Also the Equal Pay Act, 1963. One side effect: 
But in Obama's economy, women are on the way down too:
Posted on 11/28/2013 4:54:03 AM PST by IbJensen
The “American Dream”of a traditional nuclear family is getting harder and harder to come by, and the New York Times can hardly contain its glee.
The Times’ entire Nov. 26 “Science Times” section was devoted to the “redefined” American family. In her featured articles, NYT reporter Natalie Angier identified traditional family as a thing of the past: “the old-fashioned family plan of stably married parents residing with their children remains a source of considerable power in American – but one that is increasingly seen as out of reach to all but the educated elite.”
What’s taking its place? A lot of things the Times really likes: “Same-sex parents. Cohabiting couples. Voluntary kin. Children with parents in prison. Immigrant Americans. What we thought of as the typical American family is being rapidly redefined.”
Angier's definition of family grew to include even singles. “Single people live alone and proudly consider themselves families of one – more generous and civic-minded than so-called ‘greedy marrieds,’” she argued.
To prove her point, Angier quoted author Bella DePaulo on how singles stay more “in touch” with others and their community. What are those silly married couples doing? Spending time on relationships and family? It just goes to show that any behavior or lifestyle – good, bad or indifferent – can be rationalized into an unquestionable civic virtue by urban liberals.
Click "like" if you support TRADITIONAL marriage.
There’s good news though! Americans share a special bond as Angier noted, “Across the divide, runs a white picket fence, our unshakable star-spangled belief in the value of marriage and family.”
Why. Just look at the “gayby boom” – or, in other words, a “baby boom for gay parents.” Angier explained, “There’s no maybe about the gayby boom.”
She profiled several gay couples to note how “new research suggests” that the fears concerning children raised with gay parents “are misplaced.” (But other research questions the methodology and bias in studies on the topic – evil not to be spoken in polite company at the Times.) For one couple and their six adopted children, Angier concluded they represented “part of one of the more emphatic reinventions of the standard family flow chart.”
Angier tackled other issues throughout her piece, including cohabitation. “The idea of marriage can be intimidating, so some couples choose cohabitation instead,” she clarified.
The section finished with photos from readers’ families, including lesbian, single mom, immigrant and military families.
It’s all of a piece with the Times’ fixation on newer, more preferable liberal family arrengements,doting upon shows such as ABC’s “Mistresses” (title self-explanatory) and lesbian-couple foster family show, “The Fosters.”
Before too long, the NYT will be a "thing of the past". Communist rag.
Why is a traditional family “out of reach” to the poor and less educated? The author of the article implies it is a luxury like a vacation home or Mercedes, and not the natural state of man. The poor need the support of families more than the wealthy, and are being robbed of it by misguided moral choices and evil incentives offered the welfare state.
I hate to tell her but the New York Times will so be a paper of the past.
Very well stated.
A Blessed Thanksgiving to you, I-ambush.
“In the first place, at least...Hispanic immigrants hold in high esteem the traditional definition of family and all the values it entrails.”
You forgot the sarcasm tag.
the elite trade spouses the way they trade stocks or cars. The only people with a chance are Catholics or Christians who believe they will royally transgress if they commit adultery. The elite eat, sleep and breathe adultery
nuclear - traditional families may not be popular in urban Americal - but out in thousands of small cities and towns across America, traditional families - Mom, Dad and kids - are still the rage.
put it this way. Last night “Modern Family” came on and I turned the channel. I’m not going to watch a show about gay families and weirdos. Sorry. I don’t care how much the Left try to redefine what’s considered a “family unit” it will never be accepted by “normal” people.
The traditional/nuclear/whateverthehell kind of family is simply being TAXED TO DEATH.
Every kind of taxation—property, income, whatever—is higher (wait for Obamacare!).
In the bad old days of the ‘50s and ‘60s they simply weren’t that much of a factor. Nowadays???
And to you and your family.
...And they helped it’s demise every chance they got...
The wheels started coming off the traditional family marriage bus back in the 60s when divorce became so easy, and remarriage web came socially acceptable. Prior to that one was married for life, for better or worse. If someone was abandoned and divorced through no fault of their own they remained single, remarriage was equal to adultery.
New York is not a traditional American City. New York is the place of dreams that are often dreary nightmares. Once there , the only real course is to escape to New Jerrsey
One of my friends has been married (it lasted for all of two months) to a mail order bride.
My sister has been married for 10 years now, but has no desire for children.
Myself and the other four friends have never been married, likely never will, and will almost certainly never have children.
Only one sample, granted.
And yet even in the United States, most people in 1979 wouldn't even recognize the collections of freaks that are now considered a "family" today.
Also the Equal Pay Act, 1963. One side effect:
But in Obama's economy, women are on the way down too:
“People are now special. They are no longer ruled by their biology or instinct. They are as gods.” - NYT
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