Yesterday
Fathers and Families Ohio Director was featured in their latest newsletter. Don
Hubin and I have an extensive history that goes back to when he brought me into
the Father’s Rights movement with an organization called Parents And Children
for Equality (PACE). As a Chapter Director, one of the first assignments that
I had was working on the writing of what was the very first equal custody bill
ever introduced in any state legislature (HB232).
I will not go into a lot of detail but that became a real eye-opener on the workings of State Government and what it takes to create a law and what is needed in preparation to try to get that law passed. I can go into the many failings of Don during the process of that bill but that experience set my resolve to get this job done for every parent across the country.
In his latest rambling for F&F, he attempts to fall back on the old Constitutional Rights argument that has failed in every level of the courts and is one that I broke away from using long ago. As Senator Skindell told me when I was able to completely explain the argument, “It is too complicated and will go over a legislator’s head”.
That is why I continue to press the single question “Why do we remove fit parents from the lives of our children?”
Like asking for a legal definition of “Best Interest of the Child,” it is a loaded question that can be explained by anyone.
The question that needs to be posed to Don Hubin is why when there was a bill introduced that met all these requirements that you are now calling for, why did you choose to block that legislation? Is it because you didn’t do it that Don and Fathers and Families could not profit from a successful bill passing? Hate to tell you, Don, that mythical pot of gold does not exist.
The best thing that we can all do is tell them to stay away. Take your fundraising efforts to the suckers that you continue to hornswoggle with your words that you fail to back up with action and go away for the betterment of every parent in the nation. Read his words:
BTW- What is the real truth on Fathers and Families and their actions during SB144
SB144 and proof the Fathers and Families do NOT support equal custody
Today I received a message from someone that I have been assisting with various custody questions. He inquired of Don Hubin of Ohio’s Fathers and Families as to why Fathers and Families did not support SB144.
The following is the reply that he received and then I will explain some things that will expose why Hubin’s comments are a bald-faced lie.
That is false. Neither I nor Fathers and Families,
has done *anything* to impede the progress of SB144. Fathers and
Families, as an organization, have not taken a position on the bill. I,
personally, have never done anything to interfere with the progress of the
bill.
Which senators have you spoken with who support SB144? Have you asked
these senators why they have not called for committee hearings on SB144?
And, which senators told you that I, or Fathers and Families, were
"holding it up"? What did they say that I, or Fathers and
Families, had done to hold up the bill? I would like to know so that I
can contact them and ask them not to give out false information. And, in
doing so, I would like to be able to say that I heard from you, Michael, that
they had said that I am "the one holding it up" so that they'll be
able to evaluate the credibility of my source.
And, by the way, in case in your haste to make your point, you missed my first
paragraph in my first reply to you, here it is again:
"First, Facebook is not a good way to get in touch with me. I've had a
Facebook page for years but don't check it regularly. If you're writing about
issues related to divorce, custody, fathers' rights, and so forth, write to me
at donhubin@fathersandfamilies.org."
Hubin and I were part of an organization years ago called Parents and Children for Equality. He walked away and I continued the fight. Before the introduction of SB144, I let Don know as a courtesy that the bill would be introduced and sent him a copy of the wording of the legislation, and asked for comments.
Below is a brief timeline that all of you should know.
Ø October 2009 – Hubin was told that I had arranged for the legislation to be introduced and sent him a copy for comment. He never did.
Ø March 2011 – SB144 introduced
Ø He continued to lobby for the Fathers and Families changes even after the bill was introduced.
Ø Hubin throws me and Roz out of an F&F meeting telling me that I cannot mention already introduced legislation.
Ø I met with Senator LaRose, at which LaRose told me they were getting ready to write the bill. I told the Senator that the legislation had already been written and introduced. He was shocked. I revealed numerous things that I knew had happened in the Statehouse to LaRose and he confirmed. These were things that only an insider would know.
Ø December 2011- LaRose meeting and Hubin throws several proposals on the table and then cannot support why his weaker language should be used. He sat like a bump on the log saying nothing and explaining nothing about why his weaker language was better or should be included.
Ø While the Bill was introduced in committee and has sat because the Committee chair told a supporting Senator that he would not move forward “unless all interested parties (Us, F&F, Summit Dads) were in agreement”. While Summit Dads agreed to back off on his proposal after having everything thoroughly explained, F&F continued to not support the legislation. That meant that by not supporting or informing the committee that they had no opposition to it moving forward without amendment, Don did assure that SB144 would sit in committee to die. He blocked it.
Ø All he had to do was go to Skindell, LaRose, Eklund, and Burke and say “F&F supports SB144 and has no objects to the bill moving forward as introduced” and we would have been passed. They were frustrated by his actions as should every parent in the state at this time.
Ø BTW- Ned Holstein for F&F national told me that they did not support it because “They did not believe it could pass”. I was also told that Don was told by his Ohio board members to support the bill and that he refused.
Ø Word came from several representatives that Hubin was openly opposing the legislation in the House and this was confirmed to me by several aides.
Anyone who has doubts about what I am saying is more than welcome to come here and search my computer. Frankly, I have all the emails on my computer that prove what I am saying. He was told several times to get on board or get out of the way. I have also raised the question with a man who claims to be a former board member as to whether or not they were told to lobby legislators for their proposals even though much stronger legislation had already been introduced.
So here I suggest that each of you send him a card of thanks telling him how much you appreciate what he has done to your families and children. Don’t bother with emails as he has not responded to mine for over two years. Send it by snail mail. Don’t sign your name, just send it and mark it as a very concerned parent.
Don Hubin
69 N. Ohio Street
Columbus, Ohio 43203
Game on, and we will be back! Stronger than ever!!!