Pat Buchanan on Families & Children 2000 Reform Candidate for President

West is dying because children are no longer so desirable

Freed from the moral constraints of Christianity, European and American young wish to enjoy the benefits of matrimony without the burdens. Society and science have accommodated them with contraceptives, the pill, the patch, sterilizations and abortion on request. And the social sanctions against sexual indulgence and the single life have largely disappeared.

Women are putting off having children to enter the labor market where their talents are rewarded and their social and economic independence can be won.

For those educated women who want the good life, a law degree or a doctorate is the way, not a husband and kids. Many families can no longer get by on one salary. But when the wife goes to work, she often never goes home again.

Moral & cultural revolution destroyed American family

Among the nearly 2 million American males in jail and prisons, the most common attribute is that almost all are from broken homes.

Liberals preached liberation from the duties of marriage and the moral norms of Christianity. Now conservatives tax and borrow to deal with the crisis created by the liberation. Having deconstructed our society, the revolutionaries demand we provide more and pay more to deal with the consequences of what they did to America.

Secede from dominant culture to maintain traditional values

Secession from this culture can take many forms--from giving up movies and TV, to blacking out channels, to homeschooling, to protesting outside abortion clinics, to moving to a less-polluted environment. The Amish seceded long ago. Orthodox Jews have seceded. In the 1980s, Evangelical and Fundamentalist Christians began to create an alternative culture and parallel institutions--Christian schools, TV shows, magazines, and publishing houses. Millions of children attend Christian schools; over a million are homeschooled.

Adults can secede from the dominant culture by buying [traditional] books and tapes, [such as those from] the much-derided 1950s.

Sex and Drugs and Abortions have killed the West

For this revolution [the cultural revolution that started in the 60’s which entailed mass abortion] is not unique to America. A civilization, a culture, a faith, and a moral order rooted in that faith are passing away and are being replaced by a new civilization, culture, faith, and moral order. This new moral code was crafted to justify the new lifestyle already adopted, as they indulged themselves in SEX, DRUGS, RIOTS, and ROCK and ROLL.

Shut down NEA; Hollywood causes moral decay

Elian should stay in US; father is speaking under duress

Home schooling teaches children values

Lacerate entertainment industry that pollutes our culture

Littleton due to poisoned culture declaring “God is dead”