Politics and Culture

One usually associates advocacy for traditional marriage with conservatives and equivalencies of "lifestyles" with liberals. The Obama candidacy may have changed all of that. Have you noticed how defenders of Barack Obama (and Obama himself) bring up Obama's single parent upbringing to gain him sympathy? Now, if somebody wants sympathy for something, that "something" has to be bad or, at least, disadvantageous, right? Can we assume, then, that Obama supporters, usually the most left Democrats, consider it worse for children that they're raised by single parents than a married couple? If so, why aren't liberals more vocal in discouraging illegitimacy and denouncing divorce, the kind of behaviors rampant in places like Hollywood and Democrat-controlled inner-cities?

Maybe liberals don't think that single parenting is worse, per se, but just that single mother homes tend to be poorer. I don't think Obama's mom and grandparents were poor, were they? Even if they were, that single parenthood leads to poverty is an especially good reason to promote marriage, unless liberals think it's OK to take money from people who do the right thing and give it to people who don't (Nahhh, that would be ridiculous.).

Or, maybe they've run into a non-judgment crisis: Liberals know that single-parenthood is not the best parenthood and want people to feel tenderness for the solo caregivers but just can't coax their comforting little brains to take the next logical step and say that people should avoid such a situation.

Or, maybe they don't think that single parenthood is bad at all, but cynically want to make an even more emotional appeal for Barack Obama.

Now, don't get me wrong: I don't really care about one's family arrangement as long as they don't make me stand up and applaud (gay marriage) or pay for it (welfare); I'm just trying to draw conclusions for liberals that they won't draw for themselves.

As for Obama: who cares? That's supposed to make me think that you've lived a tough life?