Posted on 05/24/2004 7:49:55 PM PDT by churchillbuff
Several state senators donned kitchen aprons and scarlet "M"s Monday to protest remarks by a pastor who said female lawmakers with small children at home were "sinful." Sen. Debra Bowen said the domestic revolt was to point out that the lawmakers with children "can do as good a job being parents as they can being legislators."
Bowen and other lawmakers said they were furious to learn that the Rev. Ralph Drollinger, who leads a Bible study class for lawmakers, wrote in a Bible lesson that women lawmakers with young children at home are sinners. "It is one thing for a mother to work out of her home while her children are in school," wrote Drollinger. "It is quite another matter to have children in the home and live away in Sacramento for four days a week. Whereas the former could be in keeping with the spirit of Proverbs 31, the latter is sinful."
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,,, everything these days seems to rest on what's best for the children. Custody cases are at the forefront of that maxim. Four days a week out of the home is putting a dollar each way on life... "I'll have kids, but I'll outsource their care." That's a made in China ethic, tried and true.
I believe so
Absent fathers should receive the same condemnation.
Thanks!
Yes, exactly, and child care by way of more government taxation will be too expensive for all besides being a means of government rearing children instead of parents doing so.
,,, the hammer hits the nail on the head.
",, the hammer hits the nail on the head."
LOL! ...no pun intended.
,,, post #31 - good work!
I am a mom who has to work because I am a widow, and although I do believe my situation is a result of sin, I don't think that it is a sin to try to provide the best for my child by earning a living.
Each working moms case would be different but I suspect a lot of these woman legislators could perhaps not be working for God or their children but for themselves, which then would be a sin. But who are we to judge?
Funny however, if the Reverend would have just said he felt these woman were trying to climb the ladder of success for personal gain, he would have been praised, but in essence that is what he was meaning by saying these woman were sinning since they seemed more self motivating for personal gain than the success of their children.
A sad commentary about the whole issue is that using the word "sin" seems to be a derogatory word that cannot ever be spoken in public, even if it is meant for constrictive criticism. The word "sin" is so inflammatory to the self righteous they want to stamp out any utter of it so they themselves do not have to face their own judgment, explaining the odd antics and reaction!
Thank god there is an endless supply of sh*t.
I'm not sure that the Reverend is talking about ALL women who work. It sounds like he is speaking specifically about the female legislators, ** who are living away from the family home for 4 days per week**.
I cannot disagree.
Widows are most often very different from divorcees (that is, those who do the divorcing) at how they teach their children.
Widows do what they must. It is a sin to take from or to refuse to help widows and their children.
Wow, what a creative protest. Well, that convinces me that they're good mothers. </sarcasm>
What does the reporter mean "usually bombastic"? I have met the scowling, abrasive, profane Mr. Burton, and he would be bombastic wearing a corset and a hoopskirt. The only difference between him and Congressman Pete Stark (he of the insulting voice mail message to a constituent) is that Burton usually is smart enough not to cuss at people in front of a microphone or a camera.
Note that there were no Republican lawmakers who were spoken of as participating in this nonsense. Not that they were necessarily in agreement, but that they didn't lower themselves to stunts like this.
This is what being a Californian is about, all you folks from the other 49. Putting up with this crapola -- and worse -- from our "leaders."
"can do as good a job being parents as they can being legislators."
Yup. Crappy, evil legislators; crappy, evil moms.
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