{"id":136393,"date":"2026-06-21T11:01:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T15:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/fathers-rights-gop-is-letting-democrats-steal-a-popular-issue-136393"},"modified":"2026-06-21T11:01:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T15:01:36","slug":"fathers-rights-gop-is-letting-democrats-steal-a-popular-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/fathers-rights-gop-is-letting-democrats-steal-a-popular-issue-136393","title":{"rendered":"Father&#8217;s rights: GOP is letting Democrats steal a popular issue"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The Republicans saw an opportunity with a very popular issue and ran with it. It wasn&#8217;t just any issue, but one that affects more Americans than any law other than taxes and traffic: child custody. The national pendulum has swung heavily toward shared <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/lifestyle\/parenting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">parenting<\/a>, which uses equal physical child custody and equal decision making as the starting point. National Parents Organization\u2019s independent polling shows that a whopping <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sharedparenting.org\/shared-parenting-polling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">86%<\/a> of Americans support this custody arrangement.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/southeast\/kentucky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kentucky<\/a> became the first state to presume that shared parenting is in a child\u2019s best interest. The Bluegrass State\u2019s shared parenting law roared into life despite no Democrat choosing to co-sponsor it and two liberal lawmakers voting against it. That fall, Kentucky citizens <a href=\"https:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/5e28a95cdc8bed16729b93de\/t\/69d918ecbf931a1b925c93f8\/1775835373053\/Voters+Give+Kentucky%27s+New+Shared+Parenting+Law+an+A+Plus-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">voted<\/a><strong> <\/strong>for every single candidate who showed more support for shared parenting than his or her opponent.<\/p>\n<p>Shared parenting has gained steam, with five more states passing similar laws primarily pushed by Republicans (though Missouri\u2019s bill had a Democrat Senate sponsor, Karla May, and a Republican House sponsor, Jim Murphy). For instance, all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wvlegislature.gov\/bill_status\/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB463%20INTR.htm&amp;yr=2022&amp;sesstype=RS&amp;i=463\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">eleven<\/a> of West Virginia\u2019s 2022 shared parenting law sponsors were Republican while 20 of the 22 nay votes were Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>Suddenly, things are flipping. In April, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/southwest\/oklahoma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oklahoma<\/a>\u2019s shared parenting bill had 36 Senate sponsors, including all the Democrats. However, Republican House floor leader, attorney Julie Daniels, refused to hear the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oklegislature.gov\/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=hb3582&amp;Session=2600\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">bill,<\/a> which then died. Just a few days ago, Louisiana passed shared parenting while all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legis.la.gov\/Legis\/BillInfo.aspx?i=251669\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">seven<\/a> sponsors were Democrats. Not one Republican co-sponsored the bill and the Republican governor, also an attorney, did not even sign it, allowing it to be enacted without his signature.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/fathers-play-crucial-role-daughters-mental-health-sons-school-behavior-study-finds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>FATHERS PLAY CRUCIAL ROLE FOR DAUGHTERS\u2019 MENTAL HEALTH, SONS\u2019 SCHOOL BEHAVIOR, STUDY FINDS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>First, what brought about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/democrats-still-havent-learned-one-important-lesson-from-2024-election\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">change in Democrats<\/a>? Perhaps it was the polling showing that the crucial Hispanic swing voting bloc provides the highest support of any ethnic group. Or perhaps it&#8217;s the growing support among African-Americans, like Missouri\u2019s Karla May or the Central Kentucky NAACP, which just sponsored a shared parenting day event. Or maybe it\u2019s the overall equality aspect, which has historically been a focus of Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>The unexplainable part is the Republicans giving Democrats the opening. Shared parenting gives fathers fair treatment, which is seems a natural Republican issue. The GOP also has traditionally supported parents\u2019 rights issues such as school choice. Is it because the most vocal shared parenting opponents are attorneys\u2019 associations and the GOP is giving in to a special interest group?<\/p>\n<p>Shared parenting is good for everyone, no matter their party. Since its landmark law, Kentucky has seen total divorce filings <a href=\"https:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/5e28a95cdc8bed16729b93de\/t\/697785d8327a1d04f2b51da6\/1769440728818\/Shared+Parenting+and+Family+Violence.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">decline<\/a> and family court domestic violence cases in particular plummet. Its eleven exceptions to the shared parenting presumption have helped child maltreatment decline since the bill passed.<\/p>\n<p>So which way will the parties go? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/one-charlie-kirks-final-posts-gift-whichever-party-take\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charlie Kirk&#8217;s last group<\/a> of social media posts recommended\u00a0 both parties champion shared parenting. If polling and voting patterns keep growing for shared parenting, the parties won\u2019t have any other choice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/fathers-rights-gop-letting-democrats-steal-popular-issue\">Source &#8211; https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/fathers-rights-gop-letting-democrats-steal-popular-issue <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Republicans saw an opportunity with a very popular issue and ran with it. 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