Good news, everyone: things are infinitely better at the Family Research Council!
In a landmark New York Times op-ed piece back in 1994, David Boaz pointed out that the self-allegedly pro-family organization’s publications included more items on homosexualty than on family structure, parenthood, and teen pregnancy combined. And, yes, “There was no listing for divorce.”
Well, Boaz has just taken a look at a recent batch of FRC issue briefs. He counts seven papers on abortion and stem cells (which, whatever you may think about them, are not breaking up families), five on gays and gay gay marriage (ditto), and—drum roll, please—ONE on divorce.
Look at the bright side. One is infinitely better than zero. At this rate, in 2026 FRC will have two papers on divorce. In 2040, they’ll have three! By about 2100, they may be half as ready to talk about divorce as to blame gays for the country’s family problems. I don’t know about you, but I’m holding my breath.
4 Comments for “At FRC, This Passes for Progress”
posted by Jorge on
Abortion is not breaking up families? Are you serious? There is the obvious problem of when only one of the parents wants to abort, not to mention when only one of the parents is traumatized by an abortion. Abortion is easily symptomatic of a culture which rewards the easy way out over taking personal responsibility. This is basic.
There is also a potentially dangerous problem when only one party between the parents and the teen mother wants to abort.
posted by Chuck on
The point of the article isn’t abortion. Couldn’t we wait until maybe 20 comments in before we stray off topic? Thanks.
posted by Ginger on
Jorge, if the FRC really cared about families they’d focus on issues like childcare and parenting skills. People having to deal with the issues of teen mothers and abortion is what happens when people are uneducated about sex and birth control.
posted by Bobby on
Well, abortion saves couples from becoming families, and it saves families from bringing children that will make them poor. Abortion also saves the taxpayers from supporting irresponsible people on welfare.
So is it personally responsible to abort when you know that 1. You don’t have the guts to give up the baby for adoption and 2. You don’t have the means to raise that baby? I say yes.