{"id":11891,"date":"2010-06-16T20:44:33","date_gmt":"2010-06-16T20:44:33","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2010-06-16T20:44:33","modified_gmt":"2010-06-16T20:44:33","slug":"make-a-fathers-day-declaration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/2010\/06\/16\/make-a-fathers-day-declaration\/","title":{"rendered":"Make A Father&#8217;s Day Declaration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I invite you to join me in <a href=\"http:\/\/pledge.giverespect.org\/\" target=\"_hplink\">making the following declaration<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I declare here and now I believe in respect.  I am a person ready to take a stand against relationship violence and  abuse. I want all to know this symbolizes my commitment to solve  problems through conversation, not confrontation. Together we can teach  others to lift their hands in embrace, not in anger. We can show  compassion equals strength, and by doing so, help shape a world free of  relationship violence.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>To declare it, go <a href=\"http:\/\/pledge.giverespect.org\/\" target=\"_hplink\">here<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p>After you declare it, <a href=\"http:\/\/pledge.giverespect.org\/Campaigns\/GiveRespectSpreadtheWord.aspx\" target=\"_hplink\">share it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/endabuse.org\/\" target=\"_hplink\">The Family Violence  Prevention Fund<\/a> is on a mission to create a future of healthy  relationships.  And as such, they are asking people to <a href=\"http:\/\/pledge.giverespect.org\/\" target=\"_hplink\">Give RESPECT!<\/a>,  and make a declaration.<\/p>\n<p>So far, mostly women have signed.  Women should sign, and I&#39;m asking  the men to <a href=\"http:\/\/pledge.giverespect.org\/\" target=\"_hplink\">step  up<\/a>.  Relationship violence is a problem that lives in the shadows.   To end it, we must bring it into the light and talk about it.  You can  help by making the declaration, and sending it on.<\/p>\n<p>And to the women reading this, please <a href=\"http:\/\/pledge.giverespect.org\/\" target=\"_hplink\">sign the  declaration<\/a> too and send it to the men you know, and ask them to <a href=\"http:\/\/pledge.giverespect.org\/\" target=\"_hplink\">make a stand<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After all, what is it to be a man?<\/p>\n<p>It&#39;s not measured by the size of your wallet, but by the size of your  heart.<br \/> It&#39;s not determined by the strength of your muscles, but by the strength  of your courage.<br \/> It&#39;s not judged by how tall you stand, but by what you stand up for.<\/p>\n<p>And this Father&#39;s Day, it&#39;s time to <a href=\"http:\/\/pledge.giverespect.org\/\" target=\"_hplink\">man up<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I invite you to join me in <a href=\"http:\/\/pledge.giverespect.org\/\" target=\"_hplink\">making the following declaration<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I declare here and now I believe in respect.  I am a person ready to take a stand against relationship violence and  abuse. I want all to know this symbolizes my commitment to solve  problems through conversation, not confrontation. Together we can teach  others to lift their hands in embrace, not in anger. We can show  compassion equals strength, and by doing so, help shape a world free of  relationship violence.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>To declare it, go <a href=\"http:\/\/pledge.giverespect.org\/\" target=\"_hplink\">here<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p>After you declare it, <a href=\"http:\/\/pledge.giverespect.org\/Campaigns\/GiveRespectSpreadtheWord.aspx\" target=\"_hplink\">share it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/endabuse.org\/\" target=\"_hplink\">The Family Violence  Prevention Fund<\/a> is on a mission to create a future of healthy  relationships.  And as such, they are asking people to <a href=\"http:\/\/pledge.giverespect.org\/\" target=\"_hplink\">Give RESPECT!<\/a>,  and make a declaration.<\/p>\n<p>So far, mostly women have signed.  Women should sign, and I&#39;m asking  the men to <a href=\"http:\/\/pledge.giverespect.org\/\" target=\"_hplink\">step  up<\/a>.  Relationship violence is a problem that lives in the shadows.   To end it, we must bring it into the light and talk about it.  You can  help by making the declaration, and sending it on.<\/p>\n<p>And to the women reading this, please <a href=\"http:\/\/pledge.giverespect.org\/\" target=\"_hplink\">sign the  declaration<\/a> too and send it to the men you know, and ask them to <a href=\"http:\/\/pledge.giverespect.org\/\" target=\"_hplink\">make a stand<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After all, what is it to be a man?<\/p>\n<p>It&#39;s not measured by the size of your wallet, but by the size of your  heart.<br \/> It&#39;s not determined by the strength of your muscles, but by the strength  of your courage.<br \/> It&#39;s not judged by how tall you stand, but by what you stand up for.<\/p>\n<p>And this Father&#39;s Day, it&#39;s time to <a href=\"http:\/\/pledge.giverespect.org\/\" target=\"_hplink\">man up<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2637,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[],"tags":[5609,8613,8917,8918,8919,7162,8615],"class_list":["post-11891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-5609","tag-8613","tag-8917","tag-8918","tag-8919","tag-7162","tag-8615"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Pvhz-35N","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2637"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11891\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}