VAWA 2005

[Terri]

The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) of 2005 was introduced by U.S. Senators Mr. BIDEN (for himself, Mr. HATCH, Mr. SPECTER, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. DEWINE, Mr. KOHL, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. KENNEDY, Mrs. BOXER, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. SCHUMER, and Mrs. MURRAY). This conclusively proves that both of our major political parties are anti-family and hold no respect for our civil rights or the United States Constitution.

There appears to be some consensus among Men's, Father's and Parent's rights group regarding VAWA 2005. The key points are;

1) VAWA funds the progressive agenda which is anti-family and anti-fatherhood. The present structure also violates the Republican party's principles.

2) It must be taken out of the civil codes completely and moved into the criminal codes.

3) False Claims of abuse must be a treated as the crimes they are.

4) Due Process must be guaranteed for all.

5) Equal Protection Under the Law must be completely supported.

6) We must make it Gender neutral - something like, "The Domestic Violence Act" that should read, "A person who commits..." with no mention of gender. The funding for any act to replace VAWA must also be gender neutral.

We at The Center for Children's Justice are asking everyone to make contact through their normal channels in their state and in Washington DC to support these basic concepts along with whatever issues you and/or your organization may see need to address additionally.

We have found that faxes are best. Send them at night as you will get less busy signals and long distance rates are cheaper. It is hard to ignore a  fax or better yet, a pile of them!

For the present, our best effort can be to see to it that VAWA is let to sunset and replaced a gender neutral law that is entirely in the criminal codes.

It is unrealistic to expect VAWA to simply be dropped for many reasons, even though it rightfully should be. Although we acknowledge through our understanding that the whole truth is not only is a VAWA-type act unconstitutional on its face due to blatant gender bias, it is, more importantly, beyond the scope of Congressional Action as authorized by ARTICLE I, SECTION 8 of the Constitution of the United States of America. Also of important note is that section has never been amended.

Its operation and funding are in many aspects, in violation of the 14th Amendment.

Crimes, except for certain very narrow crimes affecting the nation, are always a State or local issue, not a federal issue. The sad fact is, these truths don't change the problem as they should. That is a greater issue to be dealt with.

Equal Protection Under the Law is True Equality

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Terri Lynn
Center for Childrens Justice - Carolinas

Children Need Both Parents