Robbing children of their birthright

Published: 25 December 2011

IN the dead of the night of Tuesday, November 22, the Labor/Greens-controlled Senate passed the "Shared Parenting Rollback" Bill 2011 (Family Law Amendment Bill 2011) after cunningly guillotining proper debate and out of the normal news cycle.

Never before in Australian parliament history have there been major changes to family law enacted without bipartisan agreement.

The Opposition rightly opposed this bill because:

- It removes the very wise parent-friendly provisions

- It redefines family violence to mean whatever anyone wants it to mean, and

- It removes any possible penalties for perjury and false accusation in the Family Court.

These new measures are nothing more than the radical feminist ideologically-based, anti-family legislation of Emily's List which has many in the Labor Party under its influence.

It will ensure the destruction of more families, the suicide of more separated fathers, and an increase in the broken hearts of more fatherless children.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard must take full responsibility for this legislation because she is a founding member of Emily's List, the radical, feminist driving force in the Labor/Green government which promotes homosexual "marriage" and is in outright war against fatherhood and proper marriage.

Polls show 86 per cent of Australians believe children normally should be reared by their biological mother and father, and anything less would rob them of their birthright.

BRENDAN KEOGH
President,
Australian Family Association,
Bendigo, Vic