The ties that bind

The ties that bind

Susan J. Demas
September 9, 2024 9:03 am


Last month, my husband and I piled our two kids and way too much stuff into our car for our annual summer trip to the Shenandoah mountains.

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But I’m especially grateful because our blended family had to be built from the ground up a decade ago. My husband and I made a pact to always put the children first, even at the expense of our careers, and never regretted it. We both owned our own businesses and worked at home so we could be there more for our kids in their tweens and teens, which provided a strong foundation, especially during the pandemic.

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But it’s not a real family, if you read Project 2025, the far-right blueprint for a second Donald Trump term.

“Married men and women are the ideal natural family structure because all children have a right to be raised by the men and women who conceived them,” according to “The Family Agenda” section.

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Here’s how they want the next president (Trump) to reengineer our country:

“Families comprised of a married mother, father, and their children are the foundation of a well-ordered nation and healthy society. Unfortunately, family policies and programs under President Biden’s HHS are fraught with agenda items focusing on ‘LGBTQ+ equity,’ subsidizing single-motherhood, disincentivizing work, and penalizing marriage. These policies should be repealed and replaced by policies that support the formation of stable, married, nuclear families.” ...................(more)

https://michiganadvance.com/2024/09/09/the-ties-that-bind/