The base is not holding back:
"I think it’s tragic that a child has been conceived with the express purpose of denying it a father," Robert Knight, [director of the Culture and Media Institute of the Media Research Center] said. "Fatherhood is important and always will be, so if Mary and her partner indicate that that is a trivial matter, they’re shortchanging this child from the start."
"Mary and Heather can believe what they want," Knight added, "but what they’re seeking is to force others to bless their non-marital relationship as marriage" and to "create a culture that is based on sexual anarchy instead of marriage and family values."
Please. I’m sure there will be plenty of strong male role models in the child’s life, starting with his or her grandfather. If the argument is made that all kids should have biological mothers and fathers, adoptions would cease. If the argument is made that kids should always have a father and mother in the household, then single mothers would have their kids removed from them in order to give them to adoptive couples. Neither argument applies because we have a modicum of respect for mothers, and their right to bring up their own child as they see fit, as long as it is with care and love.
I might add that these statements, once you see them directed at an actual couple with an actual unborn child, are deeply, deeply hurtful. They violate what should be a joyous moment in any family’s life. But perhaps they can therefore serve a greater purpose: to reveal quite how hurtful and callous the religious right can be.
Congrats to Mary and Heather. Don’t let these people get you down.
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