Fathers 4 Justice Canada Creates
 'Month of Mayhem'

May 25, 2005
 
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Fathers 4 Justice Canada's "Spiderman" climbs Mount Royal cross in Montreal.
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Burk v. Farrell on the 'Wage Gap': Round 2

Feminist Martha Burk of Augusta Golf Boycott fame and author Warren Farrell debated the wage gap on His Side on Sunday--to hear the audio, click here. This week 20/20 will air a special on the wage gap, pitting Burk (and Hillary Clinton) on the "women are discriminated against" side against Farrell. The show can be seen Friday, May 27, at 10 pm Eastern and Pacific, 9 pm Central. Farrell's new book is  Why Men Earn More: The Startling Truth Behind the Pay Gap -- and What Women Can Do About It.


Update on His Side Advertiser Murdered

A few days ago we reported that Greeta Maikeo, the owner of a Los Angeles Thai restaurant which advertised on His Side, was shot and killed during an armed robbery at his restaurant on Thursday. According to the Thai News Agency (TNA), Greeta emptied the cash register for the robbers who repaid him by shooting him twice--in the back.

On the rare occasions that my wife and I have had time away from our kids to go out on a date, Greeta's restaurant was our favorite place. Greeta always met us with a big smile and sent me a Thai beer on the house. An immigrant, Greeta was always there, working hard to keep the family business going. According to TNA, this father and husband lost his life for a lousy $600. Anybody have a rope?


A Victory for Fathers & Children

According to Ned Holstein of Fathers and Families of Massachusetts, "In 1998, Massachusetts passed a law that forbids all non-custodial parents from obtaining report cards and other school records concerning their children unless they first go to court and obtain certification that they are not batterers."

This law's "all fathers are guilty until proven innocent" presumption is an outrage, and I had been considering doing a His Side with Glenn Sacks Listener Campaign in support of legislation which would change it. However, I'm happy to report that apparently this will not be necessary. Heroic father Henry M. Fassler, a member of Fathers and Families, realized that the Massachusetts law conflicts with federal law and pressed a complaint at the federal level. 

As a result, the U.S. Department of Education recently sent a warning to Massachusetts Education Commissioner David P. Driscoll saying "The commonwealth and every school district in Massachusetts is in violation of federal law, and has been for years." The letter also gave Driscoll 30 days to report "on the steps your agency has taken, or will take, to ensure that local districts in Massachusetts comply with [federal] requirements as described in this letter."

To learn more, see State to seek repeal of access law for noncustodial parents Student record policy at issue (Boston Globe, 5/22/05) and Bay State ripped as divorced dad wins bid for school info (Boston Herald, 5/18/05). Congratulations to Fassler and Holstein for their great work.

As a former high school teacher I repeatedly saw the value of fathers' participation in their children's educations. As I've said on the air before, I could teach a class for a few weeks and then have a pretty good idea which kids had fathers in their lives and which ones didn't. I had few discipline problems in my classrooms but when I did I always knew that there was one truly effective way to get an errant boy to change his ways--call his dad at work and explain to him that he needs to leave work and come to the school to talk to me about his son's behavior. It was 100% effective.

 

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I've received countless e-mails from recently divorced fathers who are stunned at the raw deal the courts offer them. This "shock and awe" is captured perfectly in the opening chapter of A. Green's Blind Baseball: A Father's War. Green portrays the absurdity and endless Catch-22s of modern family law so well it would be funny except it's so sad. I recommend it. To hear A. Green on His Side, go to Spontaneous Reunification (12/19/04).

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Fathers 4 Justice Canada Creates
 'Month of Mayhem'

"Protestor shuts down Montreal Bridge." "Man scales Mount Royal cross." "Stunt forces evacuation of courtrooms." "Superheroes take bridges." "Superheroes on the B.C. Legislature and the Johnson Street Bridge."

Through a series of spectacular acts of civil disobedience, the Canadian "Dads Army" F4J is using nonviolent resistance to fight the greatest single human rights violation in the Anglo-American world--the way decent, loving fathers are being driven out of the lives of the children who love them and need them.

F4J Canada declared May the "Month of Mayhem" after Prime Minister Paul Martin failed to heed the group's 40 Day Ultimatum to clean up family law. Shattering Canada's ethnic and linguistic barrier, Fathers 4 Justice Canada has united both English and Quebecois fathers in struggle.

F4J Canada leader Steve Osborne is the Master of this Mayhem. Osborne will join Glenn on His Side with Glenn Sacks on Sunday, May 29 at 5 PM PST/8 PM EST.  For those who are outside of our radio stations' coverage ranges, you can listen to the show live via our station's excellent Internet stream at Listen Live.  

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