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August 18th this year will mark the launch of the Marriage Reform Movement in America. I have spent the past four years building networks of individuals and organizations who are sick and tired of entitled governmental destruction of marriage.
Advocates from many kinds of religious and secular organizations will be speaking at the rally. Veterans, children’s rights, women’s rights, men’s rights, attorneys, counselors, Catholics, Protestants, and other religious leaders will be setting forth reform social policy agenda that promises to end the divorce and illegitimacy revolutions, most child problems, and a wide array of costly social problems draining our federal budget and saddling the taxpayer.
The organizers have not released the speakers list yet. The one thing I am permitted to mention (besides the fact that I am speaking) is that we will have an NFL Super Bowl Champ there.
There is a very impressive list of speakers to be announced soon. I can say this: all the best and brightest advocates I know will be there. In 19 years of activism, and of all the events ever held in Washington over the years, I can honestly say that this is the first one I have felt was worth attending.
Robb McKenzie and Rob Pedersen will be arriving after a 700-mile “Equal Parenting”[i] bicycle trek that has been covered by Fox News, Human Events, Phyllis Schlafly, and a string of other media locations. Children Need Both Parents[ii] will be there.
Filmmaker Angelo Lobo will show a 30-minute preview of the new movie “Support Down”[iii] at the Best Western Reagan (Pentagon) hotel on Friday evening.
On Sunday morning at 9:30 am, there will be an interdenominational religious service, to include prayer for healing of the relationship between men and women, and a recommitment to marriage by women and men.
My talk is titled “Why Marriage Is Important”. I have written a seminal article on the topic – 14 pages and 57 citations of authorities — presently submitted to a major publication. It is endorsed by Phyllis Schlafly and another national policy leader. The article will be published online prior to the rally – and perhaps in print later.
My goal is to change politics and policy in Washington forever. This will take some time – but will eventually result in a political social policy revolution inside the beltway.
This is unquestionably the most important pro-family rally ever held on tne Mall. This is one event worth taking some vacation time. For the latest information about the rally, please visit www.dcrally2007.com. See You There!
David R. Usher is Senior Policy Analyst for the True Equality Network
[i] http://www.cycling4children.com/[ii] http://www.cnbpinc.org/[iii] http://www.supportthemovie.com/
Denise Noe said,
August 9, 2007 at 4:43 am
Thomas said,
August 9, 2007 at 6:06 am
The Biscuit Queen said,
Denise, I think that it is not a bad thing to be an advocate for women-IF you are also an advocate for men. Women are not the enemy; unfair policy and social bias is the enemy. Phyllis Shafly has singlehandedly done more to bring men's issues to the forefront than most MRAs, and she has managed to do so without alianating women. Since we make up 51% of the population, this is important.
I think criticizing an important figure in the MRM because she happens to not hate women and is willing to stand up against unfairness regardless of where it pops up is counterproductive.
The family right's arena is a women's issue as well as a men's and children's issue. While many women choose through their actions to force the father out of their child's life, many do not. Courts which claim to work in their best interest often make matters worse for the whole family. Men avoiding women, marriage and children is not good for anyone- not women, not children, and mainly, not men themselves, who gain the most from marriage through emotional and physical well being and a longer lifespan. Again, while many women have brought this upon themselves, many have not.
We may get some feminist women's rights groups who will be in direct conflict-who cares? They will be counted among our numbers for equal shared parenting no matter what their affiliation-they do us more good than they think. The more of a stink they try to raise, the more attention equal shared parenting gets. That cannot be a bad thing.
August 9, 2007 at 7:47 am
Ray Blumhorst said,
How hypocritical of Churches and (Synagogues) and their leaders! How about a prayer for the gender feminazi government of Amerika to commit to abating their prosecution of the war on Fathers and men, along with gender feminist programs and policies that persecute:
#1 Father's and men,
#2 heterosexual marriage,
#3 children,
#4 and some heterosexual women?
How about a prayer to end the furtherance of the "for profit" Nanny state, operating in large areas at the expense of the heterosexual family?
How about a prayer for an end of the harvesting of Fathers and men by feminazi run government programs and policies?
How about a prayer for the churches who set Fathers and men up for destruction, abuse and torture in Amerika's courts by telling them they have authority as heads of the family as Christ has over the church? You do know that puts men in a crossfire, where both the Church and American Government blame "the man" for the failure of a marriage? You do know that a man taking such a Church promoted stance is blamed in court as a violent abuser under Amerika's domestic violence laws for controlling behavior, no matter he is a Saint in his care of wife and family. I believe any man in such a situation is known in more common language as "damned if you do, damned if you don't." At least, that's fully the case when the little missus decides to file for divorce, and 75%+ are filed by women, including in the Church, where the rate of divorce is the same as it is outside the Church.
