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Toddler in state custody after father dies in homeless shelter

Associated Press

PADUCAH, Ky. - A 14-month-old boy was hospitalized after going unattended in his crib for as much as a day after his father died at a western Kentucky homeless shelter, officials said.

The boy was dehydrated, but otherwise OK after being taken to an emergency room in Paducah on Thursday, McCracken County Coroner Dan Sims said.

The boy’s father, Charles McCormick, was found at the River City Mission on Thursday afternoon. Sims said McCormick appeared to have died from a gastrointestinal hemorrhage within 24 hours of being found. No autopsy will be conducted.

The Kentucky Department for Children and Family Services took custody of the child.

Bryan Partain, director of operations for the shelter, said McCormick moved in about two months ago after he was separated from his wife. McCormick had sole custody of his son, and the mother had no visitation rights, he said.

Information from: The Paducah Sun

From MediaRADAR:

RADAR ALERT:

Intensive Global Efforts Bring Two Victories in One Week!

This past week our hard work was rewarded with two victories. And both of them stemmed from flawed reports from the United Nations.

1. UN Study on Violence Against Women

The first report was the UN secretary-general’s Study on Violence Against Women. The document amounted to an ideological denunciation of the “patriarchy” and recommended that every country around the world enact VAWA-like laws: http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/vaw. Columnist Wendy McElroy described the report as “embarrassingly inaccurate, ideological, and biased against men.” (http://www.ifeminists.net/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.55)

What happened next was nothing short of miraculous.

RADAR drafted a resolution calling on the UN Third Committee to only “note,” not “welcome” the report. The resolution was sent around the world, and within a few short weeks 118 organizations in 14 countries had endorsed it: http://www.mediaradar.org/docs/UN-ViolenceReport-Resolution.pdf

Alerts were issued and over a one-month period, an estimated 30,000 e-mails were sent to US ambassador John Bolton. The delegations from other countries were deluged with messages, as well.

When the dust had cleared, the Third Committee decided to “note,” not “welcome” the secretary-general’s report! A change of a single word may seem insignificant, but it basically means that the Committee gave the Secretary General’s report a failing grade.

Please send Ambassador Bolton short “thank you” for voting to only “note” the flawed secretary-general’s report at usa@un.int.
2. Washington Times Article on Abused Wives in India

The second report came from a chart developed by the UN Population Fund. Whoever made the chart committed statistical malpractice, because it simply makes no sense. (http://mensnewsdaily.com/2006/11/19/feminist-takeover-of-the-un-is-an-issue-of-national-security)

But that flawed chart gave rise to this statement that appeared in a front-page article in the Washington Times: “A 2005 U.N. Population Fund report found that 70 percent of married women in India were victims of beatings or rape.” (http://www.washingtontimes.com/world/20061113-120817-8603r.htm)

The statement was defamatory and beyond belief.

RADAR issued two Alerts, and the complaints POURED in. Messages came from the United States, Canada, India, and elsewhere.

So this past Tuesday, TWT finally ran the following retraction:

“Using a chart published in a 2005 U.N. Population Fund report – which the UN agency now says was misleading – a London Daily Telegraph article published in Nov. 13 editions of The Washington Times incorrectly stated the frequencies of wife abuse in India. The agency says that it does not have sufficient data to provide such a figure and that the chart was intended to show that 70 percent of Indian women who were abused by their husbands think such abuse is justified in at least some circumstances.” (http://washingtontimes.com/corrections/20061128-102228-2806r.htm)

These are major victories. Kudos for the messages you sent to the United Nations that would have otherwise treated half-truths and innuendo about violence against women as absolute truth. And kudos to all who complained to the Washington Times for publishing its inflammatory propaganda.

This Alert is sent in the spirit of appreciation and thanks for a job well done. This is an example of how a cooperative effort involving over 100 organizations in 14 countries around the world can truly make a difference.

Date of RADAR Release: December 4, 2006

R.A.D.A.R. – Respecting Accuracy in Domestic Abuse Reporting – is a non-profit, non-partisan organization of men and women working to assure that the problem of domestic violence is treated in a balanced and effective manner. http://www.mediaradar.org.

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As reported here parent activist John Murtari was released from prison today, and his first stop was Friendly’s, for an ice cream sundae. Here’s a News10Now report, including video.

Background info:
AKidsRight.Org
SharedParentingWorks

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http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=76904

Parent Activist Murtari to Be Released From Prison; Protesting Father to Have First Meal in Four Months

11/30/2006 10:58:00 AM

To: National Desk

Contact: Teri Stoddard of AKidsRight.Org, 925-628-1206 or teri@akidsright.org

SYRACUSE, N.Y., Nov. 30 /U.S. Newswire/ — Family rights activist and AKidsRight.Org’s founder John Murtari will be released from prison Friday after spending four months incarcerated for “willful” failure to pay child support. Murtari denies the charge, saying support was calculated with a salary he no longer had, and travel expenses to see his son exceed the amount ordered after the courts allowed his ex-wife to move their son across the country.

