October 2, 2006 by Walter Schneider.

Newsweek’s September 25th article “Fighting Over the Kids: Battered spouses take aim at a controversial custody strategy” (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14870310/site/newsweek) attempted to sell the American public an impossible theory: abusive fathers are successfully winning custody of children by claiming that the mother alienated the children from them.The article highlights the case of Genia Shockome, who lost custody to the father in her divorce. A study of case facts reveals that the judge made the correct decision. (http://glennsacks.com/enewsletters/enews_9_20_06.htm)

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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.

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October 2, 2006 by Walter Schneider.

Quote: The boy said in evidence: “I was crying on the sofa because of what she’d said about my dad. She was in the kitchen and she flipped the kettle on three or four times. She then called me into the kitchen and said ‘Sorry kid, but I’ve got to do this.’ She then tipped the contents of the kettle over me.”

BBC News, 25 September 2006

Scalding case jury is discharged

The jury in the trial of a woman accused of pouring boiling water over her son has been discharged after new information came to light.

Judge Philip Richards told the jury at Cardiff Crown Court the information could have a huge bearing on the case.

He said it was a matter of deep regret but that he had to discharge the jury….

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Going by the information contained in the article, it is not possible to predict where the case of the mom accused of scalding her son and disfiguring him for life will go.

The only thing we do know for sure is that the mother kept changing her story and even gave reasons for doing so, while the boy stuck by his and bears seriously disfiguring life-time scars. Going by other cases like this one, the mom will go free.

Although we may feel that Judge Philip Richards is excessively chivalrous or that he has feminist leanings, the BBC article did not provide the slightest bit of information that would permit anyone to reach that conclusion. The article doesn’t even tell whether the case was open to the public.

Discharging a jury is not necessarily a bad thing for justice. Juries have been notoriously forgiving when it came to women who hurt or murdered their children.

For instance, following five thousand coroner’s inquests into child deaths held annually in Britain in the mid-nineteenth century, only thirty-nine convictions for child murder resulted, and none of those women were executed. Similarly, in Canada, when a mandatory death penalty applied to the murder of children, “courts regularly returned ‘not guilty’ verdicts in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary.” (Patricia Pearson, When She Was Bad, p. 80 (1997), ISBN 0-394-22430-2; quoted in Infanticide or “Post-natal Abortion”; see review of the book)

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October 1, 2006 by Walter Schneider.

About 85% of child-custody awards upon divorce or separation go to mothers, regardless of the repective qualities and qualifications of the children’s parents.

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October 1, 2006 by Walter Schneider.

Fake ‘Catholic Voters Guide’ Published by Former Aide to John Kerry

Attempt to recapture the Catholic vote launched by Democratic supporters

By John-Henry WestenWASHINGTON, September 29, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - An attempt to recapture the Catholic vote has been launched by Democratic supporters. A new 2006 Voter Guide has been put out by “Catholic in Alliance for the Common Good” (CACG) a group headed up by Alexia Kelley who in 2004 worked as a religion advisor to John Kerry in the closing weeks of his campaign.

An initial printing of one million copies of “Voting for the Common Good: A Practical Guide for Conscientious Catholics” will be distributed nationwide through on-the-ground organizers and partner networks in all 50 states, says CACG. The groups admits in a press release that the new voter guide is a response to the original “Catholic Voters Guide” issued by Catholic Answers last year.

The new voter guide has been described as “slick” by the Catholic League for its deceptive wording which falsely leads Catholics to consider abortion as just one of many important social justice issues to be taken into account when electing politicians.

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October 1, 2006 by Walter Schneider.

Governor Schwarzenegger Terminates Last Piece of Marriage
Christian News Wire (press release), DC - 10 hours ago
Thomasson: “There is now no difference in California law between marriage rights for a husband and wife and marriage rights for homosexuals.”. …

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