I did not intend to get involved in the politics of the Father's Rights movement and was happy at the start just telling my story to anyone that would listen.

 

That was until I stumbled on a story from Columbus about a father that had tried to get the Ohio Supreme Court to do something about making sure that all parents with shared parenting got a proper deviation in their child support to reflect the true cost to them of raising their children.  It was not so much the story as the title that struck me along with a comment made by Justice Paul Pfeiffer of the Ohio Supreme Court. During the course of testimony, Justice Pfeiffer made a comment that shared parenting was nothing more than "cocktail conversation". And that fathers only showed up to take care of their children when they did not have a golf game. This struck me as odd and hit a nerve for me as I was a golfer that had never put my golf game over my son.

 

I wrote the man that whose case this was and asked if I could out a link to the case on my website. That permission was granted and subsequent conversations lend to my forming a chapter of Parents And Children for Equality in Akron. Working to get a chapter up and going was a struggle but a challenge that I liked. I was glad that I had others that shared my views on this problem and joined with others from my area to get going. I was introduced to man that help get a separate website going for the Akron Chapter and have since taken that site over and serve as webmaster to this day.

 

The letter that I wrote to Justice Pfeiffer and sent to the rest of the Ohio Supreme Court started that ball rolling for me. I started to write to the local representatives of the US Congress, Sherrod Brown and George Voinovich   and the House of Representatives in Columbus. If any of the responded I wrote back and kept pressing forward to try to get the laws changed so that every parent had an opportunity to enjoy the same rights I had as a parent.

 

During my activities with PACE I have worked on many projects including helping to write a equal custody bill that was introduced in the Ohio House of Representatives. This bill died in Committee as the Judges and lawyers refused to meet with us to discuss changes that they wanted made to the bill.

 

I have also helped to organize two different rallies that were held on the steps of the Statehouse in Columbus. The first was when we learned that Mike Galluzzo had been granted a certified question as to the Constitutionality of Ohio's Custody law. The second was also held and brought about the introduction of Fathers4Justice in America. This was major effort as it involved the first time that several groups had joined together to protest.

 

Still I pressed on and wrote the next time to every member of the both sides of the Ohio legislature and again presented a custody bill to them that was not only beneficial to all fit parents but was also constitutionally compliant. I did another website to make this information available to the general public that I still maintain to this day.

 

Please take the time to read all the information and look at all the links I have provided here. After you do, write letters and make phone calls to your representatives at the Statehouse press for changes to protect American families after divorce. Tell them that divorce does not make one unfit and that it is time to change the law to protect all fit parents.