*Ø* Blogmanac | Bob Geldof: Family law is based on bias and prejudice

It would appear that the UK's Family Court system is as anti-male as that in Australia, if Bob Geldof's eloquent assertions are anything to go by:

The law as it stands promotes pain, hurt and broken families, in direct contradiction to its purpose

"Family law doesn't work. It is absurd, blunt and outdated. It is time that it was scrapped and replaced by new legislation that is based not on bias, discrimination, prejudice and unfounded assumptions but on the understanding of the way we live today ...

"The implication now of any order determining a father's allotted time with his children is that he was always of secondary importance within the house. 'Reasonable contact' is an oxymoron. The fact that as a father you are forbidden from seeing your children except at state-appointed moments is by definition unreasonable. The fact that you must visit your family as opposed to live with them is unreasonable.

"With the incorporation of human rights legislation into British law, there must now be recognition of a father's rights, hitherto denied. Such rights may not be granted by anyone, but are they in fact concomitant with and a corrolary to the obligations and responsibilities that accrue to a father upon his child's birth. These are inalienable and may not be removed, particularly by a court operating under the assumption that femininity is the sine qua non of nurture and masculinity its antithesis ..."
Source

Achilles Heel Magazine
MensActivism.org
MenWeb
National Coalition of Free Men
Men's Defense.org
The Myth of Male Power, by Warren Farrell, Ph D