American Family Values
And it is time for those who talk family values to start valuing families.John Kerry
We Conservatives know that today, American family values are under vicious attack. The mass media and our public schools constantly and "progressively" undermine the importance of family values. This is being done by the "mad Libs", the Leftist Liberals, who find their headquarters these days in the Democratic party and amongst some Republicans who we call RINOs: Republicans In Name Only.
WHAT ARE GOOD FAMILY VALUES?
With American family values constantly being attacked, derided, and undermined, many people on both the left and the right are unclear these days about what are good family values.
Well, the Leftist Liberals would have you believe that the family unit was just invented yesterday. It needs to be "tweaked". No ancient wisdom about the family and family values matters to them. Of course, this is only because good family values thwart their perverted plans and attitudes--such as the notion, voiced by Emperor Dumbo before he became Presidential, that kindergarten children should have sex education in public school! (And you wonder why Liberals are so strongly opposed to home schooling?)
The family is the main unit of teaching for people. It is there that they find their root-stock and their basis for their values and convictions. Individuals might come to disagree with some, or most, of what their family imparts to them. They might be raised Christian but turn pagan, or the other way around. They might have good reason to disagree with what their family general tells them, or they might have reckless reasons. But the point is, family values first and foremost place trust, respect, and responsibility in the hands and minds of parents before public school teachers, professors, media talking heads, and especially politicians and bureaucrats.
The family loves the child who steps out on her own and seeks the truth objectively, for herself. But, they still don't just tell her "anything goes". They still raise her the best that they can. The question is: what things do they impart to her?
A family's head and core is meant to consist of a father and a mother. It is not meant to be two women or two men. Research and experience alike demonstrate that in the absence of either a good male or good female adult presence, any child suffers development problems. A gay couple might sincerely love children, and there are gay Conservatives. But they are not meant to be raising children. This is why, even in situations of divorce, there are personal efforts as well as state laws intended to keep both father and mother in a child's life.
The child is taught to respect the parents, regardless of disagreements with them. Some day, the child will be old enough to leave the home and decide for himself how he wants to live. But he is not fit to decide that when he is still just a boy. Even if he "knows" his parents are wrong, he must realize that his parents are NOT his "facilitators". He is not their teacher and he is not their peer. They are his teachers for the time he lives in their house, even if he truly is more gifted and talented than they are.
Boys and girls are taught sexual responsibility. Liberals love to twist this concept into "sexual repression". Conservatives who believe in American family values are not repressing anyone. If anything needs to be disciplined, it is one's sex life. It is too easy to spread and catch diseases, and too easy to toy with other people's feelings--as well as get your own heart broken and your whole life harmed by sexual irresponsibility. Through experience, people with conservative values have found that the most fulfilling sex life usually comes from one where you are intimate with just one other person. You might sleep with someone before marriage. You might be a "playboy". But you are still not absolved from being sexually responsible. You should seek someone to sleep with that you want to live with and would like to raise a family with. This is not "repression"--it's natural.
A child is taught to have: integrity; proactivity; self-discipline; and empathy. Integrity means sincerity, conviction, and honesty. Proactivity means taking full responsibility for your own life and destiny, not renting your mind out to the government or "society" or welfare. Self-discipline means we take control of our own actions and reactions--we don't play the blame game, we don't turn to lawyers to solve every grievance we have or defend us when we know we are wrong. And empathy means we are kind, understanding, and generous toward our fellow human beings--at least, until they start to noticeably abuse us, like mad Libs do.
American family values simply are those values that people must have in a free society.
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