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In Applauding Single-Motherhood, The Times Celebrates Its Own Handiwork
Boycott The New York Times ^ | February 6, 2009 | Don Feder

Posted on 02/06/2009 12:40:59 PM PST by AIM Freeper

The New York Times recently ran a seemingly endless and positively glowing story in its Sunday Magazine celebrating single-motherhood.

The title — “2 Kids + 0 Husbands = Family” — says it all. The Times considers husbands and fathers incidental and altogether disposable. In reality, families with “0 husbands” equals social strychnine.

In her new book, "Guilty: Liberal ‘Victims’ And Their Assault On America," Ann Coulter offers a grim assessment of the consequences of women having children solo. Coulter discloses, “70% of teenage births, dropouts, suicides, runaways, juvenile delinquents and child murderers involve children raised by single mothers.”

(Excerpt) Read more at boycottnyt.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: anncoulter; coulter; moralabsolutes; nyt; singlemotherhood

1 posted on 02/06/2009 12:40:59 PM PST by AIM Freeper
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To: AIM Freeper
See also:

2 posted on 02/06/2009 12:46:44 PM PST by RonDog
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To: AIM Freeper
How about:

“2 Kids + 0 Wives = Family”

You hust know the NYT would have a fit over that.

3 posted on 02/06/2009 12:47:23 PM PST by torchthemummy (My apologies if this post retreads on ground already covered!)
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To: AIM Freeper
How about:

“2 Kids + 0 Wives = Family”

You just know the NYT would have a fit over that.

4 posted on 02/06/2009 12:47:34 PM PST by torchthemummy (My apologies if this post retreads on ground already covered!)
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To: AIM Freeper

The left (and Satan) have the goal of complete destruction of the traditional family unit.

Every policy that they push has this goal.

To paraphrase Rush:
The difference between liberals and Satan is that Satan knows what he’s doing.


6 posted on 02/06/2009 12:49:06 PM PST by MrB (The 0bamanation: Marxism, Infanticide, Appeasement, Depression, Thuggery, and Censorship)
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To: AIM Freeper

I haven’t read the article, but I’d assume the worst of NYT and the boycott of it...and all those whom advertise for it is good.


7 posted on 02/06/2009 12:54:53 PM PST by Rick_Michael (Have no fear "President Government" is here)
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To: AIM Freeper

So what has The Old Grey Lady had to say about the mother of the octuplets? Shouldn’t they be ecstatic for her, or is their admiration only for the more wealthy, or celebrities, who decide to get a ‘sperm donor’ so they can have their trophy children?


8 posted on 02/06/2009 12:56:49 PM PST by SuziQ
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To: AIM Freeper

2 Kids + 1 mother + govt.tax(wage earning men) = Family

there you go. that’s the equation the dems want. single moms and their brood dependent on the government social programs... thereby insuring dem voters in the future.


9 posted on 02/06/2009 1:23:58 PM PST by sten
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Just in case anyone needs more evidence to see that the NYT is an embassy of Evil with a capital E. They deserve to go bankrupt and every employee be turned out onto the street with nothing. One thing that they don't realize is that their lies and propaganda will cling to their names and haunt them into the next life. Lying and promoting evil is indeed evil work. They will each individually reap what they have sown. And no honest or reasonable people view the NYT with anything but scorn.

10 posted on 02/06/2009 3:15:32 PM PST by little jeremiah (Leave illusion, come to the truth. Leave the darkness, come to the light.)
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To: AIM Freeper

At one time I read the NYT. That ended about ten years ago, and my only regret is that I didn’t make the decision to stop sooner.


11 posted on 02/06/2009 3:22:09 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: AIM Freeper; All
Ok, so, are you saying that I am a bad mom because I am a single parent to my 3 girls? No one needs to tell me that I need to have a good role model for them to see so they find the right kind of husband, but I don't see anyone who is stepping up to the plate, not even in church, to be that for them. Would it be prefered that I had stayed in the abusive marriages, so my daughters we be further abused and choose that type of man for a husband? Whilst all this condemnation of single parenting is going on...what about the lives of the infants that are saved from abortion and the mothers have chosen to give them life and keep them, rather than abortion? Are they thus to be condemned for their choice of being a single parent? It would not be right to force them to put the child up for adoption. Instead of condemning the single parent....why not get after the men who failed to be the father figure? Those who left the mother to choose life or abortion on her own? Those who are dead beat dads? Those who are abusive? Life as a single parent is FAR from ROYAL!! It is a VERY hard path to take. I live it every day. Would that a godly man would step up, assist, be a role model and love us! That has yet to happen. If you haven't lived it or aren't, don't criticize it.

