Dungy's Diary

One More Thing…

Posted on October 15, 2012

 

Thank you for joining me in signing my letter to President Obama and Governor Romney urging them to put the issue of fatherhood at the forefront of our nation’s attention.

Could I ask you for one more thing? Would you please take 30 seconds to share this letter with your friends on Facebook or Twitter, encouraging them to sign as well?

 

Thanks again,

 

 

 

 


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  • Mitch

    Right on Tony! I participated in and am now partnered with Jabari Greer’s The Greer Campaign, a Fatherhood initiative based in Jackson, TN. You both are doing great work and are “right on the mark” with the importance of fatherhood to our our country.

  • Ed

    Thanks for the opportunity to share our concerns with our leaders. Gd bless.

  • BrIan

    Well said Coach on a very significant issue. Here’s to praying that they listen.

  • Darryl

    I went to a political forum last night in Lakeland with several political attendees there giving reasons for voting for them.. all I kept hearing from the public was how can bring our community together and deal with some of the issues we face. Not one single person mentioned the breakdown of the family as a cause for the distress we see! When Mitt Romney brought up the mention of the need for parents to fulfill their role in the lives of their children in the debate last night I was so glad but he should have looked the camera in the eye and said I’m talking to you dad.. where are you.. why have you abandoned your responsibilities. We need this accountibility on every level.
    Thank you Tony… this is an answer to prayer.

  • Wayne Ova

    This issue is more damaging to our nation than any other. Thank you for bringing it to the forefront.

  • Rick Raines

    A hot issue and one that needs to be addressed to the highest level of government. Thanks, Tony for your persistence.

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/UABVE2MNWRHAL27PQLKIPR5MHI Bill

    God bless you Tony in all that you do. If there is a way we can get you to speak at our mens ministry or Upward basketball program, please let me know. My email is BillyG41078@yahoo.com. Thanks Tony!

  • J King

    Thanks for being a great role model for men/fathers!! My husband and son think highly of you and your stand for Christ!!

  • http://www.facebook.com/curtis.reeves.714 Curtis Reeves

    I’m 26yrs.old I have a 5yr old daughter I do see and is a great little girl with great family. I also have a 7yr old Boy I never seen. my x girlfriend from high school, we were pregnant went to couple dr.appt heard the heart beat, then in Jan 2005 she called me from safehaven place to say her mother shipped her off to get abortion. she didn’t return to school til the end of the school yr, 5months later. I was told she had the baby and gave up for adoption to local family where she still lives today.she also get to visit my son and i have pictures of her with him and still can not believe how she could get away with this. I would like to meet my son and get to know him as she does. how is this legal for one person to lie about birth father..

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1140464792 Judy Straus-Friedley

    Curtis, what you and your Mother do not seem to understand is this. The child that was created between you when you were 17 and the girl (who was 16 at the time) was aborted. She has the paperwork from the doctor who performed the procedure to prove this. Also, this all took place in January 2004. You were a Junior in high school and she was a sophomore. The girl was out of school for about 5 months, correct as she was being home schooled by a teacher from the High School you both attended. There is also documentation of this to prove it. She came back in May of 2004 and finished out the year because she would not have been allowed to start the Vo-tech Cosmetology School program (a 2 year program) in her Junior year. In Sept 2004, she started the Vo Tech program and she went for the entire school year. In Sept, 2005 (her Senior year) she finished out the Cosmetology program and graduated from Vo-tech and High School. I love how you and your mother keep insisting that *you were told* and you *have a gut feeling* about this whole issue. I hate to tell you, none of that will ever make you win in court. You need to have proper legal documentation, or no attorney will even take your case. We have a timeline that makes sense, and the legal documentation to back it up. You have hearsay, innuendo and gut feelings.

