All I can say, folks, is YES!1!1! 53/47 again, baby! Had you asked me the day before, I never would've guessed Maine had it in herb to stand up to the gay "marriage" mob. A friend with whom I was sharing the good news this morning was wearing a black-and-white striped shirt; as I told him, it would've been more appropriate attire had we lost. Unlike Bay Staters, Mainers needn't worry about getting fired for their belief in marriage according to nature. This is as close as traditional marriage can get to a positive victory; as the northernmost state of New England, I expected, and have a feeling most others did too, that once Maine went to the heathens we weren't getting it back. But Fortress New 
England has been stormed, and Question 1 has earned its place alongside Proposition 8. I suppose something of the Christian knight remains in the New England minuteman yet.And if that isn't good enough, the Republicans swept the governorships in Virginia and New Jersey. The governor-elect of Virginia, Robert F. McConnell, is a good Catholic who really excites me. Apparently, in his younger years, he resembled yours truly. As you may read in the linked article (keep in mind it's in AP idiom),
At age 34, he wrote a 93-page thesis for his graduate degree that called working women a detriment to society and argued that government was justified in discriminating against gays and unmarried "cohabitators" to shield traditional families.
Naturally, he went on to say his views have changed. My hope-against-hope is that they haven't. Either way, good for him. Meanwhile Christopher J. Christie, a less
socially conservative Catholic, won in New Jersey, which really surprised me. While I wish he were more pro-life, I consider him the political equivalent of a Christmas and Easter Catholic, since he's promised to at least veto any gay marriage bills, and is a huge supporter of parochial schooling. However much traditionalists may rightly criticize Christie, and however watered down Catholic schooling has become, keeping more kids out of public schooling could save hundreds, even thousands of souls over the years when you think about it. 
On the subject of oversized politicians, things didn't turn out so well in Northampton. How, how did Mary Clare Higgins win a sixth term!! She's been mayor since I was in elementary school, and as I said a few posts ago, she came in second in the primary, but no such luck in the general election. And yes, the Conservative lost in New York's 23rd district, but you can't win 'em all. 
Giddy as I am, I am celebrating by sporting my Republican National Committee pin for the day. When I stopped by the Campus Ministry office, a friend and I jacked up some Frank Sinatra- I'm talking "New York, New York". Quite a nice contrast to last year, when Mozart's "Requiem" was more appropriate fare. [Ah, gotta love it when stars SMOKE!!]
posted by crusader @ 12:15 PM
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Ah those heathens who support gay marriage and allow women into the workforce. They'll be the downfall of society.
Insert sarcastic tone.
I applaud the humor!
However, I should restate that in my opinion, they already have been the downfall of society. The family, its paternal structure and indissolubility undermined, is so weak that it barely exists as an institution in society. Cohabitation is now not only about as common as living together in marriage, it no longer merits scorn from decent men and women. The divorce rate is so high that (as you surely know) many young men and women of good will are discouraged from even attempting to get married, since they imagine there's a 50% chance their efforts will end in divorce (they're overly fatalistic, but they have a point). And women in the workplace- do you really believe you can eliminate the traditional roles of the partners in marriages without rendering the whole institution superfluous? There really isn't much left for conservatives to conserve in trying to stop gay "marriage;" "society" in the premodern sense may already be dead thanks to individualism, but Christians do have a duty to fight the accretion of evils even upon the body of a divine institution which may not be resurrected for a long time to come.
By making my comment, I did not mean to demean your point of view. I apologize if it seemed that way. However, I feel that in these tough economic times, that, if a woman feels that working would best support her family, that she should do so. As for cohabitation, I completely agree. Keep fighting the good fight.
Oh, don't worry then- I was being serious. I like a good joke!
To clarify, I certainly don't think it's bad if women work to support their family. My own mother works to support my family, though she was stay-at-home most of the time I was growing up. However, 1. the modern economy exerts more pressures on women to work, since their labor, like their husband's, will be a source of monetary income. 2. women are heavily encouraged to get careers outside the home even when it isn't necessary. The unintended consequences are, again, that women are seen more as general moneymakers and careerists rather than as fulfilling a specific role, and that unmarried women will be less inclined to marry.
I have probably left something out; in any case, a recourse to looking at the family before the Industrial Revolution will probably color in the richer roles for both spouses I am trying to hint at. Thanks again.
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