From: John Murtari (jmurtari@AKidsRight.org)
Date: Tue Aug 12 2008 - 15:56:24 EDT
All the information in our messages is FREE for reuse as you desire. Subscribe/unsubscribe info at end. ========================================= Good People & People of Faith: The list had been pretty quiet for several weeks and I want to apologize for the recent burst of activity! We normally only send out about one-two messages/week. The movie, "Support? System Down", has generated quite a bit of activity and I'd like to announce one more update on that, and also add some more info regarding the recent F4J activity in Canada. 1. Interview TONIGHT by Rollye James - Angelo Lobo, Producer of "Support?" 2. F4J Canada - more details regarding PlywoodMan, SpiderMan, and Mr. Incredible! 3. F4J Canada - good words of support. Can you help these parents? 1. Interview TONIGHT by Rollye James - Angelo Lobo, Producer of "Support?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ms. Rollye James may be well know to many of you. She has a late night talk show on XM Satellite Radio, Chan 165, from 10PM - 1AM (EDT). Those of us without XM can listen via her website: http://www.rollye.net/listen.html She will be speaking to the Producer of the Movie, "Support? System Down", Mr. Angelo Lobo. The interview is scheduled to begin at 10PM EDT. You may also be able to call in and ask questions and make comments. For more info on the Movie, http://www.SupportTheMovie.Com/ 2. F4J Canada - more details regarding PlywoodMan, SpiderMan, and Mr. Incredible! ----------------------------------------------------------------- The F4J folks in Canada seem to be doing an excellent job in keeping up the pressure on a politician (Hon. Jack Layton, M.P. Leader of the NDP) who told the press he wasn't aware of family law concerns by his constituents! For more details on the original Superhero action on top of his office building, see: http://f4jcanada.com/OntarioPages/No_Dads_Party_August_08_08.html Recently, Ms. Kris Titus, the National Coordinator for F4J Canada sent this message to him and to the press. Submitted by: Kris Titus <bigwonderwoman@gmail.com> PRESS RELEASE -- Contact: Kris Titus, National Coordinator Phone: 1-888-345-2262 ext. 704 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- August 12, 2008 Open Letter from F4J Fathers 4 Justice Canada to Jack Layton 2008-08-12 VIA EMAIL AND REGISTERED MAIL OPEN LETTER ON EQUAL PARENTING F4J Fathers 4 Justice Canada 202-812 12th Street, New Westminster, BC V3M 4K1 Hon. Jack Layton, M.P. Leader of the NDP, 221 Broadview Ave-Suite 100, Toronto,ON M4M 2G4 Dear Mr. Layton: Re: NDP Policy on Equal Parenting We are pleased to note from your CTV interview of 2008-08-08 that you describe yourself as 'accessible' and with a 'reputation for responding well and fast'. Regrettably, your constituency staff have not been responding to telephone calls, emails and letters on Equal Parenting from numerous Canadians and our members, sometimes for months on end. We therefore submit this Open Letter on Equal Parenting to you, and invite you to likewise respond in public, either directly or via response that we shall release to the media: 1. Does the NDP support parliamentary Private Members Motion M-483 on Equal Parenting? M-483 April 11, 2008 [http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/GetWebOptionsCallBack.aspx?SourceSystem=PRISM&ResourceType=Affiliation&ResourceID=78730&language=1&DisplayMode=2] Mr. Vellacott (Saskatoon'Wanuskewin) That, in the opinion of the House, the government should propose amendments to the Divorce Act so that law and practice ensure due process protection of rights and equality of parents, and to ensure that children benefit from equal parenting from both their mother and their father, after separation or divorce. 2. If not, what amendment is the NDP prepared to put forward to make the motion acceptable? 3. Will the NDP publicly commit to allow its members an unfettered free vote on M-483 free from party discipline and sanctions? 4. What is the official NDP policy on Equal Parenting, and, should it not have one, when will the NDP commit to publishing a policy in public? We note that in a February 2007 SES Poll, 79% of Canadians, and 76% of NDP voters supported Equal Parenting in response to the question: Do you strongly support, somewhat support, somewhat oppose or strongly oppose federal and provincial legislation to create a presumption of equal parenting in child custody cases? We believe Equal Parenting and Family Rights are too important to be partisan issues, and we seek all-party support for long overdue family law reform. If Denmark and Australia, among others, can adopt equal parenting provisions, there is no reason for Canada to be a laggard. While we note with favour that Mr. Paul Dewar will apparently be tabling a Private Members Bill (PMB) this autumn to help equalize tax treatment for divorced parents, we specifically seek your position on more substantive Equal Parenting issues that are clearly important to most Canadians and NDP supporters, as polls indicate. Should we not hear from you in ten business days, we shall reasonably conclude that you have explicitly chosen not make yourself accessible to Canadians and the media after all. F4J Fathers-4-Justice (Canada) advocates for Equal Parenting and Family Law reform on behalf of those children and parents brutalized and bankrupted by the current divorce industry. We pride ourselves on our twin track campaign of non-violent direct action and political activism. It's time for all parliamentarians to address this national tragedy for the sake of the children. In good faith, Kris Titus National Co-ordinator [mailto:office@fathers-4-justice-canada.ca] office@fathers-4-justice-canada.ca 