If Churches really care about the welfare of Fathers and males, they should be praying all males avoid marriage like the plague it truly has become for them. I won't be attending this event. People attending this event should hold the Church fully accountable for its abuses in Amerika's War on Fathers and men. Maybe the Church leaders should confess their own damned, misandrist sins before pompously praying for anything regarding Fathers and males. Shame on Amerika's Churches and Synagogues for their contributions in the war on Father's and men, especially in as much as they are clearly the stupid dupes of Amerika’s feminazi, man-hating, anti-heterosexual family, government programs and policies.
Churches are not rendering unto Caesar, when they serve such an evil, corrupt government, but instead rendering unto Satan. Caesar was a dictator who wielded a dictatorial form of government. America was set up as a form of representative government, where the authority and responsibility for government was ultimately in the hands of “We the people.” Remind the Church leaders of the words of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, penned by our founding Fathers:
"But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government…"
…then read this long train of abuses, pursuing invariably the same Object:
#1 The Violence Against Women Act
#2 Taxpayer funded women's studies programs
#3 Sexual Harassment laws
#4 Title IX
#5 Taxpayer funded women's commissions
#6 Father hating family relations courts denying shared parenting
etc., etc., etc.
Declare Independence from Corrupt Gender Feminist Laws.
End Gender Feminist Despotism in Government.
August 9, 2007 at 7:50 am
Thomas said,
Nowhere will the message be clearer then here that we are P.O.'d and momentum is gathering and perhaps quickly. Everyone has a different slice of this pie but the end goal is very similar to all of us - stop the gevernmental abuse to our families, in tact or otherwise. Period.
The more members that attend - the bigger message that the views you just posted are not the words of a lonely activist.
August 9, 2007 at 8:07 am
MMX said,
Seems to me like you ought to have just spoken your piece and let the masses choose whether this event is worth their time.
August 9, 2007 at 9:02 am
Dittohd said,
August 9, 2007 at 9:02 am
The Biscuit Queen said,
I think that it is hard to get a presence in one state-people in the US are notoriously hard to get motivated to actually get out there and do anything in person. DC will gain numbers precisely because it is the national level-if 20 people from each state show then you have a decent sized showing, where as 20 people in one state won't even get on the radar.
Hell, ANYTHING at this point is good-so how many of you can make it?
August 9, 2007 at 9:18 am
veritas said,
I will be at the rally, allong with many other like minds!!!
August 9, 2007 at 9:55 am
Ray Blumhorst said,
I didn't state a primary reason I'm not going, but now I will. It's on the east coast and I'm on the west coast. What is that, 3,000 mile, or there about. If it wasn't so far away, I'd then have to choose whether I wanted to go and protest the misandrist Churches and Synagogues role(s) in government sponsored misandry, or just protest the government sponsored misandry.
I have seen a major protestant denomination endorse VAWA (Violence Against Women Act). publically on the Internet. I printed out the page. I've seen another major denomination's publication lie, and say women are 95% of domestic violence. I have the publication. I've had a Pastor report another major denomination supporting the same 95% women as victim lie, by having a VAWA trained Police Chief speak (lie) from the pulpit. There's more, but you get the idea of the major complicity that Churches and Synagogues have had in destroying traditional, heterosexual families through their support of just that evil.
Let me say I respect everyone's right to disagree with me, and attend or not attend this event. That's free speech (and the right to peaceably assemble), and I believe in that more than the Father's and men's issues we passionately advocate for. Without the right to free speechm (and peaceable assembly), that gender feminists are everyday trying to take away, we would have zero voice to confront their tyranny.
By all means, let each choose for himself/herself what role they will choose regarding this event. I think I've adequately stated my disgust for the misandrist, hypocrisy of Church and Synagogue leaders who might be there.
August 9, 2007 at 12:44 pm
David R. Usher said,
1. Some are tired of what the lack of supports for marriage did to them, and are working hard to fix it.
2. Some don't even trust the best leaders of this movement no matter what they do. They are good at only one thing: complaining and feeling sorry for themselves.
If you want change, then stop complaining and get with the marriage movement. If you aren't going to do that, then you are wasting your breath. Sitting on your rump does not qualify you to criticize anybody or anything except yourself.
About half of the serious advocates in the Marriage Reform Movement are women. Its too bad there are still so many political idiots in the men's movement. We will succeed without you.
August 9, 2007 at 3:32 pm
conservativation said,
For the bulk of church leaders to pray for marriage and male female reconciliation is blatantly hypocritical. I’m surprised the organizers don’t see this as equal to asking the guilty federal government to send a speaker who will outline new federal programs for marriage….an exercise in futility.
The rest of the conference should be good…wish I could attend half of it!
August 9, 2007 at 3:47 pm
Denis said,
That is where the fault line exists.
