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March 24, 2009
Massachusetts Action Alert--We Need Democrats & Independents to Post Comments and/or Attend Meetings in Favor of Shared Parenting
Short Version: If you’re a Massachusetts Democrat or Independent, click here, go to the bottom of the page and post a comment explaining why you believe the Massachusetts Democratic Party should formally endorse Shared Parenting at its State Convention on June 6, 2009. Also, email the same comment to platform2009@massdems.org.
If words fail you, see the three suggested messages at the bottom of this blog post. All comments posted on http://massdemsplatform.blogspot.com will become part of the testimony considered by the Massachusetts Democratic Party in revising its Platform.
Full version: Fathers & Families has shown that the public believes in Shared Parenting. Our 2004 Shared Parenting ballot initiative was approved by an 86%-14% margin. We got over one-fourth of the Legislature to co-sponsor our Shared Parenting bill. We obtained a favorable editorial for Shared Parenting in the Boston Globe. We made Shared Parenting the # 1 issue on Governor Duval Patrick’s website, and we got the Governor to tell the Legislature that if they pass Shared Parenting, he will sign it.
Now we want the Democratic Party to endorse Shared Parenting by putting a Shared Parenting plank in their platform this spring. The platform will express the Party’s goals for the next four years.
Our members have been attending most of the Democratic Party’s Platform Hearings for the past week, and the feedback we have been getting has been very positive. The Party knows we are there and that we care, and we want you to join us both by sending an email supporting Shared Parenting, and/or by attending a Platform Hearing in or near your town in the next week.
If you can help (or if you have any questions), please call Fathers & Families at 617 542-9300 or write to adminfaf@fathersandfamilies.org. We also urge you to call and bring friends who are sympathetic to Shared Parenting.
The Democratic Party Platform hearings we’d like you to attend are listed below. For details on the hearings, see the Massachusetts Democratic Party’s calendar page here.
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© 2009. Fathers & Families. All Rights Reserved.
March 24, 2009
Massachusetts Action Alert--We Need Democrats & Independents to Post Comments and/or Attend Meetings in Favor of Shared Parenting
Short Version: If you’re a Massachusetts Democrat or Independent, click here, go to the bottom of the page and post a comment explaining why you believe the Massachusetts Democratic Party should formally endorse Shared Parenting at its State Convention on June 6, 2009. Also, email the same comment to platform2009@massdems.org.
If words fail you, see the three suggested messages at the bottom of this blog post. All comments posted on http://massdemsplatform.blogspot.com will become part of the testimony considered by the Massachusetts Democratic Party in revising its Platform.
Full version: Fathers & Families has shown that the public believes in Shared Parenting. Our 2004 Shared Parenting ballot initiative was approved by an 86%-14% margin. We got over one-fourth of the Legislature to co-sponsor our Shared Parenting bill. We obtained a favorable editorial for Shared Parenting in the Boston Globe. We made Shared Parenting the # 1 issue on Governor Duval Patrick’s website, and we got the Governor to tell the Legislature that if they pass Shared Parenting, he will sign it.
Now we want the Democratic Party to endorse Shared Parenting by putting a Shared Parenting plank in their platform this spring. The platform will express the Party’s goals for the next four years.
Our members have been attending most of the Democratic Party’s Platform Hearings for the past week, and the feedback we have been getting has been very positive. The Party knows we are there and that we care, and we want you to join us both by sending an email supporting Shared Parenting, and/or by attending a Platform Hearing in or near your town in the next week.
If you can help (or if you have any questions), please call Fathers & Families at 617 542-9300 or write to adminfaf@fathersandfamilies.org. We also urge you to call and bring friends who are sympathetic to Shared Parenting.
The Democratic Party Platform hearings we’d like you to attend are listed below. For details on the hearings, see the Massachusetts Democratic Party’s calendar page here.
Join Fathers & Families
Fathers and Families is a family court reform organization with a comprehensive strategy, an impressive history of fundraising success, and the largest reach of any advocacy group of its kind:
Get Involved
Give a Gift
Become a Member of the Fathers & Families Action Squad
Fathers & Families Action Alert Helps Pro-Father Advice Columnist--More Needed
Be the First to Learn About, Join our Action Alerts by Signing up for the Fathers & Families Action Squad
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Covers Fathers & Families' Child Support Lawsuit
Fathers & Families Supporter in Boston Globe: '20 Million Kids Are Being Raised Without Dads'
Massachusetts State House News Service: 'Advocates for Fathers Sue Trial Court over Child Support Rules'
Man to Pay Child Support for the Rest of His Life--for a Child Who Isn't His
DVDs Available for Historic 'From Ideology to Inclusion 2008' Domestic Violence Conference
Research Shows Even Low-Income Single Fathers Are Often Highly Motivated Parents
Some Great Fatherly Advice from Rocky Balboa
"My father had to work two jobs when I was growing up. I would see him coming up the street and I would run to meet him so I could be with him while he ate before he had to go off to his other job to support us. He was a huge impact on our lives..."
--Radio host Mark Taylor
© 2009. Fathers & Families. All Rights Reserved.
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