A California liberal is proposing that California abolish parenthood so that the state can "achieve true equity."
The ridiculous proposal was presented in an article published in the "opinion" section of the Ventura County Star – a daily newspaper published in California. The article, titled "California should abolish parenthood, in the name of equity," was also republished by Yahoo in its "news" section.
The author of the piece is Joe Mathews – a co-president of the Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy a…it goes without saying…liberal think tank. Wait, ABOLISH PARENTHOOD???????!!!! Yes. It is needed to combat white privilege and systemic racism. Just ask Joe, he’ll tell you.
The article touts Californians as having the goal of "equity" to be their "greatest value." However, Mathews notes that parenthood prevents true equity because "fathers and mothers with greater wealth and education are more likely to transfer these advantages to their children, compounding privilege over generations."
To combat this perceived inequity, Mathews presents a "solution" of "making raising your own children illegal."
The radical proposal calls for wealthy parents to "trade" kids with poor families and vice versa. Mathews – who describes himself as a "dad" in his Twitter profile – even suggests, "Homeowners might swap children with their homeless neighbors."
"Now, I recognize that some naysayers will dismiss such a policy as ghastly, even totalitarian. But my proposal is quite modest, a fusion of traditional philosophy and today’s most common political obsessions," Mathews writes.
Modest, he said.
Mathews continues,
"The left’s introduction of CRT and anti-racism and gender identity in schools faces a bitter backlash from parents." Ending parenthood would end the backlash, helping dismantle white supremacy and outdated gender norms."
The leftist rotter explains how abolishing parenthood would benefit Democrats.
"Democrats also would have the opportunity to build a new pillar of the safety net — a child-raising system called 'Foster Care for All,'" he says.
I can hear you gasping. We’re not making this up.
To make it up would require eating a Volkswagen Tiguan full of heavy pizza and washing it down with a bucket of RedBull just before bedtime, or being a Level 5 totalitarian rabid liberal on California Communist steroids (the latter is more likely).
The writer vilifies conservatives, claiming they "take immigrant children from their parents and put them in border concentration camps." He asserts that abolishing parenthood is the same as separating children from illegal immigrants at the border and hopes that Republicans will be on board with his universal orphanage proposal.
Mathews mocks Justice Amy Barrett for her anti-abortion stance and simply suggests, instead of aborting children, to hand them over to the state.
Universal orphan-hood also dovetails nicely with the pro-life campaign to end abortion rights. In fact, a suggestion from Justice Amy Barrett, during a recent case that could overturn Roe, inspired this column. She posited that abortion rights are no longer necessary because all 50 states now have “safe haven” laws allowing women to turn their babies over to authorities after birth. My proposal would merely make mandatory such handovers of babies to the state.
Mathews acknowledges that some people may see his radical ideas as "dystopian." Imagine that . . .
Observations
The family is at the center of God's purpose.
There is a reason why God chose marriage to portray the relationship He has with His people. It is primarily in the family that a Godly heritage is handed down from generation to generation. God chose Abraham and promised to give him a family and from that family to make a nation to bless other nations. Most of us understand this.
Joe Mathews and a growing number of godless energetic leftists can’t.
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“And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them. For it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret” (Ephesians 5:11-12).