I have long found Phyllis Schlafly to be offensive for many reasons, not the least of which is the fact that she is outspokenly anti-gay even though her oldest son John is gay. She also is one of the demagogues who loves to whine about "activist judges" and "special rights," she sees the United Nations as a plot for one world government and generally backs every unloving position embraced by the GOP base and other far right elements. Add to that, she's a narcissistic ego maniac. The web page for her Eagle Forum can best be described as a shameless worship site dedicated to Schlafly herself. Now, she has reached another low - even for her. She opposes the extension of unemployment benefits for distressed Americans and equates unemployment benefits as method Obama is using to buy votes for the Democrats. Specifically, unmarried mothers in her own words. Schlafly is another reason that one might not want to be identified as a Christian - at least if Schlafly exemplifies what Christians are like. Think Progress has a great quote of Schlafly decrying unemployment benefits for "unmarried moms" as well as factual data that confirms that her allegations against unmarried women are not even true. Here are some highlights:*
One of the things Obama’s been doing is deliberately trying to increase the percentage of our population that is dependent on government for your living. For example, do you know what was the second biggest demographic group that voted for Obama? Obviously the blacks were the biggest demographic, y’all know what was the second biggest? Unmarried women. 70% of unmarried women voted for Obama. And this is because when you kick your husband out, you’ve got to have Big Brother Government to be your provider. And they know that. They’ve admitted it. And they have all kinds of bills to continue to subsidize illegitimacy…
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The Obama administration wants to continue to subsidize this group because they know they are Democratic votes.
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Yep, good Christian Schlafly would apparently like to see women and children go hungry and homeless. Indeed, she implies that they deserve it. As for some of the REAL facts as opposed to the BS spouted by Schlafly, here are a few:
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Schlafly’s argument is specious. She talks about “subsidizing illegitimacy,” but not all single women are mothers. Less than 20 percent are mothers to young children. The rest include millions of widows, millions of young never-married women, and plenty in between — some of whom have kids, but most of whom do not.
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That didn’t stop Schlafly from doubling down on her falsehoods in an interview with TPM yesterday. “All welfare goes to unmarried moms,” she claimed. “They are trying to line up their constituency for Obama and Democrats against Republican candidates.
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[C]onsidering that 84 percent of custodial single parents are mothers and a quarter of American children are being raised by unmarried mothers, supporting single women is critical for supporting children. As the Center for American Progress’ Liz Weiss puts it, “When single mothers lose their home, suffer from hunger, or can’t find a job, their children also lose their home, go hungry, or suffer from greatly reduced household resources.
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Poor children obviously aren't one of Schlafly's concerns. It's ad that when Schlafly isn't busy worshiping herself, she out spreading lies and disinformation against the downtrodden.
Yep, good Christian Schlafly would apparently like to see women and children go hungry and homeless. Indeed, she implies that they deserve it. As for some of the REAL facts as opposed to the BS spouted by Schlafly, here are a few:
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Schlafly’s argument is specious. She talks about “subsidizing illegitimacy,” but not all single women are mothers. Less than 20 percent are mothers to young children. The rest include millions of widows, millions of young never-married women, and plenty in between — some of whom have kids, but most of whom do not.
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That didn’t stop Schlafly from doubling down on her falsehoods in an interview with TPM yesterday. “All welfare goes to unmarried moms,” she claimed. “They are trying to line up their constituency for Obama and Democrats against Republican candidates.
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[C]onsidering that 84 percent of custodial single parents are mothers and a quarter of American children are being raised by unmarried mothers, supporting single women is critical for supporting children. As the Center for American Progress’ Liz Weiss puts it, “When single mothers lose their home, suffer from hunger, or can’t find a job, their children also lose their home, go hungry, or suffer from greatly reduced household resources.
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Poor children obviously aren't one of Schlafly's concerns. It's ad that when Schlafly isn't busy worshiping herself, she out spreading lies and disinformation against the downtrodden.
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