See:
The educated class believes in global warming, so public skepticism about global warming is on the rise. The educated class supports abortion rights, so public opinion is shifting against them. The educated class supports gun control, so opposition to gun control is mounting.

The story is the same in foreign affairs. The educated class is internationalist, so isolationist sentiment is now at an all-time high, according to a Pew Research Center survey. The educated class believes in multilateral action, so the number of Americans who believe we should “go our own way” has risen sharply.

Source:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/05/opinion/05brooks.html?ref=opinion

All the Tea Party people are uneducated, according to Brooks. What a loser. You know whose showing some conservatism these days? George Will.

Do you actually know any lesbians? Do you actually know any children raised in non-traditional households? Do you have any idea what life is like for someone else?

But did they rightly predict the revolutionary effects of federal anti-sexism?

“Sexism” and traditional sex roles were lumped in with racism, and often suppressed by law. The pattern has continued today with SSM.

(How did your pastor friend answer the question?)

Nice.

I can only think of a few ways a kid can grow up without a father, and they are all tragic.

Is “because mommy doesn’t like boys” an exception?

As pornography and homosexuality have been normalized, so has talking about it. Men who once would have been ashamed to know the details of such obscene acs are now shameless in joking about it or simulating it as a kind of horseplay.

By stay out of the love business I mean that love, as a thought or an emotion, is not (like religion, conscience and belief) the proper sphere of government regulation. Actions, however, like prostitution, are an entirely different matter and can be legitimately regulated. We should not confuse “love” with the sex trade. I think we are in agreement there.

My point on both religion and love is that die Gedanken sind frei (thoughts are free) at least as far as government is concerned. We should not have thought crimes.

Love is the beginning cause of duty, honor, sacrifice and respect. Where else could these qualities come from if not love?

See – Donor conceived perspectives “Birth Certificates”:
http://donorconceived.blogspot.com/2009/08/birth-certificates.html

Thursday, August 13, 2009
Birth Certificates
Posted by damianhadams

“There is a lot of debate in fertility “circles” about birth certificates and many court cases whereby one or both of commissioning parents seek to have their names put on a birth certificate where otherwise it would have another persons name on it under law.

Rather than address the legal status of each person in relation to the child and their place or lack thereof on a birth certificate I wish to analyse what a birth certificate actually is and what should occur as a result.

A birth certificate is supposed to be a truthful and legal document which describes the progenitors of a child. It is a pedigree that traces our genealogy. It is our heritage. Historically the progenitors of a child were always the raising parents which were traditionally married or in a de-facto relationship. So the people that raised you were also your biological father/mother and appeared on your birth certificate as such. The problem now is that because your biological parents may not be the ones that raise you due to some fertility treatment procedure, the birth certificates can become a fraudulent document when a non-progenitor is placed on it instead.

Just as we use pedigree papers to trace the biological lineage of animals such as dogs, cats, horses etc, we can and do use birth certificates for the same purpose in humans. Historians and genealogists use them to trace a person’s heritage and history. If we replace a progenitor on a birth certificate with a social parent then we create false history and the truth becomes clouded by lies. We are rewriting history with erroneous claims.

It would appear as though the non-biological parent who seeks inclusion on the birth certificate or replacement of the biological parent does so out of fear that the child will then not recognise them as their dad/mum. There is no evidence to suggest that this is the case. There is too much emotion placed on a birth certificate when none should be placed on it at all. It is purely a document describing the genetic history of each person, it has absolutely nothing to do with who raises or loves you. They can be two entirely separate things and should be kept separate when it comes to creating a birth certificate.

Those who are a party to a fertility treatment and subsequent rearing of child but are not the progenitors can still be recognised as the legal parent of the child without having to be on the birth certificate. It is time we recognised the truth and recorded the facts on birth certificates rather than play deceitful games with fraudulent documents. It is up to each country/state to decide if they also wish to include the social/non-biological parent AS WELL on the birth certificate, or to create additional documentation detailing the legal parenthood of each child. What they should not be doing is usurping the truth.

My birth certificate is a lie and not worth the piece of paper it is written on, is yours?”

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MY NOTE:
While Damian is from Australia and I am from the United States, the purpose of “birth certificates” is really a global human dignity/social issue that we all share regardless of our country of origin. Of course each country handles this differently. I heard in the UK there are both long (noting legal parents names, name of child/individual, gender, date/place of birth and registration) and a short BC (only noting name, gender, date/place of birth and registration). And in Canada, birth certificates only show details of an individual’s birth without any parenting details.

I certainly don’t claim to be very knowledgeable on this topic but this is what I’d like to see happen (here in the US – and everywhere):

I think there should be both a long birth certificate noting both a person’s genetic/biological origins (there by respecting an individuals right to genetic/biological identity) and parenting details AND a separate short “parenting certificate” stating only the legal parents, which would be used for every day and legal purposes.

From what I understand, in the US, BC’s are handled on a state by state basis (I’m not sure about this and really question if that even makes sense)…If that is the case, I would like to BC’s done in a consistent manner – federally regulated/mandated but I think that this currently falls under family law which is state regulated.

Any lawyers out there reading who might like to help shed light on this????

Then I could imagine a second piece of paper which recorded the legal parentage of the child. That could be reissued if the identity of the legal parents changed. (I’m fuzzy on a lot of details, like whether state 2 could issue a new certificate upon completion of adoption where the original certificate had been issued in state 1, but nevermind that for now.) ”

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But she does not mention preserving the father’s name/identity.

Re love. Love is a wonderful thing, but can be quite unrelated to families and is not limited to couples. The government can’t legislate love, can’t measure it, can’t tax it, and shouldn’t intervene in it. For government to be in the love business is for government to be in the thought control business.

Re access to information on biological parents. This is a tough issue. Biology may or may not be destiny, but it is a very important part of it. We deny that at our peril. Access to information is generally a good thing, but there are serious privacy rights involved and commitments once made for confidentiality should not be broken without mutual consent or a very compelling reason to do so.