) Constitution Article 1 Sections 12, 21, 22, and 23) Constitutions.

http://www.stephenbaskerville.net/

http://www.independent.org/pdf/tir/tir_12_03_03_baskerville.pdf

http://www.no-one-is-married.com/

http://daddy.typepad.com/daddyblog/2007/10/dr-stephen-ba-1.html

http://www.familycourtreports.com/serendipity/archives/2007/12.html


Sir,

The abuses of the rights of men that take place under the color of child support and divorce laws is so heinous, men throughout the country, and around the world, have done the only logical thing one can do when faced with emotional and financial ruin for simply saying "I Do" or having children...

... avoiding marriage and family life altogether. No rational man would enter into an agreement, without any form of legal protection, that could very well see him lose his children, his wealth, and his liberty.

Please see:

http://mensnewsdaily.com/2007/11/14/do-not-marry-do-not-have-children/

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,94415,00.html

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/711656/posts


Sir, I don't have to tell you what it means for a society when its men vow to remain unmarried and childless. I would wager that if a survey of our prison inmates were conducted, the overwhelming majority of these men would be from broken, divorced, or single parent homes.

Unstable communities, egged on by shortsighted and unconstitutional government rules and regulations, will only do more harm than good in the long run.

Weak families and disgruntled men and children only lead to more crime, more violence, less academic achievement, less global competitiveness, lower tax revenue, depopulation, and a dramatically lower quality of life for everyone, as the following research proves.

http://www.profam.org/pub/xnr_cur.htm

http://www.profam.org/pub/nr/nr.2105.htm

http://www.profam.org/pub/nr/nr.2102.htm

http://www.civitas.org.uk/pubs/experiments.php

In conclusion,

I believe that you are an intelligent, honorable, and visionary leader. And while it seems to be the right thing to "tighten" unconstitutional and immoral laws such as child support, the research and real life experience of millions proves that child support and other "family" laws that violate the Natural and constitutional order really ends up doing more harm than good, and costing taxpayers a lot more in direct and indirect costs than any temporary boost from “get tough” child support collections. As Confucius said, the Law is the lowest level of virtue.

If your new child support recommendations pass into law, then I would predict with conviction that our family structure in this Great State would weaken that much more.

Better solutions to the problem of struggling single parents and fatherless children are:

A) Bring back our classical American traditions of fault based divorce, and encourage childbirth to occur inside marriage.

B) Truly uphold the State and Federal Bill of Rights that protect parents, male and female, from the reach and power of abusive governments and judiciaries local, state, and federal;

C) Enact a presumption of shared custody in the event of divorce, guarantee, for both men and women alike, rock solid due process of law and equal protection under the law for both parents in all family related proceedings, civil or criminal as Constitutions State and Federal mandate, and uphold the presumption that both parents in any family related proceedings such as divorce, domestic violence, child abuse, or any other crime or tort, are innocent until proven guilty in a jury trial of their peers, as the jury system is the ultimate check on well meaning government overreach.

C) Replace our current corrupt and unconstitutional legal and family systems with a spirit of justice, truth, compassion, fairness, and accountability, while at all times respecting the rights of men and women to be protected from unilateral divorce proceedings, and the rights of children to grow up with both a mother and a father.

Only if and when these things are done will men and women alike be secure enough to express true and genuine love and commitment once again. Only by the careful and deliberate delivery of true justice will all parties (most of the time anyway) respect and honor the decisions that family and other courts hand down.

There will be a minimum of fighting, strife and violence because all can see that all of their rights and responsibilities have been carefully weighed in the judgment. No one will be able to accuse the other side of special favoritism, because the rights of parents will be secure at all steps of any legal proceedings, civil or criminal.

Our marriage culture will thrive, the number of single parents and fatherless children will rapidly decline, educational performance will improve, crime will decline, and the State as a whole will benefit from the blessings of committed Love, Liberty and Justice.

Unless and until is this done, expect the ideological divide to widen between men and women, and watch the relations between the sexes sour even more than they are today, and count on children to be hurt as they grow up in poverty, as I did.

Please consider this letter and the source materials herein when formulating your policies, and please take a hard look at the evidence before recommending more unlawful programs that contribute to our economic, cultural, and social malaise.

I would also recommend that you look at the Covenant Marriage bill that Senator (X) often introduces into the (Legislative Body) for consideration:

(Covenant Marriage Bill Text)

And please visit the informational site American Coalition for Fathers and Children:

http://www.acfc.org/site/PageServer

Lastly, I thank you for all of your hard work.

Tax reform is a good first step, but in order for true peace and prosperity to reign supreme in our land, we need to reform our marriage and family culture for the better, because unjust laws lead to the creation of unjust citizens and unjust societies.

Thank you for reading.

(Name)
(City and State)

Ladies and Gents,

The Men's Rights movement and the Freedom movement are one in the same.

When men get their rights restored, then freedom will be restored. If Freedom and Constitutional republicanism are restored, then men will get their rights back.

We need to look beyond feminism, and understand that it is a symptom of a much graver sickness, while at the same time, we need to actively challenge lies and half-truths concerning Men's issues wherever they be found, clearly, boldly, and unswervingly.

Togakure.