[Patton@Bastogne]

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Kay S. Hymowitz,
Manhattan Institute (William E. Simon Fellow)
City Journal (contributing editor).


Ms. Hymowitz,


Thank you for your article entitled “A Disaster for Women: The Single-Mom Revolution” that I had the pleasure to read in the Tampa Bay Times (formerly the St. Pete Times).

It was refreshing to see such “truth” printed in this typically far-left propaganda sheet, whose editors travel far-and-away to deliberately offend and mock the moral sensibilities of parents attempting to successfully raise emotionally, physically and spiritually healthy children in this “post-modern age” of media-encouraged averice, greed, immorality, and selfishness.

Our contemporary “post-modern” culture demands that “men” be stupidly adorned with (frankly) ridiculous tatoos expressing themes of insanity, blasphemy against Christ, and ruthless violence, engage in meaningless sexual relationships, express cruelty to animals and people alike, never acknowledge their mistakes, never take responsibility and seek healing and redemption for their addictions, addictions which often strangle the very life and love from the Families that Christ has entrusted them to Shepard.



My son in law (Sebastian) is particularly on my mind as I write this letter to you.

The Lord has used him to be a great blessing in the lives of my daughter (Angela) and my two granddaughters (Isabella and Lily).

Sebastian weekly engages in the “heavy lifting” of caring, protecting and encouraging.

Sebastian is the kind of man that would gone ashore at WWII’s Omaha Beach or a Scott Beamer whose words “Let’s Roll” expressed a Shakespearean defiance against those who would threaten their wives and children.



And, indeed, my own failures as a divorced father, and the psychological wounds caused my four (4) dear children because of divorce and selfishness, is also on my mind as I write this letter to you.



Your expressed “truth” encourages the essential Accountability and Encouragement for today’s fathers and mothers, husbands and wives, and to those in the future, a great and timely message for this Father’s Day 2012.



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[Patton@Bastogne]

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Wishing a Happy Father's Day to all those at Free Republic who do the weekly "heavy lifting" of striving as Christ commands them ...

to love, honor, encourage, protect, teach, and nuture ...

their Spouses and Children ...



"Strength and Honor" ... to You ...



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[KantianBurke]

I had hoped that this type of big government conservatism nonsense had been beaten down with the removal of Dubya. Here we go again.

Yes single moms aren’t ideal and often are a drain on the economy & society IF repeat IF the woman only has high school degree or less. A factoid that the author of this piece leaves out is that single women with a BA or higher have the educational background to provide a middle class lifestyle for their kid(s) which does not necessitate the use of government bennies.

The unspoken reason that the “compassionate conservative” buffoon leaves that out is to trumpet and demand a big government solution - alter Federal policy to increase marriage levels. Once again, big government does not work! Leave me and my family alone. Keep your hands off of my firearms and my pocket book.

[Will88]

The reasons for the shift were many, including the sexual revolution, a powerful strain of anti-marriage feminism and a "super bug" of American individualism that hit the country in the 1960s and ’70s.

I can't be too impressed with an article that leaves out the number one reason for the huge increase in single motherhood beginning in the '60s: government implemented welfare programs that paid women to have children out-of-wedlock and did little to require biological father's to assume any responsibility at all.

And the benefits paid to out-of-wedlock mothers has only increased over the years, and are worth more than most of the single mothers could earn in the job market. An all round disaster and major reason for our nation's fiscal and budget problems.

[Trod Upon]

Another achievement for Obama’s America: A nation of bastards. Yay.

[familyop]

“Big government,” that is, socialism with excessive government spending, was required to support the divorce/cohabitation paradigm against potential domestic competition (the real, technically inclined producers).

And the divorce/cohabitation trend was born in force long before Obama was in office. It’s been a bipartisan, socialist effort by the political/regulator class. Have fun. Enjoy the consequences. They’re right in front of us. We’re not quite there, yet.

[familyop]

Kay wrote a great piece, BTW. I remember replying to her in Commentary Magazine long ago (little polite argument back then).

[BenLurkin]

"See..................I told you so."

[Bon of Babble]

I wanted you to know that I was really touched by your post.

In this age of sissified males, metrosexuals, tattooed wimps and losers like the ones portrayed on TV (none of which I believe) it’s good to know there are STILL real men and REAL fathers out there.

There is NO question in my mind my husband, father or brother would lay down his for us women and children.

My husband changed diapers, played “dolls and tea party” with his daughter, threw balls and played golf with his son, hauled all the kids and their friends to the beach, the movies, the skating rink — let the boys tear around the backyard, like boys, and rode bikes and scooters with them. He was never too tired to play or wrestle with his kids, his fatherless nephews or their zillion friends and they were and are always always always welcome at our home, even for days on end if need by.

We feed ‘em all and some DO come over hungry — one day my daughter, when she was very young and didn’t know better asked her absent-father cousin: “Don’t you wish you had a dad like ours?!’

This is what REAL men do, REAL fathers - they take care of their kids, making sure they’re safe, well fed, clothed, educated, moral and happy.

It’s what my father did for me, my brother did for his kids, my husband for our kids.

There ARE real fathers out there, and I thank God every day for them, it’s what keeps our civilization together.

Bon