Father's Rights protestor to burn census form next weekend (From Andover Advertiser)

Father's Rights protestor to burn census form next weekend

9:10am Saturday 28th May 2011 in News

A FATHERS’ rights protestor is due to publicly burn her census form in Andover to highlight, what she sees as, a failure by the Government to recognise families in the recent review of the family courts.

To highlight her action, 39-year-old Nadine O’Connor, who lives in Andover, says she will ignite the form in full view of cabinet minister Sir George Young’s office.

Nadine, the campaign manager for the Fathers 4 Justice organisation, met Sir George at the House of Commons in March, but says the burning of the form is a fitting protest.

She said: “It is a barely- known fact this government does not recognise the right in law for parents to see their children.

“If the government doesn’t recognise me and the parents I represent, it doesn’t recognise us as a citizen so I won’t be counted.

“I am willing to go to court and face the maximum fine over this year’s Census in order to raise awareness of the fundamental basic human rights to be a parent and to have a family life.”

The campaigners say that, before the election, Sir George and the Conservative Party’s position on the Census was that it was ‘increasingly invasive and intrusive... [and] will erode public support, cost more and result in a less accurate survey’.