Senator Joseph Biden lately announced his presidential bid and beginning of his 2007 campaign; a bid that would certainly be most accepted by the domestic violence lobbyists. A sponsor of the VAWA or Violence against Women Act, Sen. Biden has backed up the elimination of domestic violence and along the way, obtained alliance with powerful feminist movements as well as special interest groups. Helping this feminist cause could be naturally beneficial for a senator, particularly for Democrats in the Senate. But is he eager to risk all the advantages he is enjoying from his alliances to own up to the reality that this federal law has its shortcomings and loopholes.

The domestic violence community is now a billion-dollar industry, making political fiefdoms of unprecedented power in our local communities. We have come to know domestic violence is at such epidemic proportions, that in our collective shame we have approved a movement which has become cult-like in its power over our courts.

Each day, several poor and oftentimes a responsible parent gets hauled into family court, served a restraining order from the bogus claims of domestic violence. What is stressing is that the complainant does not even need to produce a single evidence in order to prove their accusation while the accused is put through a hellish process which even hardened criminals, and felons have protection against because of the Sixth Amendment.

Responding to a TRO (Temporary Restraining Order) is a long and usually a shameful experience, as well as costly. He or she would have to leave the conjugal house, get separated from their children, and more than likely get stressed out and traumatized. A number of those wrongly accused of domestic violence never get over the experience and experience emotional damage.

When men seem to become the victims of fraudulent restraining orders more frequently than women, in increasing numbers it’s the male abuser who files for a restraining order against the female victim. In a recent San Francisco case, a woman was served with a Temporary Restraining Order after being thrown down a flight of stairs. Her court-savvy husband filed for a TRO saying he was “frightened” of her as she had become emotionally unstable.

It is not simple, this family violence issue. There must be various approaches to fix issues because families do not fit in most formulas and conventions. Cases of domestic violence must be verified first and if found valid, only then should the strong penalties be meted out to the violators. Studies reveal that at least 50 % of all the cases on domestic violence do not match the criteria of VAWA and these should be given more analysis and evaluation before making a decision that can change the lives of lots of people and break up families forever. In addition, people who make false claims and the lawyers who help them must be held liable and be given severe penalties as well.

Capital Hill should sanction the Violence Against Women Act, but with conditions that balance the system — a system that in some jurisdictions borders on fanatical. Senator Biden, we simply can’t remain ignorant to the harm this legislation could cause innocent, gullible adults and children swept up its tide wave.
 
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