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Eagle Forum Founder Writes Pro-Family Article

Phyllis Schlafly has been a conservative leader since 1972, when she founded the Eagle Forum. She was appointed by President Regan to the Commission on the U.S. Constitution's Bicentennial.  Her most recent book, Feminist Fantasies, is a collection of essays on feminism in the media, work, home, and military.  For unknown reasons, conservatives have ignored what judges have been doing to children in parent v. parent custody cases. Liberals have had a wide open playing field, to advance their harmful agenda. Mrs. Schlafly is however breaking this pattern, with a major family law newspaper article. Excerpts from it are below:

One impressive vote last November second has been overlooked by the media. By 85 to 15 percent, a ballot initiative in Massachusetts approved equal legal and physical custody of children whose parents are divorced. ++ Fathers are starting to fight back. During 2004, federal class action suits were filed against 46 states on behalf of an estimated 25 million non-custodial parents, primarily fathers, claiming violation of their right to equal custody of their children. ++ The gay-rights lobby has a national strategy based on federal "equal protection" to get their day in court to demand marriage licenses.  What we really need are laws ensuring that children of broken homes have equal access to their fathers and mothers.