What is the ideal American family according to you?

Question

According to former U.S.(Conservative) senator Rick Santorum, the traditional ideal American family--husband, wife, and kids in a stable and loving environment--should be the desired norm in the American cultures. He blames liberal legistures and the media for hurtinh the American society by making divorce so east, by tolerating or encouraging cohabitation before marriage, and by endorsing gay and lesbian marriage.
Do you think that it's fair to blame liberals for "ruining" American values? Personally I do not.
What are your thoughts??

**legislators

Answer 1

The ideal American family is one that actually behaves like a family. Santorum's description on what's ideal was far too simplistic. A family is supposed to care, love, honor, and have respect for one another. A family needs to act as one, a certain level of unity and loyalty needs to exist in order for the family unit to have and maintain stability. Having a mom and a dad in order to have a stable family is inconsequential. A single mom or a single dad. stepparents, grandparents, foster parents, and yes same-sex parents can and do raise children as well as a mom and a dad can.

It's not the different kinds of families that exist that are ruining "traditional families", I believe that is the lack of unity in a family structure that hurts a family. Families break apart from within, not because of society.

-He blames liberal legislatures and the media for hurting the American society by making divorce so easy-
A liberal like Ronald Reagan who started the trend of "No-Fault Divorce" legislation. Oh, he wasn't a liberal?

-tolerating or encouraging cohabitation before marriage-
What did he do to try to stop it? Nothing.

-endorsing gay and lesbian marriage.-
There is no proof that gay marriage hurts any families, none.

What did Mr. Santorum actually do in Congress to try to help out families honestly?

Answer 2

Ideal American Family

Answer 3

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What is the ideal American family according to you?
According to former U.S.(Conservative) senator Rick Santorum, the traditional ideal American family--husband, wife, and kids in a stable and loving environment--should be the desired norm in the American cultures. He blames liberal legistures and the media for hurtinh the American society by making...

Answer 4

Ideal American family? their is no such thing, when you have things like extended families and the myriad of other family types that does not fit that description.
I think it should be up to the people involved to determine what is ideal for them, not some politician.
I blame the people who think they have the right to define the American Ideal of anything, but freedom.

Answer 5

Family is often more than blood (ie adoption), and in my opinion family is what you make it. I think the ideal family is one where there is no abuse, there is love and respect among all members, and are the people who will always be there for you even when you screw up. "Traditional" relationships are a nice romantic notion, but, frankly, that's just not how life goes. Having lost my mother to cancer, I find it offensive to think that my family doesn't meet some right wing legislator's definition of family because my mom is in heaven now.

Answer 6

People who are happy.

Joe C- Oh being happy is not important? My mistake.
No really there are some things that the liberals typically go for that I do not support, but I do think that being happy should have precendece over some marriage where a family is miserable. What kind of 'ideal' situation would that be?

Answer 7

Obama DOES NOT WANT TO CUT SPENDING. He went on for 45 minutes and said nothing. One has to look at facts---------medicare and social security were set up when the mortality rate was in the late 60's. Now, it is in the early 80's-------result, the government is spending BILLIONS more a year than originally planned. Medicare AND social security have to be revamped or NONE OF US will receive anything.-------THAT IS A FACT---and obama played on fears and quite frankly, LIED about what Ryan's plan actually says. You brought up Jesus, I dont think Jesus would want a bunch of people---government---to take money from a person who worked hard to earned it.--just to give it to places like planned parenthood to kill babies. I don'tt think Jesus would want the money taken to fund NPR that ridicules and demeans Christians on a daily basis. I Dont think Jesus would want the money to go to Acorn. NO, I think Jesus wants ALL people to live a moral and satisfying life.

Answer 8

Depends on your ideals it's a subjective term to start with therefore there is no "ideal" American family

Answer 9

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I've often wondered that, too. I have wondered how they reconcile the teachings of Jesus to their political beliefs. Judging from the answers already given, it's appearantly by cherry-picking quotes from the Bible. Now, who would have thought Christians would do such a thing? (Can you imagine Jesus as a Tea Partier? "Hey, forget everything I said in red. New rule: if you're poor and sick, you're screwed!")

Answer 10

I agree with the ideal family part. I am a rather conservative person but I feel a "normal" family is a mom a dad and kids all living a happy normal life.