    Also I will add that once your mother realized she put in the incorrect year, she tried to correct that by saying you were a Senior when all of this happened, (granted she still said your girlfriend was 16, but I digress.) So ok, if you were a Senior from Sept 2004 til June 2005, the child your mother has stolen pictures of still wasn’t born. You all can say over and over that he is 7, it will never make him 7. The child is 6 years old. You were 20 when he was born. You were 20, and he is only 6. Also, since you and your mother keep putting this out there, you both have said that you have a birth certificate that proves your claim. Wow that is funny since, no one could have gotten a birth certificate for this child but his Mother, unless it was done illegally, (which also would never hold up in court.)

    Your Mother has plastered my 6 year old nephews picture all over her Facebook, and all over the internet, CNN iReports, Nancy Grace, Dr. Drew, Alec Baldwin, Good Morning America and at least 6 Father’s Rights on Facebook. Pictures I will say again that were not hers or your intellectual property and neither one of you were given permission to use, so they are illegally gotten as well. My family has spoken with your Mother, and so has our attorney, your mother just refuses to believe what anyone else says. She has claimed that your ex girlfriend and her family, my family, the Division of Youth and Family services social workers, attorneys, Judges, priests and pastors in our town are all conspiring to keep you from your son. That is not the case, the truth is he is not, and never was the son of you, or your ex girlfriend. He was adopted through the foster care system and DYFS in NJ. He had bi weekly visits with his parents for an extended period of time before their rights were stripped from them. We have documented proof of the timeline of his birth in Jan. 2006 through when he was adopted up til present day. The child is ONLY SIX years old. There is no hidden agenda here, he is not yours or your ex girlfriends.

    This whole fiasco has been going on for more then a month. Your mother is trying to garner support for this cause through her friends and the internet, the problem is she can not back up any of her claims in any way because nothing she has document wise is legal in a court of law, (unlike our family who has all legal documentation,) and this is why every time she posts to a cause, or to another website, it is taken back down. She has no proof, none whatsoever! You said court papers were on the way, and your mother has said that as well for weeks now. I would advise this, SEND us the papers, send them to the attorney, my sister, the NJ State family court system, please we can not wait to be able to prove you are both utterly and completely wrong. This is the first time you have even commented about this cause at all, which is odd since your Mother keeps insisting you are heartbroken. Your Mother wants a DNA test done, no problem, go file the proper paperwork and then yes we will comply. We have nothing to hide from you, your Mother or any of your friends, or even the public that is reading all of the drivel your Mother insists on posting on the internet.

    My family has done one thing here from day one, we have tried to keep a 6 year old little boy that we love safe from harm. Your Mother has invaded our privacy, endangered the health and safety of a child, put not only my 6 year old nephews information out on the web for the world to see, but also your ex girlfriends personal, private, medical history. She has put my sisters name and town out for all to see, she has tried to put words in my sister’s deceased husband’s mouth, and she has alluded that since he is no longer here, but in Heaven that we have no right to keep the minor child. Then she panders to her friend base and calls us *Bullies.* PLEASE! Look in the mirror!

    So now it is time, time for you and your Mother to just put up or shut up. Go through the courts, send us all of the legal documents you want. Go through the Family Court Judicial System in NJ and file for a paternity test. What is it you both are waiting for? Your Mother continues to say you have waited so long, and you have missed 7 years (funny thing about that, yet again, the child is ONLY 6) You and your Mother keep posting to different websites, why don’t you both try and go to this link. Here it is all laid out for you, should make your and your Mother’s search so much easier. All it took was a quick trip to google.

    http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/atlantic/index.htm

    We will continue to wait for your papers from the courthouse, and your *Courier Post.* Trust me, our family is not worried about the claims you both continue to assert, because we know the real TRUTH!

    Thank you anyone who has read through this entire message. Please do not hesitate to comment back or message me directly.

