[kitkat]

One minor point, but an important one nevertheless. Murphy Brown is depicted in this article as a woman who became pregnant and was then deserted by the father. This statement weakens the premise of "family values," because it implies that Murphy would have provided a father for her son if she hadn't been deserted.

Is my memory wrong, or wasn't Murphy determined to have a child out of wedlock, and didn't she refuse to reveal the father's name? And wasn't that why Quale made his statement about family values?

[Desdemona]

Is my memory wrong, or wasn't Murphy determined to have a child out of wedlock, and didn't she refuse to reveal the father's name?

The father of her child was her ex-husband, if I recall, and he wasn't interested in being involved.

[waRNmother.armyboots]

"One minor point, but an important one nevertheless. Murphy Brown is depicted in this article as a woman who became pregnant and was then deserted by the father. This statement weakens the premise of "family values," because it implies that Murphy would have provided a father for her son if she hadn't been deserted."

I was never a Murphy Brown fan, but I think the father was actually willing to marry her, but she was not willing to marry him. You are right of course that it does come down to family values.
Men are much more than just sperm donors as the feminists and men haters would have society to believe. God actually knew what He was doing when He created the family unit.