Fathers Rights First
Men's rights Second
Versus
Men's Right's First
Father's Right's Second
August 9, 2007 at 5:04 pm
Bart said,
August 9, 2007 at 5:52 pm
Ray Blumhorst said,
Geez. I didn't know all that activism I was involved in was just sitting on my rump, and I certainly encourage all, whether sitting on their rumps or being very active, to speak up, whether you agree with me or not.
Warning to all! Be very, very wary of leaders anywhere who discourage free speech and offer their solution as the only viable one. In the realm of complex human endeavors, there is often more than one viable solution. Given the many different situations that exist in family law and family relations, leaders should be open to a number of solution oriented methodologies.
It sounds like the Church movement is once again trying to remake everyone to fit into their version of what the cookie cutter is in family realtions, regardless of the fact that gender feminist laws are running amok in society and targeting Father's and men for destruction - especially those who follow Church dogma regarding family relations and male leadership. With friends like that, who won't first admint their own failings and shortcomings in dealing with those gender feminist advocacies, who needs enemies. Get thee behind me Church leaders who still blame Father's and men first and do not first confront the evil, gender feminist programs and policies government is using to destroy Father's, men and families.
Church leaders such as that make other good Christian Father's and men stumble with their assinine advice that does not address the gender feminist influence in our many misandrist, societal institutions AS THE PRIMARY CAUSE OF FAMILY DESTRUCTION IN CHURCHES (and outside of Churches).
I guess I'm just not up to accepting "the devil made me do it" excuse, when it's over obvious what gender feminism has glaringly been doing to the role of Fathers (in & out of the Church) for decades.
August 9, 2007 at 6:03 pm
Ray Blumhorst said,
Will the praying Church leaders first remove the log(s) from their own eyes regarding the overwhelming, gender feminist influence in societal institutions, before they get on the bandwagon that Father's and men need to be accountable as leaders of households and women?
Better yet, how about Church leaders showing up in family courts and expressing their Patriarchal views, when good, decent Father's and men are being destroyed for doing nothing more than what Church leaders told them to do?
Yea, the pompous, sanctimonious windbags are nowhere to be found then are they? I'm from Missouri, so "show me" the Church leaders going and boldly confronting gender feminist influence in laws that are destroying families, then Church leaders words might mean more than just barking into the wind.
What ever happened to Church leaders who lead from the front, instead of the moral cowards we see today leading from the rear.
August 9, 2007 at 6:20 pm
MMX said,
Superb analysis of the fault line, sir.
I get extremely suspicious of any leader who denies the existence of such a line. After all, why should I trust someone who can't see what I can see? I'd much rather lead myself if that's the case.
Ray Blumhorst - "Warning to all! Be very, very wary of leaders anywhere who discourage free speech and offer their solution as the only viable one."
Ain't that the truth! Glad you saw that, too.
August 9, 2007 at 7:05 pm
veritas said,
I believe the most important and effective one will be when we start a mens studies program on college campusses!!
The feminists understand this, and thats why they activelly censor information by consumer censorship, and the media lace curtain!!
They are vehemently fighting against Male studies programs on college campusses because students will see the blatant lies they have been promoting for years!!.
August 9, 2007 at 7:06 pm
veritas said,
But when it all boils down!!
EDUCATION AND OUT REACH WILL CARRY THE DAY!!!!!!
August 9, 2007 at 7:13 pm
WLS said,
August 9, 2007 at 7:14 pm
amfortas said,
There will be no likelihood of total agreement on tactics, strategies and people included in a large public gathering. The men's church is as broad as God's seems to be. But All strands of thinking, action, protest and demand can find a place. Numbers matter in a public protest.
I happen to agree with the sense of outrage at the Churches for their hypocricy. I seem to recall Christ having a go at the hypocrits too. They were especially damned. I find lawyers attending too to be a difficult acceptance. Most churchmen and lawyers are antagonistic to thruth and to men. Having feminist groups there is a worry.
But gentlemen, they are a good subject on the day for special attention from the podium. Point them out. Sheet the blame home to them, personally. Give these pariahs special mention in any speech you might be called upon to give. Heck, take your own mikes and amplifiers.
Biscuit Queen, Ray, David, Veritas and the rest, it would gladden my heart to sit and share a meal on the grass with you all. Like Ray, (I would stand and salute you Ray) it is a meet too far for me, unfortunately. It isn't just America that's big.
And guys, please tone down this slight antagonism toward those who are less 'active' than some. The ones who shout from the rooftops at every opportunity are valuable too. By all means praise the Rays and the Davids and the Glenns(heros of the movement) and even the Elder Georges. But don't rubbish the vociferous troops. They also serve who sit and shout, and cheer, an analyse, and criticise, and ………. even Gnomes.
