Posted on 01/30/2015 6:52:19 PM PST by goodwithagun
Shawna Steeves' 8-year-old daughter, Meghan, will get a dance of her own after the single mom said local PTO officials stood firm on a ruling that she could not be her daughter's date at a father-daughter dance.
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“Or does your belief system require me to wear a scarlet letter? “
I really don’t care if you sleep around and sire offspring out of wedlock. None of my business, although freedom of speech gives me the right to speak against it.
The only thing I care about it enough is that you do not have to force me to pay for your bad decision through exuberant local, state, and federal, taxes.
http://americanvalues.org/catalog/pdfs/COFF.pdf
once you allow this constant redefining of what is a "mother" a "father" a "husband" or a "wife" or a "married couple" then this is what is to be expected...
Uh oh.
It is true. The world doesn’t have to stop because a small percentage make bad decisions. Move along and live with them. We all have to deal with our decisions without making the rest of the world tip toeing around it.
Chances are extremely high that I've paid much more in USA Federal, State and local taxes than you ever have.
And no, none of any of the taxes you may have paid have ever helped myself or my daughter in any way.
By the way, you need to work harder on your English language skills, in order to troll more effectively.
Women do not “sire offspring”.
Single mothers as a whole are liability with extreme cost to the taxpayers, your personal situation notwithstanding. You do not pay for rest of the single mothers, so claiming that you pay “more” in taxes is a moot point.
Regarding my choice of the word sire, it was meant to be ironic. Good night.
I assume they’ll soon make these dances illegal.
Coming from a part of the country where father-daughter dances are unheard of, I still have a hard time wrapping my head around the idea. It just seems a bit of—as it would holding a mother-son mock wedding.
I expect these events to go the way of the dodo, as an increasing number of young people are born outside of nuclear families. At my job years ago somebody proposed a company picnic (which had been done in the past), and the vitriol from the childless older white she-men was palpable; they demanded to be able to bring their pets, and the idea just fell by the wayside.
People endanger their jobs if they assume a customer or student is part of a traditional Judeo-Christian family; the sensisitivities must be adjusted to the lowest common denominator. As we’ve become a post-Christian country/society, I guess it was bound to happen.
Many of my children’s friends are the Hispanics and Asians imported to replace the missing American children; they tend to have stronger family ties (though the former are from a macho culture and the latter have their females walk three paces behind them).
My dad died when I was 13. I always cringed when these events came up because it would remind me of my incompleteness and I would feel left out. I certainly did not want the events cancelled—I’m sure they were nice for all involved, but honestly it hurt a little to not be included. I got over it immediately of course, but a little sensitivity to the daughter (who is not of fault BTW) would be a good idea.
really though these Father-Daughter Dances should be banned in New Jersey.
why should they be banned? some have been around since girls actually had fathers? Now I realize some kids have lost a parent due do death and yes I really believe exception should be made in that case. I have lost a parent as a young person (how does 2 1/2 strike you?) and I know how that feels.
Even in cases of divorce which was starting to be common when I was a child the father/mother was still around for their kids.
Today it’s just totally different. No Mother or father. Just baby’s daddy and baby’s momma. Men are just sperm donors. That is why I like this “father daughter dance” it speaks volumes of why a father is important in a girl’s life.
I would ban all school dances and stuff, personally
Myself, and many others here, would much prefer to celebrate the continued existence of a gloriously normal majority in our society, with no excuses or apologies required of, or for, those of us who do not quite fit in perfectly.
I find it extremely comforting myself, that although my life took unexpected turns, some of which were heartbreaking, that life does go on normally for others, and I grasped that knowledge with both hands, and allowed myself to hope for something better in the future.
How about you exhibiting a little more sensitivity towards the majority group of daughters who do have living fathers? BTW, I haven't seen any vitriol directed towards the child here, on this thread.The controversy is about a childish adult trying to force the majority to adapt to her individual sensitivities, instead of adapting herself to deal with society. What are you suggesting? That nobody is ever allowed to have any fun, lest someone, somewhere might feel excluded or be offended?
What you said is irrelevant. The subject was sagar's vile, sinking slander of unwed mothers. Stop changing the subject, it's morally dishonest and juvenile. If you support the vile, stinking slander of unwed mothers, then find the courage to say so plainly, instead of hijacking the topic to protect what you secretly support but are too ashamed to admit.
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