1-888-345-2262 ext. 704 3. F4J Canada - good words of support. Can you help these parents? ------------------------------------------------------------------ Submitted by: Martin Gibb <martingibb@mailcity.com> I'm not currently an F4J member but I do support these efforts. I was the only person in court this morning for Mark Bogan's appearance. It was mental health court to determine his "competence." I'm not saying I was the only one there as any kind of personal statement, just to let everyone on this list and others be aware of how we (and F4J) are fooling ourselves about our collective willingness to put ourselves out there. Jobs and personal schedules be damned. Where are the other groups and individuals? Hello? Personal, practical, and professional support for people like Mark (and YOU when you will need it) cannot be left to the one or two people like Kris Titus who already do seemingly twenty-four hour on-duty sacrifice. This is my message to all the "writers" here. Where in hell are you? (really?) Certainly part of this is F4J incapacity's (people power) and all of our collective current inability to communicate properly or even minimally, but those problems are only one or two elements. Everyone reading this must step up. People on the ground on a weekly basis are needed for every type of activity and effort in all equal parenting groups. It can be done folks, we just need more belief and much much more commitment. Come on now. Mark's "mental health court" appearance this morning was a simple "does he think straight" question then get him into a regular bail appearance tomorrow (Tuesday). I've met Mark a few times and he is at least as competent, commonsensical and likely sharper than the judge and all of the lawyers in the room. A psych assessment recommendation is just part of the overall prosecutorial paint job that is standard injustice smear against Mark to make these charges stick. This process is also against all of YOU that support??? equal parenting and trying to change the environment for our kids. This psych smear job by the Crown and other equally designed falsehoods (conspiracy, etc etc.) will continue to be used throughout these proceedings. And they will be used EFFECTIVELY. The overall procedures that are and will continue to be utilized here are to draw Mark, Dennis, Vi and others into the clutches of the police state and court system. The system starting with the police and especially the Crown is used to then strip the defendants of all of their immediate assets, and ALL of their immediate contacts and friends, family and social safety nets. Anyone not actively willing to support Mark at this time needs to understand that they are part of the Crown's hoped for result, and that is for Mark to be completely alone and to feel alone, without any support, and without any friends, or family, and especially without the means to help himself, and finally for Mark to actually know that he is all alone. Do we let him and others feel this and realize it's true, that they are actually alone without support? Of course we do and of course we will. Life, (for everyone else) marches on. Tuesday morning at College Park Courts (Yonge & College second floor) at 10 am (sharp) Mark will be appearing again for bail. The Crown will insist and the judge will grant the Crown a high "cash only" bail with very onerous conditions that Mark will be unable to meet. So Mark Bogan, representing YOU and I and our children, will quite likely stay in jail in Toronto. Is this upsetting anyone else? Hello? And oh yeah, all while his dog just went through major life-saving surgery and must stay in recovery with strangers while his master languishes in jail, and who no doubt have no idea of how to care for a dog. Does it get any better and more Hollywood than this? Oh sorry, I forgot, this is actually a father's life in Toronto. Oh mfg Canada. ANY and all support including financial (no NOT to his lawyer) is of course appreciated, at the very least to save his truck to get back to the undoubtedly warmer climes of the Northwest Territories. Come on out folks. ------------- Submitted by: Kris Titus <bigwonderwoman@gmail.com> We are all fairly exhausted, as I am sure you well know. We managed to have two of our activists released on $10,000 bail today. We still have one in for the weekend for psychiatric assessment, although he was cleared on site of the protest by a psychiatrist. I am sure you know all the tactics. Things were hairy. They actually used 3 flash grenades and then 10 ETF guys to tackle our last man standing. The bail hearing today was a joke as they tried to do the following: - prohibit our activists from ANY form of protest - have our group shirts declared 'gang colors' much like the motorcycle gangs - prohibit our activists from going to ANY elected officials home without prior 'permission' All I can say is RAISE SOME HELL! I have cc'd our local coordinator and director who was one of the fellows arrested if he wants to communicate with you directly and let you know how to help. We are as strong and united as ever and frankly, this was just a kick off! LOL We're ready. Much thanks ( could I ask you to communicate further with me directly at bigwonderwoman@gmail.com ) -- John Murtari ____________________________________________________________________ Coordinator AKidsRight.Org jmurtari@AKidsRight.Org "A Kid's Right to BOTH parents" Toll Free (877) 635-1968(x-211) http://www.AKidsRight.Org/ ======================================= http://www.AKidsRight.Org/ A Kid's Right to Both Parents! ------ Newsletter mailing list Newsletter@kids-right.org subscribe/unsubscribe info below: http://kids-right.org/mailman/listinfo/newsletter
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