SACREMENTO VICTORY FOR MALE DOMESTIC ABUSE VICTIMS

The previous post described how in the US the notion of political correctness had overtaken constitutional rights of equality.

The Third District Court of Appeal in Sacramento ruled that California’s exclusion of men from domestic violence services violates men’s constitutional equal protection rights.

This was because a previous judge had ruled that "men are not entitled to equal protection regarding domestic violence because they statistically are not similarly situated with women."

The story is covered on Glenn Sacks' site here (link).

What is so bizarre is that the judges who are meant to revere the Constitution and Bill ofRights could come to such conclusions in the first place and that money had to spent to overturn this anti-male madness in the first place.

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[Nigel]

To any Scottish readers. Do take a moment to write to your government. However biased in application all the nations of the United Kingdom are officially "gender neutral" on DV. However the Scottish Assembly Government still has a definition of DV that states it is only men who perpetrate and only women who are victims.

"Violence against Women ( VAW) and Domestic Abuse

Being part of the strategy for tackling violence against women and domestic violence is also a key objective for the Justice Department and in this regard, we work in partnership with the Development Department that takes forward much of the work on VAW.

The Scottish Executive is committed to taking whatever steps necessary to raise awareness about domestic abuse, to improve information about scale and nature of the problem and ensure that women and their children get the protection and support they need. Specifically we are committed to the implementation of the Action Plan in the National Strategy to Address Domestic Abuse in Scotland.

"The Executive is also committed to building on the domestic abuse strategy to make links between the forms of violence that women experience and develop a strategic approach to violence against women."