  • Gisele

    You are on the right track, Mr./Coach Dungy. The Lord has been showing me that there is a crack in the foundation of the families and children both male and female; and that crack is result of absent, uninvolved and/or broken fathers. The Lord spoke of turning the hearts of the fathers back to the children and the hearts of the children back to the fathers in the last chapter of the book of Malachi.It essential for the fathers to turn back to the families so that they can be restored as God intended them. God bless you sir.

  • Lcoven510

    Curtis???? Me thinks not, more like his mother, Christine. Guess we can add impersonator to her list of credits. Oh, by the way….http://arizonatechtalk.blogspot.com/2012/04/az-senate-amends-hr-2461-to-criminalize.html

  • http://www.facebook.com/erin312 Erin Rausch Leach

    A father’s rights should be protected. However, you are not the father of this child. The family has the legal documentation to prove that. All you and your mother have are illegally obtained documents, illegally obtained photographs, your assumptions and a time line which does not match the facts. The young woman who you allege had your child in secret has the documentation to prove she terminated the pregnancy. Despite numerous pleas from the family regarding the safety of this child, you and your mother continue to post his, as well as this young woman’s, information on website after website placing him in danger from the biological parents from whom he was taken and invading her privacy. You and your mother have no facts on which to base your allegations, just your belief that this child resembles you at that age and your recollections of events, which you incorrectly believe occurred 7 years ago. You, and your mother, persist with your attempts to try your case on the internet instead of the Courts, thus I wish to respond by clarifying the beliefs, claims and accusations you have asserted against this family. You believe that the birth certificate your mother obtained, illegally I might add, reflects the date of adoption & not the actual date of birth. Why would state agencies participate in such fraud? Ah yes, everyone lies. Regardless of the fact that NJ Rule 9:3-52(b) states that upon entry of a judgment of adoption, the clerk of the court shall certify to the State Registrar, the date of entry of the judgment, the names of the adopting parent or parents, the name of the child, the date and place of birth of the child and the new name of the child if changed by the judgment of adoption. Not a change of birth DATE. Your mother completely ignore the fact that you have broken the law by illegally obtaining person information regarding a child you have no right to and are therefore not admissible… not that it matters, since you are wrong about this child. You continue to believe the Biological mother is walking around in public with the subject child after you claim it was given to the adopted family. Why do you believe this is the case? Could it be the photographs your mother illegally obtained show the girl with a dark haired child? Why does your mother refute that the child in this illegally obtained photo is the girl’s eldest child when provided with such information? Ah yes, everyone lies. As there is no way, in you and your mother’s mind, that this child was taken from an unstable and unfit family, the fact that said family could now find the pictures of him all over the internet and start harassing the family is impossible. Considering your mother’s own actions by taking this photographs and posting them, as well as his name on numerous websites, how could it NOT be possible. You and your mother continue your personal attacks against the mother (and by that I mean the woman who adopted this boy and loves him as much as her own biological children), proffer time lines that do not match the facts, and make accusations of fiduciary irregularities, fraud and government conspiracy. I could go on & on. You and your mother do not respond to requests for clarification of your facts. You have not filed any action in the Court. Your mother states you have proof in “black and white” all the while refusing to act on this alleged information. You have not presented any accurate evidence (as there is none). All you and your mother do is continue to assert that this is YOUR son. To sum up, I feel sorry for fathers who can not see their children. I do not feel sorry for you or your mother. You both continue to harass this family and place this child in jeopardy. You are a deluded young man who has been convinced of an impossibility by your mother, a selfish, misguided woman who will do whatever she wants regardless of who it hurts. You, and anyone who assists you and you mother in this ridiculous crusade, should be ashamed of yourself.

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  • Tonya

    Though I have known all my life that fatherlessness is a big issue in our country, i didn’t think of it in terms of statistics until I saw the movie “Courageous”. I thought the Kendrick brothers did a fantastic job pointing out the need for Godly fathers, and the effect that their absence has on the next generation. Thank you Coach, for all that you do to mentor young men. You seem to have the kindest spirit of any professional athlete I have ever seen.