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Here is a genuine appeal by Roger Eldridge, Ireland.  Regards, Setanta.

Solicitor needed for appeal to Supreme Court

We are looking for a solicitor to assist a Husband, Mr Maurice Lyons, who is well known for his Home-schooling and through his business of selling hard-to-obtain religious books. Maurice is a member of our Family Integrity and Marriage Reconciliation (FIRM) Self-Help Group and has been incarcerated in the Midlands prison for the past five months for defending his Family and Marriage.

He is charged with indirect contempt, i.e. that he wilfully refused to obey a valid court order or was culpably negligent in not obeying a valid court order.

He has appealed to the Supreme Court the decision of Justice Birmingham in the High Court to refuse his application for a Writ of Habeas Corpus which was supposed to be an opportunity for the State to show that it can lawfully detain him.

This is a landmark case as it raises the very important matter of deciding whether under the Constitution and current legislation the courts in Ireland have jurisdiction to make orders in the Judicial Separation Act, 1989 and Family Reform Act, 1995 and the Divorce Act on a unilateral no-fault basis as is claimed in other jurisdictions.

If Maurice's case is successful it will reduce the number of so-called family "breakdowns" by a very large percentage because the evidence shows that the "breakdown" is simply one Spouse/parent wishing to abandon their marital duties. At present and what Maurice has exposed is that this errant Spouse/parent is being facilitated by the Family law system to walk away, not only Scot free but in control of the Family assets including the most precious, the children. Once this is corrected Spouse/parents will be properly held to their duty or made to forfeit control over the marital assets.

We have a barrister in place but so far all the solicitors who have been approached have declined. One suspects that it is going to take a solicitor of great Christian conviction and fortitude to take on such a case which, because it represents the custom and practice in almost all applications, cuts to the heart of the Family Law system which the Law Society claims is now their only "growth sector".

Please contact me if you are in a position to assist with either funding for this case or if you know of a solicitor who might be prepared to assist.

God bless,  Roger Eldridge

Chairman, National Mens Council of Ireland
Executive Director, Family Rights and Responsibilities Institute of Ireland
National Office: Knockvicar, Boyle, Co. Roscommon
Website: www.family-men.com  Email: familymen@eircom.net               
Telephones: 00353 (0) 7196-67138           00353 (0) 83-3330256


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The National Mens Council of Ireland - Family Rights and Responsibilities Institute of Ireland
About Us
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 trust in God, in rationality, in Bunreacht Na hÉireann and the Rule of Law. We are not a partisan organisation like the national Womens Council. We do not advocate for the interests of men against women. Our motto is:

"Doing what men have always done - protecting their Families, Faith and Freedom"

Our primary aim is to stabilise and foster a civilised society. We believe for that to be achieved we need to strengthen the Family founded on Marriage by encouraging Spouses to understand the rights and duties that apply to them within their Marriage in which they agreed to love each other, "for better, for worse; for richer, for poorer; in sickness and in health; till the day I die' and to love the fruits of their union, their children unconditionally.

The most important duties of Spouses are

(i) that they work together in making and keeping decisions - for the benefit of the Family as a whole - over matters that affect the assets that have been built up during the Marriage, the most precious of these being their children and

(ii) that they remain at all times open to the Reconciliation of any differences that may arise between them that threaten the stability and unity of the Family.

Most Families achieve these duties and cohabit for many years despite occasions when the "wear and tear" of Family life brings stresses and strains to the relationship.

The National Mens Council of Ireland and Mothers at Home have set up the Family Rights and Responsibilities Institute of Ireland. As well as carrying out this vital research work the National Mens Council of Ireland also operate a Family Help and Marriage Reconciliation Group. This is in the form of a self-help group where members are expected to give of themselves as well as receive expert support and encouragement.

Through this work we are able to explain to Spouses how the law supports fidelity and protects the innocent Spouse and enables them to continue with their Family life in situations where the other spouse has abandoned their duties and are no longer open to Reconciliation.

