The media’s reaction to two recent stories about marriage and children says a lot about Father’s Day and the future of the American family. One involved Rep. Byron Donald (R-Fla.), Said“Black families stayed together during the Jim Crow era,” she said at an awareness event in Philadelphia. Another was Eboni K. Williams, a Black lawyer and TV host who announced she became pregnant at age 40 through in vitro fertilization and sperm donation.
Predictably, Donald’s comments were taken completely out of context by the corporate media, with Al Sharpton and Joy Reid both featuring Donald on MSNBC. show He would not dispute his remarks, but dutifully continued his manipulation: comments intended to highlight the resilience of black families during one of the worst periods in American history were twisted into an assertion that he believed Jim Crow laws were “good” for black families at the time.
Not all change is progress. Children need fathers. Fathers are not an appendage to the family. They are nice to have, but not essential, and they are not missed when they are gone.
The left is so adept at telling lies that many people believed the media’s fake news. The manufactured outrage gave progressives an excuse not to address his actual claims. If they had done so, they would have been shocked at what he said. truth.
Between 1890 and 1950, black men and women married earlier and more likely than whites. Today, only 33 percent of black adults marriedThree in four black children were born to married parents, compared with 63 percent of Asians and 57 percent of whites. Today, 70 percent of black babies to be born Nearly half of black children are with unmarried parents live With a single mother.
That’s where Eboni K. Williams comes in. Unlike the archetypal single mother of the past, who relied on government assistance to get by, Williams is an educated woman who is fully capable of providing for her children, which is why People magazine interviewed her and published maternity photos that make having children out of wedlock look glamorous.
Ironically, Williams Viral Williams came under fire after she said in a 2023 interview that she wouldn’t date a bus driver. Dating a blue-collar man was apparently lowbrow for her, but searching sperm bank databases for donor fathers was clearly not. Williams may be wealthy, but there’s one thing money can’t buy: the love from a father that every child needs, including hers.
This is the American family at a crossroads of cultures. On the one hand, conservatives believe that the family is the most important institution in any civil society and that marriage (defined as a lifelong relationship between a man and a woman) is its foundation. Conservatives also believe that fathers play an important and unique role in the home and in the lives of their children.
On the other side of the coin are liberals who are completely destructive of the foundations of the family. They completely deny the reality of biological sex and the notion that marriage requires one man and one woman. It’s no wonder that people who believe that men can conceive have no problem intentionally creating children without a mother or father through surrogacy or sperm banking.
These developments prove that not all change is progress. Children need fathers. Fathers are not an appendage to the family. They are nice to have, but not essential, and will be missed. Fatherlessness is Related There are higher rates of poverty, teen pregnancy, juvenile crime, and drug abuse. Children who grow up with only two parents are also more likely to probably They are less likely to attend college and less likely to live in poverty or end up in prison.
There was a time when both left and right believed in the importance of fathers and healthy families. Those days are long gone, and we have the data to prove it. study According to a Pew Research Center survey, 59% of Trump voters believe society would be better off if marriage and childbirth were prioritized, while only 19% of Biden voters said the same.
The good news is that not all hope is lost. A growing number of conservatives are actively promoting the benefits of family and fatherhood. More conservatives are recognizing the vital role fathers play in their children’s safety, security, and development. More conservatives are countering left-wing lies about the oppressive nature of marriage and the toxic nature of masculinity.
The difference in worldview between the left and right couldn’t be clearer. The battle for the future of the family is the most important battleground in the culture war. Donor fathers believe that children don’t need fathers. Nothing could be further from the truth.
