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"Let&amp;#x27;s put aside all the obvious lies John Edwards has been telling about his affair with Rielle Hunter and get down to the nitty-gritty. Who&amp;#x27;s obligated to pay Rielle child support? Is it John, who admits having sex with Rielle, but says the affair ended before the baby&amp;#x27;s probable conception?&amp;amp;nbsp; Is it his friend Andrew Young, who also slept with Rielle and who claims paternity, but was not listed on the birth certificate? If so, why isn&amp;#x27;t he paying child support? Why did Fred Baron, Edwards&amp;#x27;s former campaign manager, put Rielle into a $3 million home? Is he planning to support little Francis Quinn through college? Regardless of what you may be thinking about John, his poor, suffering wife Elizabeth or the tabloid that sniffed this whole thing out, baby Francis Quinn Hunter has a father and should be loved and supported by him. That man needs to step up and assume fatherly duties. But will Francis Quinn ever know who her father is? Immediately after Edwards offered to take a paternity test, Rielle gave him cover, saying she won&amp;#x27;t subject her daughter to it because it&amp;#x27;s an invasion of their privacy. Until this is resolved, however, I&amp;#x27;m convinced their privacy will surely continue to be invaded. Every person Francis Quinn meets will look into her face for clues, wondering if she&amp;#x27;s really John Edwards&amp;#x27; daughter. They&amp;#x27;ll ask themselves &amp;amp;quot;Does her smile look like his? Her dimples? Her nose? Her complexion?&amp;amp;quot; Francis Quinn will be a question, not a child. And Edwards, if he is the father, will remain off the hook for any parental responsibilities. According to federal law, Francis Quinn is entitled to financial support and establishing paternity through a DNA test is the only legal way of identifying the father. Rielle should take John Edwards up on his offer to take this test. Her daughter deserves it. &amp;amp;#8212;Amanda "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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