However this work can only be done in the context of a society which is being guided in the right direction.

The State has an important role to play in this as shown by the limitations and undertakings imposed on it by the Constitution,

"The State recognises the Family as the natural primary and fundamental unit group of Society, and as a moral institution possessing inalienable and imprescriptible rights, antecedent and superior to all positive law. The State, therefore, guarantees to protect the Family in its constitution and authority, as the necessary basis of social order and as indispensable to the welfare of the Nation and the State. The State pledges itself to guard with special care the institution of Marriage, on which the Family is founded, and to protect it against attack."

Sadly we are finding that the State is under the influence of those who wish to free the State of its obligations to serve the Family founded on Marriage and believe that the State should be all-powerful and be able to dictate to all the citizens including Families despite the Constitution clearly showing that the Family founded on Marriage is superior in law to the State.

Many of the members of our Family Help and Marriage Reconciliation Group come to us when they find their school, the HSE or the courts refusing to acknowledge their authority over their children and their Family life.

Because of this the National Men's Council of Ireland are called to protect Families, schools, and places of worship against these unlawful forces that threaten them, including biased, misandrist and offensive media and attacks on religious and parental liberty. In keeping with this role we monitor, on behalf of the Family men and women of Ireland, legislative changes and state social policy for its impact on the Family based on Marriage and especially on children.

We offer the resource of the vast amount of experience and research that have accumulated by the Council and by the individual members. We can assist members of the Family Integrity and Marriage Reconciliation (FIRM) Self-Help Group by helping them with the paper-work if they wish to pursue their own case or by the Council writing directly to the Third Party - whether that is a school, a court, the HSE or a government department - to ask them to explain why they persist in breaking the law and to point out that their actions will not be tolerated.

We do not receive any State funding for our FIRM Group. Government policy has failed to provide the necessary support for Families in difficulty to be Reconciled. The evidence shows that the State benefits by every Family that it can force into separation or divorce. Overwhelmingly the evidence shows that the legal system and its practitioners benefit by every Family that it can force into separation or divorce.

The evidence shows that the State benefits by every Family it is allowed to disrespect the authority of in relation to its children - in the areas of schooling, health, housing, passports and social welfare payments, etc.

In doing this work we find ourselves unearthing corruption and cover-ups by organs of the State where they are involved in impermissible attacks on the Family. The extent to which the State is prepared to go is shown by the fact that several Husbands have been imprisoned simply because they wanted to remain faithful to their Marriage and to the Covenant they made with God. In every case the State has been shown to have acted unlawfully and the men have been released and the institution of Marriage strengthened by their courage.

The bottom line is that we have God and Truth on our side AND the Rule of Law! We always act with the law and by doing this we constantly expose the corrupt practices being carried out by government departments and the courts.

For every Family under threat our FIRM Group offers an opportunity to get the support and encouragement needed to repel and recover from the unwarranted attacks on the authority and unity of Families founded on Marriage.

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The National Mens Council of Ireland - Family Rights and Responsibilities Institute of Ireland
About Us
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 trust in God, in rationality, in Bunreacht Na hÉireann and the Rule of Law. We are not a partisan organisation like the national Womens Council. We do not advocate for the interests of men against women. Our motto is:

"Doing what men have always done - protecting their Families, Faith and Freedom"

Our primary aim is to stabilise and foster a civilised society. We believe for that to be achieved we need to strengthen the Family founded on Marriage by encouraging Spouses to understand the rights and duties that apply to them within their Marriage in which they agreed to love each other, "for better, for worse; for richer, for poorer; in sickness and in health; till the day I die' and to love the fruits of their union, their children unconditionally.

The most important duties of Spouses are

(i) that they work together in making and keeping decisions - for the benefit of the Family as a whole - over matters that affect the assets that have been built up during the Marriage, the most precious of these being their children and

(ii) that they remain at all times open to the Reconciliation of any differences that may arise between them that threaten the stability and unity of the Family.

