Family values?

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Originally posted by highlander
What it would seem to mean would be the idea of a "model american family"; you know, the typical two working heterosexual adults with 2-3 kids, a 3000sq ft house and a white picket fence. That is the somewhat down-to-the-bone interpretation. The somewhat more obvious interpretation is that "family values" is a term for a married couple with goals/ambition/ability/etc... the typical "american dreamer". Either way, I would agree that the "family values" BS is just an attempt at getting elected; who the hell is AGAINST family values? It is all propganda, you just gotta read through it and see to what part of your emotion/logic the propoganda is playing to and determine its message that way.

A legitimate explanation...but who gets to decide what the "model Amerikan family" is? As far as I'm concerned any two people committed to each other and in love are a family. Fuck what the government tries to say...you can't legislate morality. The old idea of the nuclear family is completely gone. And these values can't apply to marriage because if they were so important people wouldn't get divorced left and right. Sanctity of marriage, indeed. So if no one can clearly define a concrete meaning, why is it so widely used...usually by people who piss me off? I swear, I WILL find a satisfactory explanation even if I have to write my congressman (who I'm sure is also "for family values"). I will get an answer.