Interesting Politician

[MYSONSDAD]

And calls them what they are: VIOLATIONS OF CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS!!!

The politician below is Michael Badnarik, Libertarian Party Candidate for
President. And he's willing to use the power of the Justice Department's
division of civil rights to ENFORCE the rights of parents to actually BE
parents and to be free of criminal liability for "child" support.



http://www.badnarik.org/Issues/ParentsRights.php

Parents' Rights

     No issue is more sensitive -- and few issues are more troubling to
Libertarians -- than the role of government in family life. On the face of
things, the federal government has an even smaller role in that area than
it does in most, and I favor keeping Washington out of issues like
defining and licensing marriage, regulating homeschooling, mandating
childhood vaccinations or using tax policy for "socially engineering" the
makeup and function of the family.

     However, there are some areas of family life in which the federal
government arguably has a role to play. The Constitution ordains that all
Americans receive the equal protection of the law, and it prohibits
involuntary servitude.

     In both of these areas, the federal government has failed America's
families and, in particular, its parents.

     Equal protection of the law pre-supposes fairness for those coming
before the bar of justice. Yet in divorce proceedings, the states
routinely award custody of minor children to one parent or another,
relegating the other parent to the status of "second-class citizen" -- not
because the latter parent has been convicted of any crime, or found unfit,
but because of a prejudice in favor of father or mother as the best
"single" parent.

     This is a matter of federal interest under the 14th Amendment, even
intra-state. Once one parent or another, possibly with a child in tow,
moves to another state, any shadow of doubt is erased. It becomes an
interstate matter, and by definition therefore falls under federal
jurisdiction.

     As president, I will direct the Justice Department's civil rights
division to investigate state policies which violate the 14th Amendment
rights of parents and to pursue the elimination of those policies in
court. The default presumption in any divorce proceeding must be for joint
custody of minor children. Failing the waiver of that presumption by one
parent, or proof that one parent is unfit, to deny any parent equal access
to, and equal participation in the raising of, his or her children is
clearly an abuse of law and repugnant to the Constitution.

     Above and beyond the matter of custody comes child support. While it
is reasonable to assess support for a minor child when circumstances
dictate that he or she will be living exclusively with one parent, the
matter has been inflated into, literally, a federal case.

     The 13th Amendment prohibits involuntary servitude. In the
Slaughterhouse Cases, the Supreme Court clearly and unambiguously ruled
that this prohibition applies to "peonage" -- the attachment of criminal
liability to failure to pay, or work off, debt. Yet, across the nation,
hundreds of thousands of non-custodial parents find themselves in court,
often charged with felonies and facing prison, for their failure or
inability to pay child support. Further, the federal government has
intervened to the extent of maintaining a special database to track
"deadbeat parents" across state lines in order to enforce these draconian
and unconstitutional laws.

     As president, I will direct the Civil Rights Division of the
Department of Justice to sue states which attach criminal liability to
child support obligations and, if necessary, to charge government
officials who administer that unconstitutional criminal liability with
violations of the civil rights of non-custodial parents.

     I'm Michael Badnarik, Libertarian for President. I ask the tough
questions?to give you answers that really work!

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[StPaulieGirl]

I like the guy.  He can't win this election, though.  Maybe he'll be a viable candidate in 2008.

We all need to look towards the next election.  Bush needs to be reelected now to continue to flush out the terrorists.  Kerry is a narcissistic pussy, of course that's just my opinion. Lil' Kim over in North Korea just set off a nuclear bomb.  Chechen Muslims just commited genocide in Beslan, North Ossetia, Russia.  That was after they blew up a couple of airplanes.  Australia's embassy was firebombed.  Our enemies are fanatics.  Nothing will stop them.  They will wire themselves, their wives, and even their own children, and send them out into crowds to kill us.

Can Mr. Badnarik handle the horrible pressure of dealing with this situation?  Being an independent, will the snotty brats in Congress and Senate support him?  I've read a few things about the guy, and I like him.  I think he could handle the job, but I've seen the very few outsider elected officials sandbagged in my state, just because....

[MYSONSDAD]

You bring up some interesting points. I still like the idea of someone taking an interest and saying so. Just don't see it too often.

It takes one step in the right direction and this guy seems like he will speak his mind without being told what to say. Someone to watch more closely.

[StPaulieGirl]

I'm thinking of mentioning him to my son in law, who is a Democrat.  He's decided to stay home on Nov. 2nd, rather than vote for Kerry.  No way will he vote for Bush.  There are a lot of issues on the ballot besides the presidental election, though.

I'd like to see more of the man's views on other things, such as illegal immigration and outsourcing jobs to foreign countries.  I regularly post to a conservative political message board, and people have spoken of the Constitution Party.  After the election, I plan on investigating different alternatives to the Republican Party, because I feel for the most part, that they no longer represent my views.  

I will definitely keep an eye on him.  

[antonin]

Hiya. haven't posted for awhile. I was watching the Libertarians and hoping this would happen. There was some doubt as to weather the Libs would mention childrens'/parents' rights. I see they have.

This is the first time any national politician has brought this up. A victory!

As for Kerry...stay the hell away from him. Research will reveal his was co-author
of THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT..the laws and policies of which are used daily in family court to assert false allegations against fathers. He plans to expand these polices.

[VeronicaGia]

How funny, I was just getting ready to post this same info so people could read up on Badnarik and the Libertarian Party.  I see someone beat me to the punch :)

Go here for his position on many issues:

http://www.foxnews.com/youdecide2004/background.html?officials&search&badnarik

About mid-page, there is a section that has links to many more subjects including abortion, civil rights, the war in Iraq (and war in general), etc.

[MYSONSDAD]

ME TOO..... AND PASSING THE WORD!

"Children learn what they live"