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The traditional family is the most fundamental institution of society. Conservative leader Phyllis Schlafly tells us that "married couples now represent the minority of American households," "the majority of women are living without a husband," and "more than half of births to women under 30 occur outside of marriage."
Although the traditional nuclear family is best for society and the most successful way to rear children, the deck is stacked against it.
An intact family consisting of a mother and a father doesn't need government handouts. Schlafly says, "The poverty rate for single parents with children is 46.5% but is only 6.4% for married couples with children."
Who Killed the American Family? describes the groups, trends, and government policies that have led to more families depending on government and informs that an agenda of government dependency is one of many reasons for family decline.
"Feminism cultivates the attitude that a woman must put her own self-fulfillment above every other value." Not only is this incompatible with marriage and motherhood but it is a narcissistic way of life that ultimately leads to unhappiness.
Family breakups due to no-fault divorce have allowed judges to infiltrate and control families, using the misleading and divisive term, "the best interest of the child." We must "restore basic constitutional rights to husbands and fathers and repudiate the feminist agenda [that family court judges adhere to] that treats men as guilty unless proven innocent," says Schlafly.
It would also be beneficial to amend the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), which for ten years has cost nearly a billion a year, by renaming it the Partner Violence Reduction Act and adding the words "or men" to all sections of the law. As Schlafly points out, "VAWA ideology rejects joint counseling, reconciliation, and saving marriages." Instead, it finances centers where women are taught to reject marriage.
Restoration of tax advantages to married parents is imperative. We should also reject those who "seek to make being a homemaker economically untenable and socially disdained."
All United Nations attempts to infiltrate American families should be denied outright. When states vote against gay marriage, supremacist judges shouldn't overrule voters. Saving the American family is vital to preserving "individual liberty, limited government, less government spending, and restraints on government meddling in our lives."
((WND Books, 2014, 269 pp., $26.95) |
Tax policy "favors unmarried mothers with a live-in boyfriend over two parent families." The federal government incentivizes women to create "female-headed households."