Inspired by Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Murtari embarked on a peaceful protest July 31, the day he reported to serve his 6- month sentence. For 10 days Murtari had no food or water. Medical personnel tried to tempt him with candy, and threatened not to intervene. He lost 27 pounds and suffered dehydration, low blood sugar, low blood pressure and an irregular heartbeat before prison officials gave him a feeding tube.

Murtari’s pleased he’s been able to expose the need for family law reform on television, radio and in newspapers. He says he’s received over 100 letters while in jail. A rally was held in Syracuse with attendees from as far away as Canada, and he was interviewed for the documentary Support? System Down.

Members of AKidsRight.Org are asking for Congressional hearings and passage of a Family Rights Act. “Mothers, fathers, grandparents, families dealing with Children’s Protective Services, they all describe the same problems with family courts,” says Teri Stoddard, blogger on the worldwide family law reform movement. “There is no due process; parents are losing custody without proof of wrongdoing, without even a trial by jury. And the whole child support system is a disgrace, driving some parents into poverty and others out of their children’s lives.”

Murtari will continue his attempts to get a meeting with Sen. Hillary Clinton for local parents. When asked what comes next he replied, “We’re planning another rally, in front of the Federal Building in Syracuse, for mid-February. Every family that’s been hurt by current family law, every parent or grandparent who grieves for a child ’stolen’ by the family courts, should attend.”

Murtari says he plans on doing some “restaurant hopping” when he’s released, and will be on a plane to see his son within days.

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For more information visit http://www.akidsright.org

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Press Release

28th November 2006, 7.45am

A protesting roof top Father Christmas is being threatened by a Judge toting gun after scaling the mans house at Glebe Lodge, Farringdon, near Exeter.

Jolly Stanesby, a high-profile Fathers 4 Justice activist scaled the Judge’s roof in a Father Christmas outfit and has unfurled a banner that reads ‘Put the Father back into Xmas.’

Mr Stanesby, aged 37, from Ivybridge, Devon said he has supplies to last several days and plans to spend a week on the roof of Judge Tyzack who sits at Plymouth County Court on Family Cases.

A Fathers 4 Justice spokesman said, “Judge Tyzack is one of the UK’s worst judicial offenders when it comes to refusing fathers contact with their children. This protest marks a renewal in a campaign of direct action against judges who deliberately block contact between children and their fathers, especially at a time of year when families should be together.�?

Further protests are planned at the home of former President of the Family Division, Dame Elizabeth Butler Sloss at Marsh Green, Exeter and Mrs. Justice Bracewell who owns the Lynch Country Hotel, Behind Berry, Somerton, Somerset.

ENDS

For further information contact Richard on 07875 7748 807 or Matt on 07795 341 110
www.fathers-4-justice.org

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Woman Spends Thanksgiving On Billboard

Shelly Barreras says sometimes you have to do whatever it takes, in a peaceful way, to get results, especially when you’re dealing with government.

New Mexico Governor Richardson has apparently reneged on a promise to help the Barreras family recover $15,000 collected by the state as child support from Steve Barreras, for a child that never existed. more…

John Murtari on News10Now. Watch video HERE.

See trailers for “Support? System Down”, the full-length documentary John will be in. Visit Murtari’s Website AKidsRight.org Learn more about Murtari and the Family Law Reform Movement

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John Murtari maintains his faith, 109 days after giving up solid food to highlight the need for family law reform. This week that faith paid-off. Yesterday Murtari was interviewed by film producer Angelo Lobo for the documentary “Support? System Down,” as well as a local television crew and newspaper reporter. Today his story appeared in the Associated Press.

See trailers for “Support? System Down”
Visit Murtari’s Website AKidsRight.org
Learn more about Murtari and the Family Law Reform Movement
Read the Press Release

More media coverage…
Fasting inmate to be subject of film on reforming family court
A fasting jail inmate to be film’s subject
Fasting inmate to be subject of film on reforming family court

Has the family law system hurt your family? Have you faced injustice or corruption? Leave a comment below.

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Photo from Courier-Journal

This Courier-Journal article describes Kentucky parents telling the Blue Ribbon Panel on Adoption that the state takes their children unnecessarily and doesn’t return them in a timely manner. They also say foster homes are chosen over relatives’ homes, causing extra distress to children.

These complaints mirror comments made by parents nationwide. Groups have sprung up across America and around the world to fight CPS’s irresponsible actions. A study done in California showed that half the children removed from their parents and put in foster care should have been allowed to stay with their parents.

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