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Churches bash males now that they are under feminists control

Tue 13th May 2008:

Pastors, Don’t Use Mother’s Day to Bash Dads By Paul Coughlin, Crosswalk Contributor A learning season is upon us, and it’s worth our time to heed its teaching. This lesson is the difference between how we handle Mother’s Day compared with Father’s Day in church. If it’s like in years past, it won’t be pretty. […]

Queen Street march for Toran Henry

Thu 8th May 2008:

What follows is a verbatim copy of a letter sent by Toran’s mother to Polly Gillespie at the ZM radio station. I feel it deserves as much attention as it can possibly receive, so please read on and consider going along if you are able to do so. From: Maria Bradshaw Sent: Wednesday, April 16, […]

Boys and education

Mon 28th April 2008:

As a mother and as a woman who has had the privilege to live in the great time of feminist rulership I thought that since feminism was about equality my concerns for our sons would have been accepted, which they have been; and work would be done to give our sons fair treatment, which unfortunately […]

Gay pride bans mum and dad in classroom

Wed 23rd April 2008:

Daily Telegraph (Australia) April 17, 2008 Teachers are being urged to stop using terms such as husband and wife when addressing students or families under a major anti-homophobia push in schools. The terms boyfriend, girlfriend and spouse are also on the banned list – to be replaced by the generic “partner” – in changes sought […]

Anti-Smacking Law Tragic Failure as Child Abuse Death Rate Continues

Tue 22nd April 2008:

Family First NZ says that the announcement of the death of three-year-old Auckland toddler Dylan Rimoni being treated as a homicide means that the rate of child abuse deaths has continued at the same rate as before the flawed anti-smacking law. “While good families are being investigated and thrown under suspicion because of the extremist […]

Self Representation in familycaught

Thu 20th March 2008:

Should we be encouraging men and women to represent themselves in the familycaught? Surely, if we trusted the values and integrity of the “judges”, then legal workers wouldn’t be required at all? By emphasising their unpredictability and unreliability, “judges” put massive pressure on to parents, to be fleeced by their junour brethren, the legal workers […]

Outdated prostate rules ‘costing 200 men’s lives’

Thu 20th December 2007:

In today’s Dominion Post The Health Ministry’s foot-dragging stance on prostate cancer screening for Kiwi men is criminal, patient advocates and doctors say. A study by Wellington researchers of prostate screening and treatment, published in the December edition of the international journal Pathology, suggests the ministry’s outdated guidelines could be costing 200 men their lives each […]

Automatic Protection Orders.

Thu 1st November 2007:

Link : What National is saying is that they are going to give our Police the same authority of a Judge to issue an interim injunction. This is an injunction that will automatically stop one party from associating with any children in that relationship.

In every New Zealand classroom.

Fri 28th September 2007:

Scoop Release The stark reality behind New Zealand’s family violence statistics has seen the emergence of a new profession – that of Child Victim Advocate practitioner. Child Advocates from around New Zealand will gather on 4 October 2007 for a Hui sponsored by the Family Safety Team (FST) initiative and supported by the Ministry of […]

Gender Gap in Education – Abysmal.

Wed 19th September 2007:

Commenting on boys education Republicans Education Spokesman Paul Haynes said “The Ministerial Reference Group for Boys Education admits that even in traditionally male subjects boys are lagging behind girls, because the assessments are increasingly written and not practical.” Full Release….

More Double Standards

Fri 14th September 2007:

An article in the Herald yesterday entitled “Teen, 16, in violent tiff with lover, 42” highlighted the gender double standards and female privilege applied by police, Courts and the media. Police treated the case as one of domestic violence by a male and charged him accordingly. If the young person had been female and the […]

Children in custody

Fri 10th August 2007:

from ABC. Children as young as 10 in custody The report says there are hundreds of children under the age of 13 in custody. But the report also shows the younger someone is put in custody the more likely they are to reoffend.

