Former conservative Senator Rick Santorum just recently said that House Speaker John Boehner should do whatever he can to uphold DOMA, which is the Defense of Marriage Act. This law, predictably and decidedly cliche, says that states and the federal government have the right to ignore same-sex marriages from other states if they so choose. In other words, gays and lesbians have no right to be married.
Now Boehner was once quoted as saying this about marriage, "And that is why marriage and family law has emphasized the importance of marriage as the foundation of family, addressing the needs of children in the most positive way. "
So with that being said, do you know what's destroying this country? What's causing our students to fail at alarming rates? What's contributed to over 2 million people being behind bars? To an alarming rate of teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases? (I'll give you a hint, it's not homosexuality.) And God help me, for once I agree with John Boehner; what's destroying this country is a lack of a two-parent household - a lack of married couples.
But here's the deal: there is no definitive evidence that shows to address "the needs of children in the most positive way," that this marriage has to be between a man and a woman. Kids are failing and dropping out not because their parents are gay, but because there is only one parent in the household. Having two parents raising the children, whether it be two men, two women, or a man and a woman, is the only way to ensure our children have a fair shot at a successful future.
Homosexuality isn't destroying the "moral fabric" of America; sex, greed, materialism, consumerism, drugs, alcohol, and under-education are destroying America. So before Boehner goes defending the Defense of Marriage Act, he should instead defend the institution of marriage itself - no matter who is involved.
I totally agree that bringing up kids in one parent households is affecting them negatively. Whether they have a mom and a dad, two moms or two dads shouldn't make any difference.
ReplyDeleteI also think that our society has become very gragmented and isolated. Look at the villages in the rainforests, in the deserts, etc - in those places there is a whole support structure in place to help bring up the kids. We've lost that by living in big towns and living next door to people we never talk to or even know the names of in some cases.
Thee are plenty of two parent families that have ignored their responsibility toward their children. It is more than than a loss of a parent, it is a loss family cohesion, parental responsibility, and involvement...
ReplyDeleteDOMA is symptomatic of an attitude of non-inclusion that many in this country have fallen into as a way to be right by making others wrong.