WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH IDAHO TODAY?
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rmd, Idaho's state legislature has a task force actively working to get women out of the workforce and into the home. First tool: making it harder to get divorced, because divorce is the work of Satan. Oh, and daycare is evil, too.
Lawmakers look for ways to keep moms at home to strengthen families
Task force blames breakdown of traditional family for social ills
http://www.idahostatesman.com/politics/story/205994.html
Rep. Steven Thayn and his wife, Sherry, raised eight children on their family farm. She stayed home, and they home-schooled several of their children before eventually sending them to local schools.
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That's why, as chairman of the Idaho House of Representatives' Family Task Force, he and others are considering controversial solutions such as repealing no-fault divorce laws and finding ways to encourage mothers to stay home with their children.
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"Divorce is just terrible," Rep. Dick Harwood, R-St. Maries, said. "It's one of Satan's best tools to kill America."
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Thayn does not shy from this view, calling pre-kindergarten education a "free babysitting service" and suggesting that early childhood education, day-care and Head Start may hurt families by keeping mothers away from home.
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Schroeder agreed that no-fault divorce isn't going anywhere, but acknowledged that Thayn and like-minded legislators in the House are likely to again stymie Schroeder's push for day-care and early education legislation.
"That doesn't mean we won't try," Schroeder said.
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rmd, Idaho's state legislature has a task force actively working to get women out of the workforce and into the home. First tool: making it harder to get divorced, because divorce is the work of Satan. Oh, and daycare is evil, too.Lawmakers look for ways to keep moms at home to strengthen families
Task force blames breakdown of traditional family for social ills
http://www.idahostatesman.com/politics/story/205994.html
Rep. Steven Thayn and his wife, Sherry, raised eight children on their family farm. She stayed home, and they home-schooled several of their children before eventually sending them to local schools.
[...]
That's why, as chairman of the Idaho House of Representatives' Family Task Force, he and others are considering controversial solutions such as repealing no-fault divorce laws and finding ways to encourage mothers to stay home with their children.
[...]
"Divorce is just terrible," Rep. Dick Harwood, R-St. Maries, said. "It's one of Satan's best tools to kill America."
[...]
Thayn does not shy from this view, calling pre-kindergarten education a "free babysitting service" and suggesting that early childhood education, day-care and Head Start may hurt families by keeping mothers away from home.
[...]
Schroeder agreed that no-fault divorce isn't going anywhere, but acknowledged that Thayn and like-minded legislators in the House are likely to again stymie Schroeder's push for day-care and early education legislation.
"That doesn't mean we won't try," Schroeder said.
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Date: 2007-11-16 04:41 am (UTC)But law makers rarely consider the wisest choice.
What the hey?!? I didn't log out!
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Date: 2007-11-16 04:45 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-11-16 05:13 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-11-16 11:14 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-11-16 02:41 pm (UTC)*boggle*
That's going to get *real* interesting....
hmmmmm..... I know somebody out in BC that's gonna be VERY interested in that....
What does it mean, "on multicultural grounds"? Are they going to restrict it to only those with a cultural history of it, or will folks be able to participate de novo?
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Date: 2007-11-18 04:06 pm (UTC)"Multicultural grounds" are just the judicial cause under which Parliament will act to extend Charter of Rights recognition of plural marriage. Anyone will be able to avail themselves of a marriage licence, and register same, once the current minority government is dissolved. Bloc Quebecois, New Democrats and Liberals all support this, as it is so clearly wrong to discriminate on the basis of marriage customs.
Since we have no national enactments of racial or cultural registration, other than recognition of aboriginal status versus non-status for certain taxation purposes, the State will not be able to sieve out certain requests for marriage licences on grounds of membership in natal cultural tradition or somesuch. To so discriminate would fly in the face of broadly-held Canadian values of fairness and respect (no, I'm not being sarcastic -- these are the sorts of measures which have broad social support with the exception of the looney fringes).
On a personal note, I might mention that our family would also be helped-out in terms of immigration, health-care and taxation status, too. We'd all be down at the Government Agents' office in Courtenay to take out our papers in a right ruddy heartbeat when this finally gets through Parliament.
I hope that I'm making some modicum of sense; I'm a bit deshabilee, in terms of expressive process, yet, this morning. Warm bed and good company will do that.