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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"Sent him to grocery store for bread and moved
while he was gone" kinda thing? 1950's anyone? Here's a big helping from a
guy who never got with the reality of This Century. The kinda guy
who eats Velvetta on Wonder Bread for lunch, his wife has Big Hair, and his
kids hated his ****ing guts before they left home and stopped contacting
him....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Debi R-S</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=thansen@moscow.com href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">Tom Hansen</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">Moscow Vision 2020</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, July 07, 2012 8:42
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] So, You Think
You've Heard Everything, huh . . .</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN>Courtesy of The Chicagoist (Chicago, Illinois) at:</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN></SPAN><A
href="http://chicagoist.com/2012/03/07/wi_grothman_parenthood_abuse.php"></A><A
href="http://chicagoist.com/2012/03/07/wi_grothman_parenthood_abuse.php"><A
href="http://chicagoist.com/2012/03/07/wi_grothman_parenthood_abuse.php">http://chicagoist.com/2012/03/07/wi_grothman_parenthood_abuse.php</A></A></DIV>
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<H1
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Lawmaker Introduces Law To Classify Single Parenthood As Child
Abuse</H1></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN>Wisconsin state Sen. Glenn Grothman (R-West Bend) has introduced a
bill demonizing single parents by classifying them as child
abusers.</SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN>Senate Bill 507 specifically
requires "the Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board to emphasize nonmarital
parenthood as a contributing factor to child abuse and
neglect."</SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN>A third of Wisconsin parents are
single parents, but this law affects even more than that. The way the law
refers to "nonmarital parenthood" also makes this applicable to non-married
couples, including same-sex couples. S.B. 507
reads:</SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN>----------</SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN>Section
1. 48.982 (2) (g) 2. of the statutes is amended to read: 48.982 (2) (g) 2.
Promote statewide educational and public awareness campaigns and materials for
the purpose of developing public awareness of the problems of child abuse and
neglect. In promoting those campaigns and materials, the board shall emphasize
nonmarital parenthood as a contributing factor to child abuse and
neglect.</SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN>Section 2. 48.982 (2) (g) 4. of the
statutes is amended to read: 48.982 (2) (g) 4. Disseminate information about
the problems of and methods of preventing child abuse and neglect to the
public and to organizations concerned with those problems. In disseminating
that information, the board shall emphasize nonmarital parenthood as a
contributing factor to child abuse and
neglect.</SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN>----------</SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN>Grothman
isn't just some fringe nut-job. He's the assistant majority leader and a
staunch ally of Gov. Scott Walker. Unlike Walker, Grothman is not up for
recall because activists were unable to get enough signatures. State Rep.
Donald Pridemore (R-Hartford) co-sponsored the bill. (He is not up for recall
either.)</SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN>Grothman is not a fan of welfare
policies. In a flyer detailing his family policies (embedded at the bottom of
this post), he says, "The Left and the social welfare establishment want
children born out of wedlock because they are far more likely to be dependent
on the government." He touched on those issues after introducing SB507 last
week. The Cap Times writes:</SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN>"I guess as long
as this state is going to fund a group called the Child Abuse and Neglect
Prevention Board, at least that group could use the money that they have to
publicize something that's politically incorrect, but I think has to be said
in our society," Grothman said at a public hearing on the bill last
week.</SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN>Noting that 41 percent of children born
in the U.S. last year were born to single parents, Grothman said: "It's a very
politically difficult thing to deal with because over time you're having more
and more families that are not old-fashioned families. There are even people
who make fun of old-fashioned
families."</SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN>State Rep. Chris Taylor
(D-Madison) said this bill is an assault on women. "What this bill does is
call out and chastise women who have babies and are unmarried," she told The
Cap Times. Human Development and Family Studies Professor Dave Riley told The
Badger Herald that family type has far less impact than the family process and
that research shows that "leaving a conflictual marriage actually improves
parent-child relationships."</SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN>SB507 is now
with the Senate Public Health committee, and The Cap Times says it's not
likely to get a committee vote, since the committee chair Pam Galloway
(R-Wausau) is facing a close recall
election.</SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN>And here is Grothman's stance on
families, wherein he explains "How The United States and the State of
Wisconsin are Working to Encourage Single-Motherhood and Discouraging Children
in 2-Parent Families."</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV>Wisconsin Senate Bill 507</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><A
href="http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2011/related/proposals/sb507">http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2011/related/proposals/sb507</A></DIV>
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state Sen. Glenn Grothman</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN></SPAN>It kinda makes ya wonder if state Sen. Rothman's parents
ever ran away from home, huh?<BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN>Seeya round town,
Moscow.</SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN>Tom Hansen</SPAN><BR><SPAN>Moscow,
Idaho</SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN>"If not us, who?</SPAN><BR><SPAN>If not
now, when?"</SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN>-
Unknown</SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR></DIV>
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