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I know some of you will be quite concerned about the preceding posting about
parent abuse by the State, especially if you now have or plan to have a family.
Fortunately there are two things you can do:

#1: Write!

Write S.O.F.T. and Concerned Women for America (C.W.A.) to learn more about the
abusive activities of CPS and the State of Washington.
Their addresses:

	S.O.F.T.			C.W.A.
	5312  9th Ave N.E.		Suite 800
	Seattle, WA  98105		122 C Street NW
					Washington, D.C. 20001

Write your state legislators. Tell them you have learned about CPS and are
concerned. Tell them you feel an investigation into CPS activities is in order.
Tell them you protest against the unconstitutional operations of the courts. 
Also, there is legislation due to be introduced in the next session that, if 
passed, will curtail the abusive activities of CPS somewhat. Tell them you
support it.
To get their names and addresses (I had to do this to reach my legislators):

	-Get your district number from your voter registration card.
	-Call your local library and ask who the legislators are for your 
	 district.

Write the Governor. Tell him you want Washington's courts brought into
conformity with the Constitution. Also, he is trying to trim next year's 
budget, and CPS and the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) are the
single largest item on it. They are running a campaign to justify their 
activities, their existence, by fanning the hysteria over child abuse (which is
not to say that child abuse isn't a problem, but parental abuse is not the
answer).
His address:

	Gov. Booth Gardner
	Legislative Building
	Olympia, WA  98504
	  (206) 753-6780

Your input to the government is needed. The government only reacts to problems
it is aware of. The only people telling it anything about child abuse are the
people in CPS, and they are crying out for even more power!

#2: Talk!

Talk to people you know. Tell them about CPS, and encourage them to write. Give
them copies of these postings.

Talk to people in your company: managers and Personnel. It is expensive for a
company to lose an employee to this system. Enlist their support. If your
company is planning a move to Washington, warn them.

The government reacts most quickly and strongly to those issues that people
express the loudest concern about. Enlist all the support you can.

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Some of you, like me, find it a real effort to sit down and compose a letter.

For those of you who need help, I have composed an outline for a letter, so
that it should only take a few minutes to write. I won't write it out fully, to
avoid the "form-letter" appearance. If you need help beyond that, send me a
request via e-mail and I will be glad to help you. 


	(Today's date)

	[Gov./Mr./Mrs./Ms.] (Name)
	(address)


	Dear (Name):

	(Tell them you have heard about the abuses of CPS and Washington 
	courts. Elaborate a little if you want, but keep it fairly short.)

	(Tell them who you are, in relation to who they are and to the problem.
	If you live in their district, tell them. If you have a family, plan to
	have a family, have siblings or friends with family, tell them.)

	(Tell them of your specific concerns: the threat of CPS to you, your
	family or planned family, the fact that they are reaching for more
	power, the dangerous precedents they set in the courts, and so on.)

	(Tell them what you want them to do: to launch an investigation
	-immediately- into the activities of CPS, to cut their funding, promote
	legislation to reduce their powers, bring the courts in line. Remember
	that they work for you, but they cannot do it unless you tell them what
	to do.)

	(You might even tell them that you think they should get in touch with
	S.O.F.T. and C.W.A. for more information, and give them addresses.)

	Sincerely,

	(Your name)
	(your address)
	(optional: your phone)

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If you do not live in the State of Washington, check on conditions where you
live. Washington is one of the worst of the States right now, but abuses like
those described are becoming more prevalent in other states and countries.

Don't sit back and wait until it happens to you.