Oh, yeah, BABY!!!!!!!!!!

[The Gonzman]

From the bottom of this Article:

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,5-2003582314,,00.html

THE SUN has published few more emotive articles than the one by Bob Geldof on this page.

His description of standing outside his old home weeping and whispering goodnight to his children on Christmas Eve will bring a tear to the eye of many readers.

Especially the hundreds of thousands of dads who won't see their children this Christmas because of what Geldof rightly brands our "grotesque" Family Law.

The courts award custody of 93 per cent of children from broken homes to their mothers.

That does not always benefit the children but, as Geldof can testify, promotes injustice, conflict and unhappiness on a massive scale.

There is no presumption in English law that fathers have rights.

And there is little the courts can do if a bitter mother refuses to let her former partner see their children.

Today The Sun launches a campaign to have our laws changed so that fathers have an automatic right to 50-50 access.

Men who leave home are not criminals who deserve to be punished.

And children need a dad. Even one who doesn't live with Mum is still a very special and important person in their lives.

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I can add nothing.  Hail, Brittania!

[The Gonzman]

Also reference this:

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,5-2003582385,00.html

[Daymar]

Not bad.

[Sir Jessy of Anti]

Finally.  GO BOB!

[bluegrass]

When i first started reading about Geldof's involvement a few months ago I thought "Yes if there's anyone who'll bring positive change it's this guy!"

There's something about the power of an eloquent Irishman....

[Conspiracy Theory]

This is where I stand oprehensive of this type of tactics in the men's movement, but I am at a lost for other solutions and my feelings are really only a theory.  

I will try to make this short and concise.  I also am not trying to offend the thread starter, but I would like to point something out.

Now that we've seen the destruction of the family unit, we have had terrible custody battles over children.  Women won.  Now men are fighting back.  The governments gave custody to women.  If the men's movement is successful in fighting for more custodial rights I fear that the strain on the father vs mother in custody rights will weaken the true parental rights and end up giving more custodial rights to the government.  Which is why I believe in the 'Divide and Conquer' scheme of all of this horseshit the sex war.

It's like criminalizing 'sex' when we are all sexual beings.  Making us all criminals pointing the finger at eachother.

[Daymar]

There's something about the power of an eloquent Irishman....

Or maybe it's the Sir in Sir Geldof. Being a noble seems to have a lot of influence over there. Sir Newton or whatever of the Beetles didn't catch any flak for marrying that girl that was a lot younger then him but some other rock star was complaining about how he got treated in comparison to Newton and he said it was just because he wasn't a Sir.

[Bilbo]

That's too bad for Bob.  He seems pretty pissed, too!

On a lighter note, can I suggest another link to the Sun?

www.page3.com

oh...aye...luvely!

[tricycle]

Sir Newton or whatever of the Beetles didn't catch any flak for marrying that girl that was a lot younger then him but some other rock star was complaining about how he got treated in comparison to Newton and he said it was just because he wasn't a Sir.

Do you mean Paul Mcartney?

Today The Sun launches a campaign to have our laws changed so that fathers have an automatic right to 50-50 access.

I'm always outraged that they don't already. I think it's ridiculous that women are assumed to be the better parent, and that men are forced to fight in order to see their own children.

[Daymar]

Yeah, that guy.