Republicans HATE Families

It’s been decades since the Tax Code Marriage Penalty was identified, yet the Republicans have done nothing to alleviate it – in fact they have made it worse.

The fewest children, the smallest families, are found among the top 1% of earners – the very people given the greatest tax breaks.

These people do not support local business – the mom & pop stores and supermarkets – they spend their money on luxury items that are generally manufactured overseas and are sold by high end retailers.

It is estimated that it costs $250,000 to raise a child –- or about $12,500 a year.  That $12,500 is the amount which should be available as income tax deduction, but it isn’t.  Instead the full burden of supporting the government is shifted to those who have this child based liability.  NOTE that the same people who impose this burden on those who want children, also seek to impose that burden upon those who find themselves with an unwanted and undesired pregnancy -- because the condom broke, diaphragm  shifted, vasectomy didn’t take or pill failed … events that happen at least 10% of the time.

In addition, they seek to deny the medical insurance which would cover the cost of the pregnancy.

All of these things combine to be an attack on the poor and on families.  The “Defense of Marriage Act“ was intended to attack the one group in society that actually still values marriage.

As pointed out in "SAINT PAUL'S JOKE: 'The Punch Line's A Killer'", Christian scripture mandates marriage for both gays and straights.  Hebrew scripture condemns, for medical reasons related to STD transfer, bi-sexual males and the women who facilitate that behavior.  But Christians are forbidden to impose or adopt any part of the Law – unless they adopt all 613 Laws.  When was the last time you came across a Kosher Evangelical?

Republicans stand for THE MOST HARM TO THE MOST PEOPLE and promote fiscal irresponsibility – a fact established by the $605 BILLION dollar military budget which, by their own assertions with regards to immigrants and the Mexican border, cannot even achieve the first obligation of a Military … to secure the national domestic borders.

Even on immigration, the Republicans reveal they are anti-family.  They have devoted their efforts on immigration, not to the prosecution of REAL Criminals who create harm to citizens and their property … NO they reward the criminals by insisting resources be devoted to breaking up the families of American Citizens, and deporting one, or both, parents.  Why, not because the parents did anything wrong – but rather because of a backlog in the INS which has delayed issuance of authorized documents.

The INS is, because Republicans have refused to properly fund it, a decade behind in the issuance of the annual allotment of Green Cards and other documents.

The Republicans HATE FAMILIES, so the tax them beyond their means, seek to disrupt them, seek to force upon the costs due to product failures, and want to stop those who seek marriage from being married. 

Defense of Marriage Act = illegal

OK, finally … after the dishonesty of 1996, and Clinton’s failure of spine as reflected in his signing of DOMA, rather than issuing a VETO!

If these DOMA characters really wanted to “defend marriage”, they would have declared marriage a religious function and  declared the terms “marriage, married” and any related terms, as they appear in Federal Law,to now refer to Civil Unions Licensed by the States.

A marriage would hence forth be a ceremony officiated over by a religious figure and subject to the laws of the religious institution officiating (Hence, Catholics could not get divorced, Jews would require Rabbinical ‘Get’, etc).

They would also make it clear that Religious marriages are fully subject to religious tribunals, and are outside the jurisdiction of the Civil Courts.  Qualification for any State decreed, or provided, benefits would be available to those joined through Civil Unions, or any Religious marriages, providing they are licensed.  Thus, one can ‘marry’ without filing for a license – but they would have no Federal legal standing.

Failure to adhere to a Religious judgment would be deemed a ‘breech of contract’ and prosecuted in Civil Court by either the religious institution, or respective parties.  Civil Divorce Laws do NOT apply in religious marriages … and cannot be applied in any civil action.

The DOMA people will therefore get what they claim they seek, a declaration that marriage is a Divine Act.

Of course, because the DOMA people are hypocrites and have only harm as their goal, they will reject this.

Saint Paul’s Joke establishes here is no Biblical basis for the rejection of Gay Unions – but there is a clear and explicit basis to reject bi-sexual activities or any act of deception (“passing” or being “in the closet”).

Saint Paul’s Joke also establishes – chapter and verse – that the average Christian violates Romans 2:26 and therefore violates the basis for their religious salvation.

But DOMA people are happy with going to Hell – they just want to take everyone else with them.

More on Same-Sex Marriage

On 21 March 2013, The American Academy of Pediatrics announced its support for same-sex marriage as well as full foster care and adoption rights for same-sex couples.

It appears that the research has established

1. Gay couples, in contrast, generally have to plan to have babies, overcoming biological limits to adopt, find surrogates or sperm donors, or use in vitro fertilization methods
2. More than half of gay men and 41 percent of lesbians in the United States would like to adopt. That's a huge number of potential parents, far dwarfing the more than 100,000 adoptable kids stuck in foster care today.
3. Kids raised by gay and lesbian parents say their upbringing taught them open-mindedness and empathy.
4. Kids of gay parents appear to do well academically
5. An upbringing in a same-sex household can give kids a boost of confidence -- the kids of lesbians were more confident than the kids of straight parents.

So, in terms of families. it would seem that those who oppose same-sex marriage are really opposing the creation of confident, educated, and stable children.  They are also in favor of foster care as opposed to children having loving parents.  It would therefore seem to follow that the Catholic Church and various Christian denominations would lie about what is in scriptures and use those lies to oppose same-sex marriage.

Marriage Morality Concept…

The Washington Post, 15 March 2013: “Study: Delaying marriage hurts middle-class Americans most” … a few findings:

“The study found a large educational and class divide. College-educated women typically have their first child two years after marrying. The high school graduates as a group have their first child two years before they ­marry.“

“The study said 58 percent of first births to women who have graduated only from high school are out of wedlock.”

Here’s a thought: “When they can’t get the white picket fence, and a certain level of stability,” they defer marriage and have higher rates of nonmarital births. That in turn fuels more poverty, and takes them further away from the white picket fence.”

Given that, “The Knot Yet study says economic and cultural forces are responsible for current attitudes toward marriage.”  We can look at the reality associated with the opposition to Same-Sex Marriage … sounds weird, but you were warned (in previous posts) … When you oppose any marriage, you oppose all marriages.  Marriage is the way in which society creates a cohesive unity between diverse family lines … in the past it connected clans and nobility (thus nations) … deny it and you create a group of outsiders, an other, which will attract membership by virtue of retention of the initial status we all have … that of being unwed.

Now, when we add in a marriage penalty, a reduction of goods and services allocated on the basis of single or wed, we make it ridiculous for anyone seeking economic improvement to want to marry.

Consider the effect of server medical illness – in Europe, with its universal health care, anyone who is sick ids treated free; in America, to get government coverage, and reduce the drain on family assets, couples divorce – with the healthy person receiving all the accrued assets.  That is, the lack of universal health care is an attack on marriage.

OK… what does this seem to mean?  We know birth rates are down, and we are headed to zero, or negative, population growth.  It also means that those who are born will continue be to the least educated segment of the population.  It also means that the marriage institution will be weakened further … this will weaken religious institutions. [The marriage sacrament is the only real world service they offer.  The Deity they represent is represented by child molesters, bigots, thieves and liars … individuals who take your money and provide nothing in return.]