[carmody]

This was an excellent editorial.

I wonder how much of our drift towards socialism is due to women wanting/needing to be taken care of. When fathers/husbands disappear or don’t take leadership roles in their families, ‘scared’ women look to the nanny government to care for them and their offspring.

I believe this is one of the reasons our great society is failing. Some women, even with a well paying job, still don’t cherish their freedom and independance the way men do. And many men were more than happy to allow the government to step into their former role as leader and provider of the family. Generations of boys who won’t transition to manhood. Generations of girls who still need to ensure the survival of their children.

Christian religions teach personal responsibility along with family unity and strength. It’s the reason our government & media want to diminish the voice of Christians in our nation.

[the OlLine Rebel]

That responsibility includes moral strength, which includes NOT screwing outside marriage, period. Then there would be no innocent illegitimate children to worry about - and fewer men wishing they could roam free (and getting that wish) to let their appendages have more fun. Lack of morals is the real problem, not “women needing to be taken care of”.

[libertymaker]

You're spot on. This is the primary reason why our culture and economy is eroding. Our Founding Fathers designed the system to be an overlay on Judeo-Christian values. Once those Christian values are diminished or abandoned, the system will not sustain itself.

[RipSawyer]

Sounds at least ninety percent right to me.

[buckeye49]

I’ve been wondering for a long time when someone would make the connection between abandoned women and the slide into socialism.