The Obama administration is actively changing the cultural norms of our country.
Equally troubling, the nation's chief executive is doing so at the expense of our most vulnerable - the rising ranks of fatherless children. I'm disappointed President Obama has marred an otherwise noble initiative designed to raise awareness of and offer solutions to father absence with a political tip of the cap to advocates of homosexual parenting.
This past Sunday, the 100th anniversary of Father's Day, the president included within the traditional White House proclamation a single incendiary sentence that not only undermines the unique and complementary roles of mothers and fathers, but also one which science simply does not support.
"Nurturing families come in many forms," wrote the president, "and children may be raised by a father and mother, a single father, two fathers, a step father, a grandfather, or caring guardian."
It was only last month, on the occasion of Mother's Day, that the president offered a similar nod to lesbians by adding "two mothers" to the myriad of traditional parenting options.
Literally speaking, he is right, of course. Children can be and are raised by numerous combinations of relatives and other authoritative figures of various sexual orientations. But the inclusion of the reference to two fathers and two mothers is clearly a deliberate and strategic decision. Even those most sympathetic and enthusiastic about the president's agenda acknowledge that President Obama is very carefully and quietly transforming homosexual politics and policy on the federal level. With the use of his executive authority he is actively engaged in an attempt to normalize the public's perception of homosexuality, from supporting the repeal of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy to extending and expanding health care coverage for homosexual partners of federal employees.
If Plato was right, that the beginning is the most important part of the work, the administration's recent shift is especially perplexing and unsettling.
Last June, on the Friday prior to Father's Day 2009, I sat in the East Room of the White House, an invited guest of the president, and participated in what was then the administration's first official celebration of fatherhood. It was a remarkably bipartisan event, free of political rancor and awash with a unity of purpose. Despite having significant ideological and philosophical differences with President Obama on a host of other substantive issues, I was encouraged to confirm that which I had long hoped -- that the president and I share a mutual commitment regarding the importance of a father in the life of a child.
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SOURCE: The Washington Post | On Faith
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