The ideal woman for Jeremy Lin, the NBA’s newest sensation:
First she would really love God and be a faithful Christian, and then after that, I think, a desire to serve other people, to help with the underprivileged, do a lot of social work . . . great personality and easy to be around.
Good girls haven’t fallen out of fashion just yet.
But apparently, marriage has fallen out of fashion. From the NYT:
It used to be called illegitimacy. Now it is the new normal. After steadily rising for five decades, the share of children born to unmarried women has crossed a threshold: more than half of births to American women under 30 occur outside marriage.
Once largely limited to poor women and minorities, motherhood without marriage has settled deeply into middle America. The fastest growth in the last two decades has occurred among white women in their 20s who have some college education but no four-year degree, according to Child Trends, a Washington research group that analyzed government data.
The article interviews several women and most indicate that women no longer need a husband in order to embrace motherhood. From where I sit, there seems to be no indication that children fare well without fathers. Maybe I live in the Twilight Zone.
Election thoughts: Rick Santorum seems poised for a Republican primary upset in Michigan where Romney was expected to do well. Some within the GOP are afraid that if Santorum ultimately wins the nomination, it will guarantee re-election for President Obama because Santorum’s well publicized views on marriage, family, sexuality, and birth control will provide an endless source for negative advertising and will have women and gays voting for Obama in droves. Some libertarians are calling him a theocratic candidate, running for “Ayatollah in chief.”
To that I say, “Oh, well.” I want to see change, but not at the expense of conscience. It behooves us to remember that there are some things more important than politics. Further, I fail to see how saying women should pay for their own birth control and abortions is tantamount to denying them access to legal products and services they desire. And seriously, does anyone seriously deny that sexual promiscuity is damaging to society and children? Maybe we deserve 4 more years of El Presidente.
Lenten break: We are firmly entrenched Protestants, but our family has come to appreciate the practice of abstaining from the unnecessary things we hold dear over the period of Lent. It’s something I think Christians should do more often because we don’t seem to do well with depriving ourselves of the things we enjoy.
For Lent this year as last I believe, the blog will be dormant and the blogosphere will be absent one voice. I hope to return April first if the Lord and life allows.
Even my Lent commemoration has a Protestant spin as I’ve already had a Catholic friend joke that my plans to serve steak fajitas tomorrow would be completely Protestant if I’d don a red dress to eat them. Apparently, I put the “protest” in Protestant.
Y’all have a blessed week. May your month of March be filled with reverence as we celebrate the great sacrifice of our Messiah and His glorious triumph on our behalf.
Enjoy the Resurrection season.
You said, “To that I say, “Oh, well.” I want to see change, but not at the expense of conscience. It behooves us to remember that there are some things more important than politics.”
And I concur.
See ya in April:).
I’ll be thinking about you while I’m eating my Holy fish, wearing my black Catho-burqa and coordinating appropriately tattered purple sash
wishing I had a steak fajita.Blessed Lent to you, Elspeth.
I kind of like Rick Santorum, but he seems to flip-flop or moderate his true views too much. He’s just trying to play the political game, which is unfortunate because he seems to be a decent man. Politics corrupts. Also, his hawkish views on Israel is not in line with that of the Church. Just War doctrine and all.
He’s the best candidate, but he’s no statesman. Patrick Buchanan or Jesse Helms, he is not.
Have a blessed Lent, Elspeth.
I agree Svar, that Santorum is bit too hawkish in general, not just on Israel. It’s the reason I voted for Ron Paul in the primary instead of him. I still think he’s a better choice for Pres than Romney of Gingrich.
@Tonya: I think a lot of the Faithful have had it with voting for the lesser of two evils. Especially when it appears the compromise isn’t really resulting in any positive change.
@ Saint Velvet:
At least you know we’ll both be praying. Blessed Lent to you to, SV.
thanks for the Lin quotation. I confess as I am not a sportsfan I didnt know what all the “Linsanity” was about until Caleb explained it to me this week. God bless this sweet guy, sure seems like the Lord is up to something here, eh?
As to Santorum being a flip flopper… Im not so sure. Mind you I dont know all of his record, maybe he flip flops on economic issues or something, but when it comes to “social issues” Im actually beyond impressed at how true blue the guy is to his convictions. When was the last time you actually heard someone talking about the abortion issue the way he does, let alone bringing up stuff like prenantal screenings!!! I mean, talk about a political no-no, but he speaks him mind. I also saw a clip of him from a few weeks ago when they decided to allow women closer to combat that it wasnt a good idea, and again… not something most republicans would have the guts to say these days.
On a sadder note… did you know, Terry (and others) that 85% of all Downs kids are aborted now, due to screening ? Im not saying I am opposed to screening because I think it can help with treatment (I have a friend whose baby has spinabifida and she kept it but knowing he had it prepared them lots better for delivery and care) but what does it say about our world when we do this to these precious children? Heart-wrenching. here’s an article highlighting that.
http://nbcpolitics.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/22/10476629-santorum-makes-prenatal-testing-a-campaign-issue
Needing birth control does not mean that a woman is promiscuous or immoral. I’m married, my husband was my first lover, and we are faithful to one another. I need birth control pills for the hormones, number one, and also because having kids is a really, truly bad idea for us, at least for the foreseeable future. At the moment we don’t have financial stability (contract work is unfortunately unreliable), and we’re both dealing with mental illness. I was denied private health insurance because of my bipolar disorder, and because we don’t have the money to pay for my medications out of pocket I have to go to my county’s health department and mental health center. I see it as a blessing from God that I am still able to get the medication and care that I need even though I’m poor. My husband is an extremely hard worker, he works hard physical labor jobs and isn’t lazy at all. I work but can only work part-time. Believe it or not, most needy people aren’t lazy, aren’t drug addicts, aren’t taking advantage of the system, and aren’t whores. We just need help, and that’s ok.