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Excellent video captured by Bill Gibbons of PA FACE. 2008 Equal Parenting Bike Trek cyclists recognized at the DC Festival 2008. For updates on the Equal Parenting Bike Trek please visit Cycling4Children.com. Congrats to all four cyclists!
Tuesday September 23rd, 2008
11:00 am – 2:00 pm
East Side Capitol Lansing, Michigan
Contact: Darrick Lynn Scott-Farnsworth (269) 209-7144 darricksf@achildsright.net
Dads and Moms of Michigan, the Family Rights Coalition, A Child’s Right, Children Need Both Parents, Fathers for Equal Rights, Fathers-4-Justice, Parents for Children, Children’s Rights Council invite you to join us in defense of the traditional American family at this historic rally at our State Capitol during Equal Parents Week. Over 40% of Michigan’s population is being micro-managed by the family court system with disastrous consequences to our children, families and the state economy. Help transform Michigan from a wasteland of broken families into a promised land of healthy families and community renewal.
House Bill 4564, a bill to ensure equal parental responsibility, will result in a presumption of joint custody for fit parents and equal access for children to both their mother and father. Another hearing on this bill is expected this fall if enough public desire is expressed. 2008-House Joint Resolution NN Fundamental Parental Rights constitutional amendment has been supported by 80 representatives but has not had a hearing. It too will be supported and discussed at the rally and needs your attention. Your attendance at this rally will send a strong message in support of HB 4564 and HJR-NN will serve as a demonstration of our will to be equal and have parental rights to our children.
The Equal Parents Week Rally has been organized to bring to the attention of our legislature, our executive branch, our judiciary and the general public that Equal Parental rights are a civil rights issue whose time has come. America’s success was built on strong family bonds and the recognition that both a mother and a father are essential to raising healthy, moral and well adjusted children.
Rally speakers will include nationally-known family advocates, legislators, VIPs, community leaders and parents.
· Contact your legislator to show your support for HB4564 and HJR-NN.
Primary signs and literature will be provided by the rally organizers.
· Print a map, car pool and plan to arrive before 11:00 am for assembly or 10:00 am for setup if you are bring.
· Bring change for meter parking or consult the maps for the location of a public parking structure.
· Dress for the weather with walking shoes and bring a water bottle.
· Bring personal signs, pictures, and regalia.
Preserve and Protect Our Parent-Child Relationships
Equal Parents Week Rally
Chicago Sun-Times - Mom Kills Kids While Dad Fights the Courts for Custody to Protect Them
Reuters - Men's Issues - A Must See Video
Beacon News - Armour Thyroid or Synthroid - Your Quality of Life Hangs in the Balance.
Reuters - Equal Parenting Wins in Florida
Computer Shopper - Dad vs Dell: The Ultimate Dell Hell Story
Sacramento Bee - 2nd Annual Family Preservation Festival
Detroit News Fatherhood Blogger Robert Pedersen wrote an excellent update on the 2008 Equal Parenting Bike Trek and the upcoming DC Festival 2008.
Make sure you read the article and COMMENT in support of the DC Festival 2008 and Equal Parenting.
View Robert's other articles written for Detroit News.
Please be sure to attend the DC Festival 2008.
Visit Cycling4Children.com for more updates on the Equal Parenting Bike Trek.
2008 Equal Parenting Bike Trek Main Page
New Updates on the 2008 Equal Parenting Bike Trek!!
Visit Cycling4Children.com - Home of the Equal Parenting Bike Trek
Press Release
August 6th 2008
For Immediate Release
Contact:
Minister Ronald Smith
616-301-2325
or
Robert Pedersen
269-420-4688
Grand Rapids, Michigan August 6, 2008 - Brian Downs, a Kent County attorney and candidate for Judge in the Kent County 17th Circuit Court in the November election is riding his bicycle 758 miles from the Capitol in Lansing to the nation's Capitol in Washington DC. Downs along with 3 other riders are signaling a message that Family Courts throughout the nation are not family friendly. The Equal Parenting Bike Trek has been organized to bring attention to what he believes should be reform in the nations court system.
Brian Downs, who has been a family advocate for the past 7 years, believes that it is the duty of our nation to protect the parent child relationship and repair this relationship when necessary so that children maintain a loving relationship with their entire biological family. Downs believes that the nation's family court system does more splitting up of families than protecting and maintaining this most important and primary relationship.
Minister Ronald Smith, CEO of Children Need Both Parents, Inc, a non-profit group located in both Chicago and Grand Rapids stated, "Our family court judges pay little attention to the damage being done to our children removing one or both biological parents from a child's life without making a concerted effort that no stone is left unturned to repair and maintain this God Given relationship."
Downs is scheduled to leave Lansing at 2:00pm EST August 7th and scheduled to arrive at the Family Preservation Festival in DC on August 15-16.
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For Interviews Contact:
Minister Ronald Smith
Tel: 616-301-2325
Cell: 616-874-8662
Email: childrenneedbothparents@msn.com
or
Robert Pedersen
Tel: 269-420-4688
"Mothers and fathers will have 50-50 rights to their children in a divorce beginning Oct. 1." You can review more information about this in an article written by Jenny Andreasson of The Voice. Ms. Andreasson should have titled the article "Victory for Children" because that is who really wins in all of this.
Benefits of Equal Parenting if both parents are fit and willing.
Who is holding Equal Parenting up in the state of Michigan? Michigan Democrats such as State Senator Mark Schauer, Representative Andy Dillon, Representative Mark Meadows and Representative Andy Coulouris. These Michigan Democrats and several others are holding up the benefits of Equal Parenting in Michigan. They are not serving their constituents - poll after poll shows Michigan voters support Equal Parenting. They support the Michigan Bar Family Law Section which opposses Equal Parenting legislation such as Michigan House Bill 4564.
We are told during election time that Michigan Democrats serve the needs of the common person, however in this case it appears they ignore their constituents while submitting the the demands of the Family Law Section of the Michigan Bar. So - rich attorneys and Michigan Democrats are delaying the benefits Equal Parenting brings to children, parents and society. CONSIDER THIS WHEN YOU VOTE IN NOVEMBER!
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