Discrimination in the court room

I'm reading a manuscript right now that was written by my boyfriend Steve's now 2nd ex -wife. I know it sounds odd but it is a way to learn about his past so we can become closer in the future. Anyway, the manuscript is about Steve's custody battle with his estranged first wife. It is a heart wrenching story that sends shivers up the reader's spine when one reads what he went through. His first ex played the system like a professional concert violinist, who could create beautiful music set in a minor or diminished key to make it sound spooky and scare the listener by intimidating notes that haunt the soul and pierce the heart.

Steve's ex was dangerous, once pulling a knife on him and claiming innocence. During the custody battle, she hired a Rottweiler of a lawyer who was after his blood anyway he could get it. She was phychotic and involved her kids to gang the upper hand legally. She had him arrested and charged with assault. Now anyone who knows Steve, knows he couldn't hurt a fly let alone a person. It's true actually as he went to school for Entomology. In the end she turned their kids against him with nothing but lies and manipulation.

The sad part is that though she was unreliable and not a credible witness, the courts let her get away with virtually murder as she killed the loving caring relationship he had with his girls. Men have been treated unfairly in this country for too long. And yes, in some cases it does its job but when a loving parent is trying to take care of his children and they say no you can't because you are not the mother, it is severely unnerving. Reading the story has been a tedious task as I can only imagine what it must have been like. I thank God that my parents were fair and didn't drag my brother and I into it and try and pit us against one or the other. Good men and good fathers are being abused by the system and it is time we stood up to that system. For years, the courts have always sided with the mother whether she was a fit parent or not. Steve's ex was not though the courts gave her sole custody and destroyed the kids' relationship by brainwashing them and buying their love.

Please take a stand against this form of discrimination. The courts need to rule that the better parent should be granted sole custody regardless of gender.