By Melissa Schwab
The
article that I found and chose to write about today was an article posted on
July 13th 2011 called “Romney says he won’t sign controversial marriage
pledge” by CNN wire staff. The article is discussing the fact that he will not
sign the marriage pledge that is trying to be put in place by the Iowa social
conservative group, The Family Leader. Mitt Romney defiantly supports
traditional marriages but the vow/pledge contains some controversial provisions
that are not appropriate for a presidential campaign.
After
reading this article I did not know much about the Marriage pledge that the
article was referencing so I looked it up online and read the vow itself.
Although I am a firm believer on the fact that a marriage is sacred and there
should be no infidelity in a marriage I did not agree with some of the facts
that they had put into the vow before the actual pledge itself. Some of the
things that the pledge states can be depicted as racist to many, for instance
it says “Slavery had a disastrous impact on African-American families, yet
sadly a child born into slavery in 1860 was more likely to be raised by his
mother and father in a two-parent household than was an African-American baby
born after the election of the USA‟s first
African-American President.”
That is
just one example of a racist remark that is made in this pledge that the family
leader proposed. The article also states that Michelle Bachmann and Rick
Santorum on the other hand did sign the Marriage Vow. Because they did sign
this and there is a preamble that I stated before suggesting black children
born into slavery had better family structures than black children now, they
had to clarify their support for the pledge. The excerpt has since been
removed.
To
somewhat support this pledge that was in the Marriage vow, I will bring up the
article that we just had to read this week regarding poor families “Too poor to
parent” by Burroughs. This article along with many others has to do with race
and how African American families are treated differently and looked at
differently by the government and other people in society. For some reason the
Family Leader felt the need to place this preamble in the Marriage Vow even
though it was not appropriate. They showed their lack of respect for African
American people and I agree with the fact that Mitt Romney did not sign this
preamble.
Another
article that we have had to read for this course is “Marriage and Love” by Goldman.
This preamble does have regard to a couple’s marriage and the socially
acceptable things that they should go by, including be faithful to your
partner. The article explains what marriage is and what love is and the
depiction of marriage is cookie cutter and to the point just like the preamble is
that was written by the Family Leader.
To
conclude, this preamble has some key points that are important to a healthy
marriage but the fact that they put in the parts regarding African Americans I
could not be a supporter of the Preamble and believe that Mitt Romney made
a smart choice in his presidential campaign
to not sign this preamble like the others did.
News article:
Marriage Vow:
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