[Stoat]

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Determined: Mark Webb is taking his case to the European Court of Human Rights

 

Deceit: Lydia Webb today with her daughters Elspeth,(right) , now 22 and India (left)

Childhood fun: Elspeth, left, and her sister enjoy at day out at the fair

 

[Stoat]

It seems a very high price to pay, but Mark now has the zeal of a convert and intends to take his case to Europe. ‘It is a serious debate,’ he says. ‘At what point is a father entitled to know, for sure, that a child is his? Some statistics say that as many as one in ten men may be unaware they are not the real fathers of their children.
 

‘DNA can be used by the Government to catch a criminal and put him in prison 20 years later, but it can’t be used retrospectively to make a father pay for his child.
 

[BykrBayb]

Oh come on! There is no way he believed that girl was his daughter. Look at him, and look at her. No way.

[SeeSharp]

I understand he’s upset and he has a right to be, but that was a pretty ugly thing to do to the girl he raised as his daughter.

[rfreedom4u]

What about all the men who want children but are denied any say in the aborting of the child? If a woman wants to kill the baby he has no say. But if she gives birth he is responsible for support. Men have less rights.

[Darkwolf377]

What’s interesting about these kinds of cases to me is that they’re the only case where the victim is always considered a jerk for standing up for his rights, and for the fact that one of the most sacred connections in his life has been a lie.

The children are not victims, but no one ever says “You’re hurting the children so buck up” when people file for divorce when a spouse has been lying or cheating on them, for example. If a man revealed he had an illegitimate child with another woman, EVERYONE would be shouting “You go, girl!” if he divorced him.

Yet here is a man whose life has been damaged in a way like no other, and to many people HE’s the jerk.

Of course no one likes it when the kids get hurt, but the father-child relationship is so devalued in this culture, except as a way to pillory men, again.

This kind of movement is always ugly in the beginning. But if women are going to routinely ruin men’s lives, they have to learn there will be a reckoning.

I don’t think this guy is a jerk; I think the happy, loving mom we see smiling in the photo with her kids is the true villain in this piece, and should be treated as such.

[NoControllingLegalAuthority]

It might be a good idea to marry a woman with some morals and, only then, have sexual intercourse with her....but, hey, call me crazy for suggesting something ridiculous like that!

[djf]

If a guy marries a gal and she cheats on him, it’s both their fault.
If a gal marries a guy and he cheats on her, it’s both their fault.

Nuff said. No other way you can explain it - both parties failed.

[Slings and Arrows]

Every time I read an article like this, the prospect of marriage becomes less and less attractive.

[DainBramage]

I have one child that looks nothing like me and was concieved shortly before a divorce.

If my ex came to me and told me he wasnt mine I would beg her to not tell him.

Sure I have paid support for 17 years but as far as Im concerned he's mine now. I love him so much and hes made me proud every single day.

I understand completely the wrong this woman has done to this man. Hes been robbed for sure, but I dont see how he could not love those girls, unless shes aslo kept them from him the wholetime.

[Aquabird]

Mandatory DNA testing at birth.

It solves all problems and isn’t expensive. It should be done anyway because of health reasons.

Now, it will never be done because children’s rights are actually ‘women’s rights’. And women’s rights are actually little more than ‘screwing over men’.