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YOUR VOICE MUST BE HEARD! You expressed your concerns about the well-being of your children and grandchildren, and their importance to you... Your attendance is necessary at the upcoming Senate and House Judiciary informational hearing in the House Chamber at the Capitol in Charleston on Wednesday, January 30, 2008 from 1pm to 3pm. This hearing will determine whether or not the legislators act on our proposed legislation. Your presence will send a clear message to them – the time to act is NOW!! There will be distinguished and educated experts speaking on our behalf. Can we count on you to be there? Are you willing to rearrange your schedule to join us? We need you, your family and friends to be part of this historic day. The Domestic Violence Coalition will already be there with their supporters opposing our bills. We need to show our legislators that our children are important! Without your support, our bills will fail! Also, we will be in the Capitol Rotunda in Charleston, WV for Children’s Day at the Legislature on Wed., February 13, 2008. MAWAD has a booth in the Upper Rotunda throughout the day, and a Rally from Noon – 2 PM. If you can’t attend either function, please think of people that you can send in your place to show the physical support that is so important. Can you and your friends and family also fax or email a short letter to us? It needs to state that you support the legislative initiatives of Men & Women Against Discrimination, asking the legislators to vote in favor of them. It needs to be clearly written or typed, with the date, your name, address, and phone number. For any further inquiries, please contact Men & Women Against Discrimination or call 304-295-0053.
EQUAL PARENTING LEGISLATIVE INFORMATIONAL HEARING
We need your help and participation!!
Great news!! Through the hard work and financial support of our dedicated supporters, our bills are getting serious consideration for passage this Session. We have many legislators telling us that the bills are moving this year. Also, we have been told that most likely a separate sub-committee will be setup to work on our bills.
THIS IS WHAT WE ALL HAVE BEEN WANTING!!!
An Informational Meeting on our bills will take place in the House Chamber at the Capitol in Charleston on Wednesday, January 30th, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. and we need you and everyone you know to be there by noon (earlier if you can). We are bringing two of the most qualified experts available to speak on this topic, Dr. Warren Farrell (www.warrenfarrell.c om), author of the longest and largest study on children's best interests, Father and Child Reunion, and Dr. Linda Nielson, Professor of Women's Studies and Adolescent Pyschology at Wake Forest University and current President of the American Coalition of Fathers and Children. Join us for this historic day!!
In fact, our opposition is so concerned about this possibility that they have called out their big guns to attempt to kill our bills. Unfortunately, they have payrolled workers that will show up in droves for this Informational Hearing.
Unless we turn out a large following, they will carry the day. We need you to be at the Capitol to mingle with the delegates. Please mark your calendar, tell your family, friends, coworkers and anyone else you see to join us on this date. If there was ever a day to take off work, paid or unpaid, this would be the day!
This is our best hope to keep the drive alive. All the work that has been put into our efforts over the past several years can die a slow death in the committee if you don't show and help us overcome this last hurdle.
If there's no way you can be there, then please click below and send us an email response with the date, your name, address and phone number so we can present it to the legislators.
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Please contact Carrie Webster's office and tell her that you support House Bills 4042 - The Joint Parenting Act, 3065 - False Allegations Bill; 4002 - Paternity Fraud Bill, and the Visitation Denial bill to be introduced this week.
We need you and your friends to call all the members of the Judiciary and tell them to ask Carrie Webster to "RUN THE BILLS". If we put enough heat on them, they cannot stop the train once it leaves the station.
Click Here to also Send an Email to the Judiciary Committee Members - Be sure to include your name, address and phone number
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Don't wait, call today at their homes and their offices and every day you can afterwards.
Carrie Webster Judiciary Chair 304-340-3252 304-342-1013
Committee Members office home
Bill Proudfoot Vice Chair 304-340-3248 304-636-7971
John Ellem Minority Chair 304-340-3394 304-863-0375
John Overington Minority Vice Chair 304-340-3148 304-274-1791
Bonnie Brown 304-340-3106 304-744-4334
Mike Burdiss 304-340-3111 304-294-4491
Barbara Fleischauer 304-340-3169 304-296-7035
Nancy Guthrie 304-340-3156 304-925-8681
Lidella Hrutkay 304-340-3134 304-752-2726
Melvin Kessler 304-340-3163 304-252-9992
Marshall Long 304-340-3120 304-487-1780
Linda Longstreth 304-340-3124 304-366-5251
Virginia Mahan 304-340-3102 304-466-4980
Tim Miley 304-340-3145 304-848-0102
Cliff Moore 304-340-3189 304-448-2838
John Pino 304-340-3170 304-465-0197
Alex Shook 304-340-3173 304-685-9094
Bill Stemple 304-340-3112 304-655-7668
Robert Tabb 304-340-3274 304-728-2214
Scott Varner 304-340-3187 304-845-0091
Tom Azinger 304-340-3202 304-295-8695
Bill Hamilton 304-340-3167 304-472-1966
Patrick Lane 304-340-3275 304-391-5859
Robert Schadler 304-340-3191 304-788-4024
Kelli Sobonya 304-340-3175 304-733-9169
Most of the men support our bills. Moore, Lane, Tabb, Shook, Stemple, Ellem and Proudfoot are sponsors while Kessler, Azinger Sobonya,Long, Burdiss and Overington have shown strong support. Guthrie, Hrutkay, Brown, Fleischauer, and Webster are strong opponents. The rest are sitting the fence without committing one way or another. Those are the most important calls to make and tell them you would like for them to su p port the bills. A call to the supporters thanking them for supporting the legislation will help shore up the support and a call to the opponents will soften their attempts to upend the support. We only need 13 if it is put on the agenda and, as you can see, we have 13 in strong support. It is extremely important to call Carrie Webster and tell her you want her to run the bill. She has the sole power to allow it on the agenda and sole power to keep it from a vote in the committee. Please call and have all of your friends to do the same.
Keep these numbers handy because you will need them again later to continue the push. We will keep you updated on when to call.
Tim Fittro
Men and Women Against Discrimination
Maryland
Maryland
More ActionsMore ActionsThe public is encouraged to attend an Informational Hearing in the House of Delegates Chamber at the Capitol Building in Charleston on Wednesday, January 30th, beginning at 1:00 p.m. regarding the following proposed changes in the law:
HB 4042 - Joint (Equal) Parenting Act
HB 3065 - Penalties for false reports of child abuse, sexual abuse and domestic violence
HB 4002 - Providing procedure for contesting paternity
Parents, grandparents and all other affected parties throughout the state of West Virginia are encouraged to participate in this unique and historic opportunity to inform our state legislators regarding these important issues.
For more information, contact Tim Fittro at 304-295-0053 or
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