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Commentary: Even liberals might like Brownback's 'family values' welfare proposal
"“Family values” is one of those loaded terms that make people like me cringe.
It’s conservative code language for restricting abortion, blocking gay marriage, and engaging in all manner of busybody behavior. (Not that the right has the busybody market cornered. Liberals are also good at sticking their noses in other people’s business.)
No secret that Kansas’ new governor is a family values guy to the point that, while in the Senate, he even crusaded against violent video games and railed against “the coarsening of our culture.”
But this week, Sam Brownback offered up a family values proposal that even some libs might support. At least those who don’t reflexively smack their knees into their noses at every idea coming out of the guy’s mouth."
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"“Family values” is one of those loaded terms that make people like me cringe.
It’s conservative code language for restricting abortion, blocking gay marriage, and engaging in all manner of busybody behavior. (Not that the right has the busybody market cornered. Liberals are also good at sticking their noses in other people’s business.)
No secret that Kansas’ new governor is a family values guy to the point that, while in the Senate, he even crusaded against violent video games and railed against “the coarsening of our culture.”
But this week, Sam Brownback offered up a family values proposal that even some libs might support. At least those who don’t reflexively smack their knees into their noses at every idea coming out of the guy’s mouth."
Continue reading here.
