I'd suggest heading over to the Wikipedia article just to have a look if you're not familiar with the case, but a few quotes always stuck with me.
His initial challenge to the state of Michigan about opting out of fatherhood as an analogue to women opting out of motherhood was strong. Women in Michigan are not required to pay child support payments under any circumstances. The argument was that Dubay should not have to either, especially given the circumstances where he was lead to believe his partner was infertile and on contraception.
Dubay's attorney was damn near mobbed in court when the National Organization for Women made an appearance to defend the state claiming that once a child is born its need for care is outweighed by any circumstances surrounding birth. Of course ignoring the female-privileging child support law.
A rough example of a future "paper abortion" was given for example in court, to show that it could stand to be a right practiced by men in the future that wouldn't harm women but would give them the question of whether or not to carry to term. Roe v. Wade was referenced quite a bit. The National Center for Men ended up taking it upon themselves to try and overturn the ruling and set ground for men's reproductive equality. There were a lot of parallels except for one damning, cold, resounding quote that will tell you everything you need to know about men's position in society:
"...the Fourteenth Amendment does not deny to the State the power to treat different classes of persons in different ways."
Men are a different class. The Fourteenth Amendment, written primarily to protect recently freed slaves from certain mistreatment couldn't be applied to protect men's rights to their lives. The clause in question most was the Amendment's Equal Protection Clause, which in effect should grant all citizens the same protections afforded by law. So it was plainly stated, though, that men are a different class. It could be inferred that men are a sort of "utility" class and the state shall use them as they see fit. It could be inferred that women are a sort of "protected" class like they've always been and it was at this moment the high and mighty Supreme Court of the United States of America, supposed paragon of equality and "justice for all" was cornered into having to admit men aren't equal to women and shall not enjoy the rights and privileges that the higher class of women may have. Gynocentrism had to call itself by its own name in public.
This is why the Men's Rights Movement will be, until it succeeds, and it will succeed, an unpopular movement. The State cannot fathom supporting it and accepting it has been oppressing and subjugating one half of the population while pampering and tending to the other. Society at large has enjoyed the benefits of having half the population be forced into a class of conscription-targeted, labor-classed, living ATMs and couldn't comprehend that real equality would mean giving both sides equal rights and responsibilities.
Happy Father's Day, we've got a hell of a lot to say and do before we get to where things should be. Stay strong and stay informed. The population will learn the facts kicking and screaming before it bows its head and accepts what equality should look like, we just need to have those facts ready and well-presented.
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