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We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Empower and Restore the Family Unit. More details
Submitted by Elizabeth Marsh of Writer – Deadline to sign up by: 04 December 2007 – Signatures: 84
More details from petition creator
What is Child Abuse? There is little clear definition. Succeeding generations provide different insights, confusing many professionals and the general public alike.
When the Social Service framework by way of the Family Courts merely has to indicate that abuse is "probable" rather than demonstrate that it is actual, to require the forced removal of a child from its home, how can this ever benefit any child? Any procedure must only commence with parental consent not in spite of it.
The single most effective means of restoring the fragmented family unit is to respect it and to acknowledge that, as in Criminal Law, parents and carers are innocent until proven otherwise.
Without this basic fundamental, an ever-deepening breakdown of trust will continue, thereby eroding the foundations of the family unit and family life.
Current signatories
Elizabeth Marsh, the Petition Creator, joined by:
- nicholas cooper
- Bob Clarebrough
- Vicci Johnson
- John Hemming
- Linda Clapham
- Julian Fitzgerald
- Layton Bevan
- Craig Grant
- su pearson
- Christine Findlay
- Davig Golt
- D Osborne
- Ian stanton
- ms hope
- John MacLeod
- Janet Cresswell
- Anne Harris
- Laura
- David Mortimer
- Lyn McDermott
- E. Robillard
- IAN HAMILTON
- wendy
- l wells
- Mark Cousins
- philip martin
- Tracy Rimmer
- charlee williams
- karen nicholas
- Brian Varney
- Anthony Buckingham
- David R Thomas
- Rowena Goodwin
- hugh sinclair
- catherine traynor
- Jane Roper
- Rob Spiller
- linda cox
- john cox
- Paul Cullen
- Kathy Danby
- Cheryl Jones
- Jerry Lonsdale
- Kathleen Charnley
- michael slattery
- Darren Pike
- Linette Richardson
- Tania Taylor
- j.thomas
- lena bond
- c,mildenhall
- Tim Dodge
- Timothy Charles Gardener
- laura froggatt
- SAMANTHA JACKSON
- mrs wileman
- Garry Kimm
- Robert Edwards
- Lina Killick
- derick gibson
- Trevor Jones
- John Hand
- alan davies
- Nick Langford
- claire smurthwaite
- Lady Heywood
- julie Laycock
- P Chandler
- Tamy Edwards
- Xrs A Maynard
- geoffrey walton
- Steven hopper
- Sasha Watson
- sharon evans
- Antony Hayward
- mark hubbard
- Billie Weight
- leanna fairfax
- Sheila Bell
- royston booth
- Graham Tattersall
- louise brown
- Adeine Garman
