We are not an organization designed to attack women and the rights that they so richly deserve. On the contrary, we are noncustodial parents, both men and women, who understand the need for children to have both parents. Often times the first person to make contact with this group is usually second wives and girlfriends. We are not a group of disgruntled fathers who simply do not want to pay our child support. We are not men who suddenly developed a conscious and seek to change the problems of our society in a day. We are not men who suddenly realized that our children are suffering after returning home from the Million Man March. We are as soon to be 501(c)3 non profit, bi-partisan and multi-gendered, grassroots organization developed to give a voice to noncustodial parents who up until recently had no voice.  We are fathers and mothers, aunts and uncles, grandparents and cousins, second wives and girlfriends. We are the extended family which was lost in an age of feminism and political correctness. We seek only to re-extend loving arms around our children so that we can prepare them for the future.  As our mission statement so succinctly states, "I Love My Children", Too is designed to foster positive mental attitudes within the minds of fathers so that they may transfer those faiths and beliefs into their children. Thusly, building a better community and future" In other words, we are an organization which desperately loves our children and we demand our God-given rights to love, discipline and nurture them without the interference of government. We are not asking for any special privileges, we simply want to be treated equally.

There is a plague ravaging the streets and households of our communities. It is manmade without a foreseeable cure. This plague has manifested itself through irresponsibility and political expediency. This plague has no respect of race or socioeconomic status and effects everyone directly or indirectly. The plague is fatherlessness! Unlike many communicable diseases, this plague affects generations and has the potential to destroy generations and our nation unless an antidote is found soon. There is a possibility that the plague that I speak of may not be cognizant in your mind, but you see and read about it everyday. Hear are a few symptoms as proof that the plague is ravaging our country with no apparent end in sight. According to the US Justice Department Bureau of Justice Statistics, 70% of all juveniles in state reform institutions, 72% of adolescent murderers, 60% of rapist, and 70% of long term prisoners in America, grew up without a father. The evidence is clear that fatherlessness is tearing at the very fabric of our nation, the very soul of our being, yet the only thing that seems to matter to feminist, politicians, judges, and attorneys is money, political correctness and expediency. No one is immune from this outbreak because fatherlessness touches all.

Many would say that the taxpayers of this community are suffering due to the negative behavior attributed to fatherless children. On the contrary, taxpayers do pay an enormous price in treating, caring and searching for solutions to this plague. Once the exterior is removed, the evidence is clear and unrelenting that the true sufferers are our children. They suffer because a system forces the noncustodial parent to make a choice between becoming a deadbeat or becoming destitute. That same system also allows the custodial parent to deny access to children by the noncustodial parent, consequently destroying the bond that the noncustodial parent may have developed which subconsciously permanently undermines a child’s chances for future success. Thusly, we have children growing up like wild tumbleweeds. Just as tumbleweeds roll across the open plains at the whim of the winds, so too, do our children as they bounce from one negative vice to another simply because there is no guidance, discipline, respect for self, authority or property. That usually means no father presence.

It is important to chase the money trail on this issue because the question comes to mind, "Why aren’t there credible solutions being examined as opposed to Band-Aid approaches which only exacerbates the problems instead of solving them?" Usually, where there is pain and suffering there is money to be made. At one time, the state of Tennessee collected an extra 5% for all child support collections. That money went into the general fund of the state’s treasure which is used build roads and bridges. There is money to be made off the misery, pain and suffering of our community, specifically our children and the state is cashing in BIG BUCKS!!. Family law attorneys in the state of Tennessee make 5 to 10 times more than the average citizen makes and in most of these cases justice is not served.

The answer is simple. Get actively involved in your community by teaching a child the difference in right and wrong whether or not that child is a son, daughter, relative, or neighbor. More importantly, join this organization. There is pending legislation being debated and concerned mothers and fathers are absent without leave. Currently other organizations are well funded and possesses a sizable discretionary budget for lobbying efforts. The problems with the other groups is that they do not support or represent the African-American community. I Love My Children, Too is the only organization nationwide dedicated to fight the injustices African-American fathers endure inside and outside the judicial system. Your support in the form of contributions and membership fees are imperative, if we are to have a voice as it relates to the best interest of the children.

Because this issue is so complex, the entire scope of the problem can not be examined on a website. That is why it is important these issues are discussed in its proper setting where critical questions can be raised and debated. I get no reward for my efforts nor do I wish to profit from this movement. I simply became embroiled in a situation which told me that I was not a good parent simply because I was a man. I recall myself saying, once the judge dropped his gavel, "But wait a minute, I Love My Children, Too!" That was over eight years ago and my cry has not changed. In fact, the volume has increased ten-fold as I talk to thousands of noncustodial parents across the country who have experienced the same injustices that I did. Do you want to make an impact on the future? Now is the time to take a stand for the family. I Love My Children, Too needs your support, but most of all we need your prayers. I hope to see or speak with you soon and the next time you see a father, pat him on the back. That small piece of encouragement may be the difference in him giving up or going on.