Monday, September 20, 2004

Stupid republican idea of the week

Those clever men (note: men) over at the Republican party have had a great idea on combatting poverty: promoting marriage. Yes ladies, move back in with your abusive partners or starve to death... Luckily Kiersten Stewart at Gadflyer has writted this one up very succinctly, as I don't actually think I could do it without getting into a real rage and probably breaking my computer or something...

Note that Kiersten raises the very valid point that the benefits to children of growing up with two parents rather than one are almost entirely explained financially. Maybe someone should mention this to Fathers4Justice...

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