It seems Senator Glenn Grothman has stirred up all the politically correct types by introducing a bill that would require a state agency that is concerned with child abuse and neglect to pay attention to the most important cause of that abuse and neglect: family structure.
This reflects on sexual behavior (having children out of wedlock) and liberals are committed to the notion that no sort of sexual behavior should be stigmatized, even if it has nasty social consequences.
But the data are overwhelming. Below is a chart from a report by the Department of Health and Human Services on child abuse and neglect.
(You can click on the image to see a larger version.)
This reflects on sexual behavior (having children out of wedlock) and liberals are committed to the notion that no sort of sexual behavior should be stigmatized, even if it has nasty social consequences.
But the data are overwhelming. Below is a chart from a report by the Department of Health and Human Services on child abuse and neglect.
There simply isn’t much room for debate on this. Sure some (actually many) single moms do a good job with their children. And some marriages are destined to break up. Further, maybe it’s the father’s fault.
But the social norms and mores that have produced a massive number of children being raised by a single parent have harmed children hugely.
That liberals want to impose silence on this reality suggests that they don’t really care that much about children.
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