The
Family- Marriage and Children
The National Men's Council of Ireland, in keeping with the
Irish Constitution, extols the virtue and value of the
two-parent, Marriage-based family as the foundation of
society. We hold that Marriage can only be the union of one
man and one woman and is intended to be life-long.
We decry unlicensed procreation and believe that the state
and community should at all times promote and encourage the
philosophy that sexual relations should be confined to lawful
Marriage.
We trust in God, in rationality, in Bunreacht Na hÉireann
and the Rule of Law.
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Submission on the Review of Lone Parent Allowance
and One Parent Family Payment Scheme to
(i)
Steering Group chaired by the Department of the Taoiseach
and (ii)
the Senior Officials Group on Social Inclusion
The law of Marriage is essentially the same
today as it was thousands of years ago and can be paraphrased
as the solemn vows that the prospective couple make
to each other in their wedding ceremony. With only minor
variations they each say that they take each, “to have
and to hold from this day forth, for better, for worse,
for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to
love and to cherish till death us do part.”
In practice if something goes terribly wrong and
one spouse deserts or otherwise abandons their commitment
to the Marriage, the errand spouse can be forced, in
law, to support the innocent spouse. The state also
plays its part by making welfare payments available
to support deserted spouses and their children and by
seeking compensation for the public purse from the deserting
spouse. That was the situation until 1989. Then common
sense and the rulebook was thrown out of the window
and feminist-inspired so-called non-judgmentalism took
its place - all behind closed doors and contrary to
the expressed intention of the Oireachtas!
This report exposes the story of how, it would appear,
the then Minister for Social and Family Affairs, Dr
Michael Woods turned upside down the regulations governing
desertion and covertly allowed deserting spouses to
avail of the One Parent Family Payment and rather sought
to penalise the innocent deserted parent by making them
the Liable Relative and Maintenance Debtor.
Since that time the state, through the Lone Parent
Allowance and One Parent Family Payment schemes, can
be seen to be complicit in the destruction of the fundamental
basis on which Marriage is founded and itself to have
initiated the transformation of society in Ireland into
what it is today - a haven for deserters and an immoral
paradise for radical feminists intent on eradicating
Marriage.
This modest report was compiled within a few weeks
to comply with a deadline set by the Department of Social
and Family Affairs. It attempts two things - the first
is to expose how the law of Marriage was corrupted and
seriously undermined for the past sixteen years by the
Department of Social and Family Affairs and secondly
it provides an account in the words one Deserted Married
Father, which stand as testimony to the hitherto untold
human misery being caused by the Department’s misguided
activities.
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- Full Report -Click Here]
Irish
Parents rights under Attack from the State
The
Taoiseach has set up an All-Party Oireachtas Committee on the Constitution to
review Articles 40.3, 41 and 42 which recognise inter alia the natural rights
of the People of Ireland in the context of Family and Education.
In
case anyone needs reminding the Constitution exists specifically to recognise
and protect these rights of the People from interference or regulation by the state.
It
is a very questionable exercise therefore when the state itself, without
prompting from the people, initiates changes to the Constitution which will
reduce the ability of Families to protect themselves from the state!
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Read
our most recent Reports and our Analysis of the work
of the All-Party Oireachtas Committee
on the Constitution:
National
Mens Council of Ireland presntation to the All-Party
Oireachtas Committee on the Constitution
The
Taoiseach has set up an All-Party Oireachtas Committee
on the Constitution to review Articles 40.3, 41 and
42 which recognise inter alia the natural rights of
the People of Ireland in the context of Family and Education.In
case anyone needs reminding the Constitution exists
specifically to recognise and protect these rights of
the People from interference or regulation by the state.
It
is a very questionable exercise therefore when the state
itself, without prompting from the people, initiates
changes to the Constitution which will reduce the ability
of Families to protect themselves from the state!
Parental Rights in Ireland,
November 2004 - An Analysis
This extraordinary analysis of parental
rights in Ireland in 2004 is of extreme public interest especially at this point
in time when the Government have asked for a Review to be conducted into the
position of the Family in Irish society.
We believe it is of vital importance that parents
know where they stand in Law in relation to their right to protect and nurture
their children.
Preliminary Report On The Family
And Marriage In Ireland In 2003
Today the married family is under
unprecedented attack. One of the prime activities of the National Men’s Council
of Ireland is to monitor, on behalf of parents, how legislation and social
policy impacts on the family and marriage and in particular for children.
Brides of the
State
Open letter sent to all TDs and Senators exposing in graphic
terms how the state is distorting and undermining marriage with its subsidy of
illegitimacy that is denying young men the opportunity to marry. [Top] |
