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kpete

(71,996 posts)
Sun Jul 8, 2012, 11:28 AM Jul 2012

Wisconsin Lawmaker Introduces Law To Classify Single Parenthood As Child Abuse

Wisconsin Lawmaker Introduces Law To Classify Single Parenthood As Child Abuse

Wisconsin state Sen. Glenn Grothman (R-West Bend) has introduced a bill demonizing single parents by classifying them as child abusers.

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."

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:

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.

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.


http://chicagoist.com/2012/03/07/wi_grothman_parenthood_abuse.php
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Wisconsin Lawmaker Introduces Law To Classify Single Parenthood As Child Abuse (Original Post) kpete Jul 2012 OP
I just sent him this message via Facebook Courtesy Flush Jul 2012 #1
You'll get back a form letter that doesn't address your question. HopeHoops Jul 2012 #4
And how many jobs will this GOP demonization create? KeepItReal Jul 2012 #2
Old news, but worth mentioning again. Here's how to fight back... Scuba Jul 2012 #3
Oh fuck him Marrah_G Jul 2012 #5
Post removed Post removed Jul 2012 #12
Enjoy your short stay Marrah_G Jul 2012 #13
Not short. Warren DeMontague Jul 2012 #14
I guess that makes my Father a child abuser. NOLALady Jul 2012 #6
Romney told a divorced woman in Mass that Bluerthanblue Jul 2012 #7
What the hell has happened in the cheese state? Frightening! Left coast liberal Jul 2012 #8
Isn't he the bachelor who lives in his mom's basement? meow2u3 Jul 2012 #9
This story is from March. The bill never got out of committee. Brickbat Jul 2012 #10
With all due respect... WinstonSmith4740 Jul 2012 #11
What is this Fuckery? RagAss Jul 2012 #15
Having two parents does not shield a child from abuse or neglect, moran. Ikonoklast Jul 2012 #16

Courtesy Flush

(4,558 posts)
1. I just sent him this message via Facebook
Sun Jul 8, 2012, 11:41 AM
Jul 2012
Hello. I saw the news story that reported your proposal to classify single parenthood as child abuse.

I have a question:

If a military wife receives word that her husband has died in the service of his country, will she be immediately charged with abuse, or will she be allowed a mourning period?

Perhaps she'll be allowed to flee the state to keep her kids out of foster care.

Thanks for your time.

KeepItReal

(7,769 posts)
2. And how many jobs will this GOP demonization create?
Sun Jul 8, 2012, 11:42 AM
Jul 2012

It takes a special kind of assholery to come up with a proposal like this.

Apparently the GOP has a bumper crop of that.

Marrah_G

(28,581 posts)
5. Oh fuck him
Sun Jul 8, 2012, 12:18 PM
Jul 2012

I am going to bet his bill doesn't have a chance in hell of passing.

He is just putting it forth to show his "yes I am a fucking lunatic" creds that every Conservative seems to fighting for.

Response to Marrah_G (Reply #5)

NOLALady

(4,003 posts)
6. I guess that makes my Father a child abuser.
Sun Jul 8, 2012, 12:20 PM
Jul 2012

He was a single parent, as my Mother died when I was two.

Bluerthanblue

(13,669 posts)
7. Romney told a divorced woman in Mass that
Sun Jul 8, 2012, 12:32 PM
Jul 2012

she should give her unborn child up for adoption- he was acting as her spiritual advisor.

This stupidity doesn't surprise me.

meow2u3

(24,764 posts)
9. Isn't he the bachelor who lives in his mom's basement?
Tue Jul 10, 2012, 04:34 PM
Jul 2012

He sure as hell knows everything about how to raise a kid.

WinstonSmith4740

(3,056 posts)
11. With all due respect...
Tue Jul 10, 2012, 05:44 PM
Jul 2012

that's not really the point, is it? These people are bat-shit crazy. If this guy isn't shut down by a mass of negative publicity on this, he'll just come back with it re-written in a way that may be "more palatable". In other words, sneakier and more stealth-like. Let's not forget that Newt Gingrich floated the idea of taking kids away from "poor" people and putting them in orphanages "for their own good". Now he wants to put kids to work as janitors. The governor of Maine wanted to eliminate child labor laws. They're getting crazier and crazier, and the MSM is totally ignoring it. I had absolutely NO idea this had happened until it was posted here, and yet it happened back in March?

Ikonoklast

(23,973 posts)
16. Having two parents does not shield a child from abuse or neglect, moran.
Tue Jul 10, 2012, 09:43 PM
Jul 2012

As a single father that raised three children into adulthood all by myself, please go fuck yourself, you Republican shitstain.

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