Dear Scoleman,

Although I agree with almost all that your petition addresses, it needs to be pointed out that your effort to differentiate “good” from “bad” fathers separated from their families is a bit misguided, perhaps because you, too, have to an extent become indoctrinated by feminist anti-fathers propaganda.

Your petition states: “I’m not referring to the “deadbeat dad” types who leave their ex-wives and children living in the streets.”

With that statement you refer to the very small number of fathers who default on child support payments, for reasons other than being seriously ill, disabled, under- or unemployed, incarcerated and even being dead. Your sort of “deadbeat dad” type makes up no more than about three percent of all separated or divorced fathers (Sanford Braver, “Divorced Dads: Shattering the Myths : The Surprising Truth About Fathers, Children, and Divorce“).

–Walter