National Organization of Women Files Suit to Abolish Father’s Day
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The National Organization for Women (NOW) and other women advocacy groups have filed suit against the Bush Administration seeking to abolish Fathers Day. During a press conference held after the filing of the lawsuit, Kim Gandy of NOW said, "the day clearly indicates that it is meant to recognize only fathers."
The American Civil Liberties Union, filing on behalf of the organizations said the day runs afoul of equal protection and Title IX provisions and should be abolished because it is discriminatory against women. "It is time to move beyond the pattern male discrimination against women so prevalent in the home and the workplace," according to a press release.
It wasn't solely the discriminatory aspects of Fathers Day that had the groups aroused, but the fact that Fathers are chiefly responsible for domestic violence, childhood sexual abuse, and are often negligent of their children. Many fail to make their child support payments in a timely fashion, if they make them at all. This has many women's groups wondering what is commendable about fathers that should give them a day to celebrate them. Prof. Hrdy in a recent TIME Magazine article showed that at best fathers only spend about 30 minutes a day with their children.
The Chicago Federation of Women is running a campaign, "What Will It Take", to recruit men to admit their fault in domestic abuse and accept a pattern of reparations. Gandy again cited the culture of support for domestic violence among men that has outlets across talk radio, such as Rush Limbaugh, who encourages violence against women.
Andrea Dworkin, in speaking on the lawsuit, said "Marriage as an institution developed from rape as a practice," and that there is nothing to celebrate simply because a rape resulted in childbirth. Dworkin said, if anything, people should be mourning the great harm done to women at the hands of men on Fathers Day.
Other women's groups focused less on the history of violence of men and their failure to parent their children but instead focused on women's rights. "It's her body and her choice, the right of women to choose motherhood is solely and exclusively hers. After donating his genetic material, the only contribution necessary from men is to mail their child support payments on time," according to Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards.
The lawsuit was met with outcries from men's rights groups and family organizations who attempted to file an amicus brief with the court which was rejected almost immediately. The opinion of the court was that such groups were not entitled to voice their views because they violated the separation of church and state "which is the source of the patriarchal attitudes which they seek to defend."
The Bush Administration was unavailable for comment.
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Wackos! Then they will try to eliminate Mother’s Day, right?
absurd thought -
God of the Universe says
all feminists are sane
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Comment by USpace | June 18, 2007
Bitter much?
Comment by Sandy | June 18, 2007
Excuse me while I go puke! That is “PC” crap to the extreme when we let retarded feminists do that junk! I’m a man who is all for women’s rights, but these feminists need to set down the crack pipe for a minute and realize that 1. Fathers are important and should be honored, 2. Mothers do have a day, and no it should not be abolished, 3. Marriage is a good thing, not an excuse for rape as somebody said, and 4. Gay relationships (including lesbianism) are a bad, unnatural thing.
Comment by Scott | June 18, 2007
JB, this is satire, right? I’m a bit confused as it was posted in satire but it’s provoked quite a reaction.
Comment by Aurora | June 21, 2007
Oh Geez, get over it!!! There are millions of great dads that deserve recognition! Women can be just as abusive as men so why not stop mothers day, too? And grandparents day..etc..etc! Get a grip people!
Comment by Dea | June 21, 2007
YHBT folks. Move along, move along.
Comment by Big Johnson's Cocks and Weiners | June 28, 2007
I realize NOW, the organization, is a strong supporter of women, and rightly so given their mission and goal to promote women. I wont argue with that, but for someone who had a great father who enabled me to get an education and encouraged me to be the “best that I could be”, father has become a very special “word” in my lexicon.
Consequently, the idea to abolish Father’s Day may be an attempt to throw out the “baby with the bath water”. Women should continue to seek and work toward what they want to accomplish, but if there will be a Mother’s day, Father’s day will not be left behind. Let’s us address what is wrong, outdated, sexist among those guilty, but parents that for some still mean father and mother– should not see one sex honored,and the other shown disdain. I have no considerations for either bad mothers/fathers. I suggest we rate them as deserving of behavior demonstrated– I want to kudos to both when we think of parents and family.
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Comment by Lee | July 25, 2007
You know, satire only works if its 1) actually funny and 2) connected in some way to a real life situation.
This post is neither.
Comment by A Hermit | September 5, 2007
I’ve done some research on NOW and one of their goals is to create diversity and peace and EQUAL between men and women. In regards to this article, not all fathers are the way they were just portrayed by NOW in this article…not even close. Also, what about the women that neglect their children and go out doing whatever it is that they do and trust their child with anyone they meet for the first time? What about the children that are left taking care of their mother everyday after school until bed time because she drank too much? By no means am I against NOW or any other interest group. However, this particular issue doesn’t seem to be arguable at all to me. Leave the days as they are because no matter what not all fathers and not all mothers are the same.
Comment by Amanda | October 13, 2007