Most Families achieve these duties and cohabit for many years despite occasions when the "wear and tear" of Family life brings stresses and strains to the relationship.

The National Mens Council of Ireland and Mothers at Home have set up the Family Rights and Responsibilities Institute of Ireland. As well as carrying out this vital research work the National Mens Council of Ireland also operate a Family Help and Marriage Reconciliation Group. This is in the form of a self-help group where members are expected to give of themselves as well as receive expert support and encouragement.

Through this work we are able to explain to Spouses how the law supports fidelity and protects the innocent Spouse and enables them to continue with their Family life in situations where the other spouse has abandoned their duties and are no longer open to Reconciliation.

However this work can only be done in the context of a society which is being guided in the right direction.

The State has an important role to play in this as shown by the limitations and undertakings imposed on it by the Constitution,

"The State recognises the Family as the natural primary and fundamental unit group of Society, and as a moral institution possessing inalienable and imprescriptible rights, antecedent and superior to all positive law. The State, therefore, guarantees to protect the Family in its constitution and authority, as the necessary basis of social order and as indispensable to the welfare of the Nation and the State. The State pledges itself to guard with special care the institution of Marriage, on which the Family is founded, and to protect it against attack."

Sadly we are finding that the State is under the influence of those who wish to free the State of its obligations to serve the Family founded on Marriage and believe that the State should be all-powerful and be able to dictate to all the citizens including Families despite the Constitution clearly showing that the Family founded on Marriage is superior in law to the State.

Many of the members of our Family Help and Marriage Reconciliation Group come to us when they find their school, the HSE or the courts refusing to acknowledge their authority over their children and their Family life.

Because of this the National Men's Council of Ireland are called to protect Families, schools, and places of worship against these unlawful forces that threaten them, including biased, misadvise and offensive media and attacks on religious and parental liberty. In keeping with this role we monitor, on behalf of the Family men and women of Ireland, legislative changes and state social policy for its impact on the Family based on Marriage and especially on children.

We offer the resource of the vast amount of experience and research that have accumulated by the Council and by the individual members. We can assist members of the Family Integrity and Marriage Reconciliation (FIRM) Self-Help Group by helping them with the paper-work if they wish to pursue their own case or by the Council writing directly to the Third Party - whether that is a school, a court, the HSE or a government department - to ask them to explain why they persist in breaking the law and to point out that their actions will not be tolerated.

We do not receive any State funding for our FIRM Group. Government policy has failed to provide the necessary support for Families in difficulty to be Reconciled. The evidence shows that the State benefits by every Family that it can force into separation or divorce. Overwhelmingly the evidence shows that the legal system and its practitioners benefit by every Family that it can force into separation or divorce.

The evidence shows that the State benefits by every Family it is allowed to disrespect the authority of in relation to its children - in the areas of schooling, health, housing, passports and social welfare payments, etc.

In doing this work we find ourselves unearthing corruption and cover-ups by organs of the State where they are involved in impermissible attacks on the Family. The extent to which the State is prepared to go is shown by the fact that several Husbands have been imprisoned simply because they wanted to remain faithful to their Marriage and to the Covenant they made with God. In every case the State has been shown to have acted unlawfully and the men have been released and the institution of Marriage strengthened by their courage.

The bottom line is that we have God and Truth on our side AND the Rule of Law! We always act with the law and by doing this we constantly expose the corrupt practices being carried out by government departments and the courts.

For every Family under threat our FIRM Group offers an opportunity to get the support and encouragement needed to repel and recover from the unwarranted attacks on the authority and unity of Families founded on Marriage.

God bless,  Roger Eldridge

Chairman, National Mens Council of Ireland
Executive Director, Family Rights and Responsibilities Institute of Ireland
National Office: Knockvicar, Boyle, Co. Roscommon
Website: www.family-men.com   Email: familymen@eircom.net