August 9, 2007 at 7:53 pm
conservativation said,
August 9, 2007 at 8:20 pm
amfortas said,
August 9, 2007 at 8:41 pm
Denis said,
IMO, The most effective and efficient use of time is in simply spreading the word about sites such as this one. Then telling those men to spread the word. And so on. A change among the mass of men will have the greatest net effect.
I don't even think a centralized movement is necessary. I too am wary of leaders who seek to impose their requirements. I've long since tired of people telling me what to do, how to do it, what to say, what not to say, how to be, how not to be. That's just more feminism.
And Ray, I want you to know that I admire what you do and I salute you. keep up the great work you do.
August 9, 2007 at 8:53 pm
bombbombbombbomb said,
There are two kinds of people in this movement. The comments to this article are proof:"
Now there is a vision. If you are not for me, you are a whiner. I wonder if that works in bed. But we know the answer - only if you are married!
A self proclaimed leader who is going to give a speech. I vote for Ray (whom you claim is a whiner), who is out there many weekends of the year, educating the public, rather than someone who praises himself for preaching to the choir.
We have heard your message:
1. Men who do not marry do not have respect.
2. Men who do not marry are chicken.
Sounds like feminazi rhetoric to me. If you come to any power, in my opinion you will become another Wade Horn.
August 9, 2007 at 9:56 pm
David R. Usher said,
1. Forced Cosmopolitan Mag to stop publishing articles about terrorizing men. I convinced a major supermarket chain that Cosmo was not suitable for the checkout lane. All it took was one phone call from the president of the company to convince Helen Gurley Brown that it was bad business.
2. I think I'm still the only men's leader ever quoted in Time Magazine — when I was an editor for the Liberator. See: http://www.time.com/time/international/1996/961007/cover.html
http://www.abs-comptech.com/First_Wifes/031r-101.html
3. Organized and themed the three largest protests in the history of the movement. The first was done over the objections of the leaders of the day — and I was labelled the "devil of the movement" for it.
4. In 1991 I got the first state law passed requiring child support modifications for reservists called into active duty. It took only 6 weeks to get it through both sides of the Missouri legislature. Nobody else has been able to do this in any other state.
5. I spent 10 years in an executive capacity for two leading Men's organizations.
6. Brought about the resignation of Missouri's most anti-family legislator. She named me as one of her three favorite reasons for resigning (I kept her legislation bottled up in committee for two whole years — and she gave up and resigned. The Post published my response too: "Kay has been at the helm of family law in Missouri for some 18 years now. During that time period every social indicator measuring the well being of Missouri's women and children has declined substantially. I believe it is reasonable to hold her responsible for that". The article is here but you have to pay to read it: http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SL&p_theme=sl&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&s_dispstring=steinmetz%20and%20usher&p_field_date-0=YMD_date&p_params_date-0=date:B,E&p_text_date-0=1993%20-%201996&p_field_advanced-0=&p_text_advanced-0=(%22steinmetz%22%20and%20%22usher%22)&xcal_numdocs=20&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&xcal_useweights=no
7. Two judges had to resign the bench in Missouri after being identified on our "St. Louis's Most Anti-Family Judges" billboards. Nobody would let them hear a case. One of them was a commissioner that got passed over for a full judgeship. That's three out of four we went after.
8. Dave Blankenhorn cited my group in "Fatherless America", see footnote 48, page 297 of Fatherless America, which is about the group I was president of at the time.
Now, before anyone here has the right to attack me, they better prove a better track record than I have accomplished. I put in my time, learned the ropes, and never got paid a nickel for it.
I write to pass what I know along, in hopes that we can develop 1000 men who are better than I am. These tools are at your disposal if you are willing to listen and learn.
Frankly, I am disgusted by individuals who can find nothing better to do than to attack the proven leaders of this movement or argue incessantly over trivialities. The problem is feminists. If you want change and power, you have to go out there and get it. If you pitch in and help, you will be remembered. If you don't pitch in and help, you will be ignored and forgotten.
August 9, 2007 at 10:46 pm
David R. Usher said,
I am not at liberty to disclose the speakers and religious leaders at the event. If you can't trust me when I say these people are on the ball, pleaxe call Kim Gandy at N.O.W. I'm sure she will be happy to introduce you to some pompous religious windbags.
August 9, 2007 at 10:54 pm
John Black said,
August 9, 2007 at 11:21 pm
julie said,
What a wonderful thing you have done and through 4 years of hard work. Well done. I hope you have good weather and a great turn out. These issues really do affect everyone., I think.
August 9, 2007 at 11:28 pm
amfortas said,
August 9, 2007 at 11:54 pm
David R. Usher said,
This is a learning experience for the rest of the readers. There are, in fact, some men who truly deserved the divorces they were served. Some of them try to hide out in the movement. They are easy to spot, and Karl is one of them.
August 10, 2007 at 1:04 am