Truth and Consequences – Election 2006: About the Campaign
For years, special interest groups have spread half-truths,
innuendo, and lies about domestic violence. The result is
the Violence Against Women Act, a law that:
- Shamefully ignores male victims of domestic violence
- Casually tramples on the civil rights of hundreds of
thousands of parents who each year are falsely accused of
partner abuse
In the end, loving and fit parents are denied meaningful
contact with their children, which places kids at greater
risk from a broad range of academic, social, and legal
problems.
IT'S TIME FOR A CHANGE.
Over 50 organizations from around the country have banded
together in a non-partisan effort to educate lawmakers and
the public to protect families from VAWA abuse. These groups
have a broad range of missions, including promoting
children's rights, family stability, shared parenting,
fatherhood, victim advocacy, and media accuracy. These
groups have signed a Resolution calling for the reform of
VAWA: http://www.mediaradar.org/docs/VAWA-Resolution.pdf
These organizations are now participating in a nationwide
campaign with the theme, "Truth and Consequences: 2006
Elections." The purpose of the campaign is to educate
candidates involved in the 2006 elections about the truth of
domestic violence, and the consequences of VAWA on families
and children.
During the course of the campaign, persons are meeting with
candidates in all 470 national races (33 in the Senate, 437
in the House of Representatives), and request that they
immediately call for Congressional hearings to investigate
VAWA abuse.
For more information, contact:
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