Obama is not creating a society that is welcoming the single parent, with his move toward abortion support it would seem he is supporting views that are anti-single parent....kill the babies of those who are going to be single parent moms and free them of the burden, free the children of a horrible life. Maybe this thread should take a different vein with its criticism...Hmmmm?? I know many of you are pro-life, but the way this thread comes off...this is how it sounds to a single parent. You are my friends. I care about all of you.

By the way...if you know anyone who would fit the bill, send 'em my way! ::laughing::

12 posted on 02/06/2009 4:11:33 PM PST by MountainFlower (There but by the grace of God go I.)
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FYI. My girls and I often talk about the good and bad we see in men/ guys and relationships. We talk openly about it. My kids are not a part of most of the statistics, PTL. My 22 yo is also a single parent, who chose life. The “sperm donor” ....well...I will be nice at leave him at that. He left a week before the wedding and 2 weeks before she found out she was expecting. My oldest completed high school (home school) at 17 yo, worked since she was 14, had a fulltime job as CNA/med. aide and at 19 got her own house (mortgage of course). My 17 yo finished high school (home school) last spring, has been working in the restraunt business since then, is planning to go to school for culinary arts, had a GEO tracker and last fall bought her own Blazer. My 14 yo could have been in high school 1 1/2 yrs ago, but had to wait to meet the policies of PennFoster, and just started high school. She bought 2 horses with her own money, works various babysitting jobs, etc and at the rate she is doing her school, will be finished by age 16. My grandson, 19 months old, is already ahead of children his age in development. GOD is GOOD. GOD is faithful!


13 posted on 02/06/2009 4:20:36 PM PST by MountainFlower (There but by the grace of God go I.)
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To: MountainFlower

>>>Ok, so, are you saying that I am a bad mom because I am a single parent to my 3 girls? No one needs to tell me that I need to have a good role model for them to see so they find the right kind of husband, but I don’t see anyone who is stepping up to the plate, not even in church, to be that for them. Would it be prefered that I had stayed in the abusive marriages, so my daughters we be further abused and choose that type of man for a husband?<<<

Please get a grip.

Lots of people have to live and work with one arm. It’s a struggle but people handle it. Two arms are still the preferred option, though.

Statistics are not individuals. You tell me you’re doing a great job with your daughters, but your individual case does not apply to the entire population of single parent households. Lots of children have to live and work with one parent. It’s a struggle but children handle it. Two parents, a mother and a father, are still the preferred option.

Since I’m a teacher, I can see the problem on a larger level. Ann Coulter is correct in her analysis. Yes, there are some individuals from single-parent households that appear to do well in my classroom, but there are far more that suffer from the same situation.

As far as your insult to good men - that there are none out there, even in church - perhaps you should sit back and re-read your histrionic posting. Good men are everywhere. And please, please never offer the argument “if you haven’t lived it... don’t criticize it.” Not only does that insult the intelligence and empathy of the reader, the statement explains that you’re not really open to anyone’s opinion but your own. If you want a discussion, don’t end it by telling the other person to shut up. It’s not the best way to attract good men.

Your post indicates you indeed need God’s grace in your life. Good luck in your journey.


14 posted on 02/06/2009 4:36:49 PM PST by redpoll
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To: redpoll
I did not say ALL MEN! I have not insulted GOOD MEN! No men in the churches we have been at have stepped forward for any single women households, just to mentor the children in a godly fashion. There is a definite need for that. Perhaps I go to the wrong churches. Did I say that they were not GOOD MEN?! NO. (I take it you are male because you took offense.) I was not out there to cause anyone offense.

Nor did I ask for your pity! Tell me to get a grip?! I have made many mistakes in my life and would be the first to admit it to my children or anyone else. Without God's grace, where is anyone?!

It is NOT an insult to a reader to say that without looking at things from the other's perspective be careful to criticize.

"If you want a discussion, don’t end it by telling the other person to shut up. It’s not the best way to attract good men."Thank you for the advice. I don't recall telling anyone to shut up. Thank you for the gracious UNDRESSING!

15 posted on 02/06/2009 5:01:02 PM PST by MountainFlower (There but by the grace of God go I.)
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To: MountainFlower

There is a big difference between a woman whose husband abandons her and a woman who chooses to have sex without marriage. That said, the basic truth is that raising children is a job that is hard enough with a mother and a father in the home, and very difficult for a single mother. Even solid two parent homes have difficulties, and there is never a guarantee that children will grow up the way the parents hope.

There are many malign influences in the world, and thankfully, God doesn’t expect any of us to be “perfect”, whatever that means. He just expects us to do our best, and when we fail in some way, to beg Him to forgive us, realize His unconditional love, cry sincere tears of repentence, and try again; depending on His strength, and not our own.


16 posted on 02/06/2009 5:42:23 PM PST by little jeremiah (Leave illusion, come to the truth. Leave the darkness, come to the light.)
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