Santorum
Should Focus on Divorce
Spokane
Spokesman-Review, May 1, 2003
Box 2160, Spokane, WA 99210
Fax: 509-459-5482
Email: editor@spokesman.com
Letters
Sen. Rick Santorum’s comments have brought about some
questions posed by Diane Kipp in her letter to the editor of April 26.
It appears to me that attention needs to be focused on
the American marriage. We need to ask what are the consequences of divorce and
remarriage in relation to the support and well-being of children and wives of
prior marriages.
What is happening to kids who have siblings with
different parents and parents who have children living in other families?
Where is the support coming from and who is paying for it? What is the effect
of divorce and remarriage on education, relationships, economic status and
opportunities for involved kids?
Is Marriage, American Style an institution that
encourages many wives and husbands (but one at a time) good for kids?
A divorce rate of 54 percent and 28 percent of children
under 18 years living in single-parent homes should spark some concern.
Perhaps Sen. Santorum and his friends should focus on
dysfunctional American marriages, its causes, effects and prevention rather
than scapegoat minorities who are not financial liabilities on their
communities, pay their taxes and will most likely not be producing dependents
requiring state support.
- Donald Orlando, Spokane, Spokane, WA
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