Is Sam Brownback delusional?

[proud2BlibKansan]

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BROWNBACK: Nation’s health depends on having dependable dads around
By SAM BROWNBACK
Special to The Star

U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback of Kansas
As we celebrate Dear Old Dad this Father’s Day, let’s remember why dependable dads are so important — for our families and for our future as a nation.
If the experience of the last 50 years tells us anything, it is that the consequences of weakening the institution of marriage are tragic for society at large — and especially for the children involved.

The American family has gone though a difficult time. The number of never-married young adults has grown dramatically. Half of all new marriages now end in divorce. The number of cohabiting couples has grown tenfold since 1970, now over 5 million. And while the birth rate for married couples has been cut almost in half since 1960, the number of out-of-wedlock births increased almost ten-fold in 50 years and has soared to one-third of all births in the United States.

For the first time in our history, a large number of children have grown up without a father present in the household. That sad fact allows us to contrast outcomes for those children with their peers in intact families with a mom and a dad.

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The costs to our society are financial as well as social. A recent study by the Institute for American Values concluded that the breakdown of marriage costs taxpayers at least $112 billion each year. Just to put things in perspective, that’s more, on average, than we have spent each year on the war in Iraq.

http://www.kansascity.com/273/story/661850.html#recent_comm

[DrDan]

1. yes

[terrya]

2. And those selfish homos are the reasons why!

Jesus, that bigoted piece of shit just can't let up.

[Lex]

3. Funny he mentions having Dads around and the war in Iraq

in the same breath.

[terrya]

5. It's just amazingly stupid on every single level.

I just don't know where to start. That comparison, plus another cheap gratituious attack on same-sex marriage...just in time for Father's Day. Loathsome.

[Supersedeas]

13. the compound effect -- the cost of war plus the costs of broken families if/when soldiers return

[DrDan]

4. I would bet one could show a positive relationship between

the statistics brownback quotes (the downfall of the traditional American family) and the growth of evangelicals in the U.S. - particularly in Kansas.

Perhaps we should consider legislation to be paired with the ban on same-sex marriages - legislations banning evangelicals.

[ashling]

6. That's a rhetorical question, right?

:rofl:

[ColbertWatcher]

7. Yes. Yes, he is. n/t

[proud2BlibKansan]

8. I seriously despise this man

[ColbertWatcher]

9. He is just another sleeper cell in the GOP cabal. n/t

[JackRiddler]

10. Do the media talk too much about Britney Spears?

[sinkingfeeling]

11. So? Why don't they pass laws to make divorces illegal. You know, "a marriage is between

one man and one woman"...for life. Outlaw unmarried people living together and grant no 'rights' to children born out-of-wedlock. Oh wait, we had most of that crap back in the '40's and '50's!

[KansDem]

12. Sam Brownback has one of the worse voting records in the Senate

He only shows up to vote about 2/3rds the time. Imagine the damage he could do if he showed up all the time.

We're paying him a 100% salary for 67% of work.

[proud2BlibKansan]

16. What a hypocrite

Hey are you coming to the Jo Co Dems breakfast tomorrow? :hi:

[KansDem]

20. I plan to be there!

I might be attending the Dem picnic later on that day as well! :party:

[proud2BlibKansan]

21. There is also a party tonite

at the Flea Market in the new party room. http://dfha.org/20080613/friday_13th_meet_and_greet_party_plus_dfa_weekend

[KansDem]

23. Wow!!! Democrats are the "Party Party"

I may have to register GOP so I can get some rest!
:dem:

[proud2BlibKansan]

25. LOL they have parties too

I am on their email list. But their parties are bizarre. And they have them in the middle of the day. At expensive restaurants.

You don't have to pay to get in tonite if you don't want to eat the buffet. Or you can order from the menu. We are going to have a couple musicians and I think we can persuade John Mitchell to do his Phillll Kline song. If you haven't heard it, it's a hoot. :)

[old guy]

14. He is a regressive repub.

Delusion is a qualification.

[TlalocW]

15. Hey, Sammy...

Did you happen to see the studies - commissioned by your fellow evangelicals - that showed that evangelicals were just as likely (or in some cases more) to have out of wedlock births, to co-habitate before marriage, look at pornography, and divorce at the same rates as the unwashed heathen? This is a good example of a group of people needing to clean up their own houses before lecturing others.

TlalocW

[rox63]

17. Yes he is - Next question? n/t

[WhiteTara]

18. no. He's just a liar n/t

[ProgressiveFool]

19. Is the Pope Catholic? Does a bear shit in the woods?

I think it's a requirement to be a right-winger these days to be delusional.

[ellenfl]

22. i could not read his crap. did he happen to mention that the

bible belt accounts for the most divorces?

ellen fl

[Iggo]

24. No, he's not.

But he thinks we are.

[NashVegas]

26. People Attacking This Column Look Kind of Silly

Without the context of what he's said about homosexuals being immoral, anyone peeking in on this would be reading what looks like a very reasonable column.

"Having a good dad around is better than not having a dad around."

Come on. Y'all know that's true. Brownback's an asshole, but when people go after him for a column like this, they don't look very well-balanced.

[proud2BlibKansan]

27. I was more interested in the part about the spending on Iraq

I find it hard to believe we spend more on kids without dads than in Iraq.

[NashVegas]

30. Well, No Doubt

He's probably throwing in the cost of gov-funded daycare for single working mothers in addition to whatever other social costs can be backed up w/studies. Whether or not that's dinosauric (?) is up to the individual. Sometimes in couples, dads do stay home with the kids while Mom works, but probably not in Brownback's model.

[mmonk]

28. Is he a Republican? (rhetorical question)

[Breeze54]

29. ALL rethugs are delusional, AFAICS!

He sucks, what a dolt! :silly: