— Patio Pundit Martin Devon is one of the more interesting sources of RoboPundit summaries, and a regular read who’s not too wedded to an ideology to see the truth. He said some nice things about me the other day regarding my former activism on behalf of divorced dads and kids, and in the course of it speculated:
I’ll tell you what, if a legislator decides to take up the banner on behalf of divorced dads and their kids they’d had far more support than most people realize.
There have been a couple in the California legislature, first Sen. Chuck Calderon, former chairman of the Judiciary Committee, and then Asm. Rod Wright, former chairman of Utilities and Commerce. Both men are Democrats, and both found their political careers harmed by their support for dads, children, and civil rights.
The other side, lead by some fairly open anti-male activists, such as lesbian rights crusader Sheila Kuehl, really aren’t satisfied with winning the debates and passing their laws — they’re vengeful. Stories that support this are abundant, and I can post some if anybody’s interested, and the victims of these vendettas haven’t always been male legislators. Fathers’ rights is something you advocate at your own risk in California, but the tide is slowly turning.