The Cannabis smoke signal

Tue 31st July 2007:

New research suggests a single joint of cannabis damages the lungs as much as smoking five cigarettes in one go. The study, carried out by the Medical Research Institute of New Zealand, found the drug forces the lungs to work harder by obstructing air flow and causes chest tightness and wheezing. The study found that […]

Hell thats enough.

Thu 26th July 2007:

Hell Pizza’s general manager Colin Mellar says he has had a combination of complaints about the magazine. I have been watching this for a while, and I am no prude, but these guys are over the line. These people are not on my menu any more. I will be buying pizza elsewhere. What do you […]

Lame Duck Legacy in Education.

Sat 26th May 2007:

Republic of NZ Party Education spokesperson and Rotorua candidate Mr. Paul Haynes says Trevor Mallard, the former education minister, has left us a lame duck legacy in education. Full Release: Male teachers have been sexually harassed out of the education system. Where are the male role models at a time when many families are fatherless? […]

Youth Offenders.

Fri 25th May 2007:

Republicans Law and Order Spokesman Bevan Berg said he was struggling to understand the attitude coming from the NZ First Youth Spokesman Ron Mark toward New Zealand’s youth. Full Release. Waving the big stick of criminal jurisdiction is a great way to divert public attention from the real issues facing ordinary New Zealanders, like whether […]

Feministation of Education

Tue 22nd May 2007:

Male-female gap “bad for society” This article ran in the Dom-Post this morning. The implications for boys and young men of Professor Chapmans remarks reflect the danger of feminisation of the New Zealand education system and the lack of Male primary teachers. Regards Scrap

Domestic Violence.

Fri 15th December 2006:

[email protected] I am looking at a recent copy of the Kapiti Observor highlighting letters to the Editor on domestic violence. Three of the four authors of these letters are well known amongst men’s groups, of which I am sure you are aware. It is a small orchestrated effort to make a point and obviously one […]

School Teacher Exonerated

Tue 26th September 2006:

Loosing a few minor battles like this won’t discourage the anti-male brigade – prospective male teachers will get the message in any case. NZ Herald: Primary school teacher accused of rape wins $30,000 Police investigating a rape claim against a primary school teacher were “haphazard”, failed to take obvious lines of inquiry, made a premature […]

Children quarantined from men

Children are being “quarantined” from men by sexist recruitment policies in the early childhood sector, an industry body says. Early Childhood Council chief executive Sue Thorne said children were missing crucial contact with male role models because men felt unwelcome in the profession. The problem was linked to the “paedophile hysteria” that followed Christchurch’s Civic […]

Mental Illness – glossary

Mon 5th June 2006:

Psychiatry: This word comes from two other words. Psyche (meaning mind/soul) and iatreia (meaning cure). Psychiatry is a branch of medicine and psychiatrists treat people, using drugs and other physical methods, to change the way people act and feel. Psychology: This word is also derived from two other words. Psyche (meaning mind/soul) and logia (meaning […]

Our Kids and Stimulants

Today, more than 17 million children worldwide have been prescribed psychiatric drugs so dangerous that medicine regulatory agencies in Europe, Australia and the United States have issued warnings that antidepressants, for example, can cause suicide and hostility in children and adolescents. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has also issued a warning that stimulant […]

Daddy of the Fathers Coalition

Sun 14th May 2006:

Last Sunday, Bailey and about 15 other members of their radical Fathers Coalition picketed the homes of four lawyers and parliament’s Speaker Margaret Wilson in Tauranga, before moving on to Hamilton where two judges, three lawyers and an anger management class were targeted.

Domestic violence AGAIN…..

Thu 4th May 2006:

Any way guys watch out for this preacher, I didn’t catch his name, but now you are not only a physical and sexual threat to your children, you are an emotional one too.

Bully Boys and Bully Girls.

Sun 23rd April 2006:

If I have seen a fundamental change in the last 30 years, it is that the bully used to lose, but now the bully wins.

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