I'm no expert on Wisconsin state politics, so I couldn't tell you how much of a raving shitbug Senator Glenn Grothman (R-West Bend) is. Judging from the legislation he's "written" (or is pushing after some gasbags at some woman-hating think tank wrote it for him), he's world class. (Update: Kideni confirms he is a "complete and utter raging shitbag." Thought so.)
Sorry, too much verbal abuse off the bat? I think not. According to Grothman's legislation, if you're a single parent, or your mom or dad were single parents, you are probably either a child abuser or the product of child abuse.
Because we all know only two-parent, mom/dad family units are normal and stable.
A bit more below the Class and Gender Warfare sigil.
Wisconsin Republican Senator Proposes Bill That Labels Single-Parenthood As Child Abuse
SB 507
(Update: More whacks at Senator Shitbag, from links in the comments via Marigold: Wonkette has fun with Glenn and What Did Glenn Grothman get wrong this week.)
Perhaps the worst thing about this horrific piece of cow dung is that it's masquerading as a legislative effort to combat child abuse. Time was when a Republican might well author a bill that actually made some effort to fight abuse of one kind or another. That time has long since passed. This is a bill pretending to be an effort to combat child abuse that is in reality an attack on what it coyly labels "nonmarital parenthood."
Here's the kicker. The bill reads in part:
In promoting those campaigns and materials, the [Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board] shall emphasize nonmarital parenthood as a contributing factor to child abuse and neglect.
(My emphasis.)
Really, Glenn. "Nonmarital parenthood is a contributing factor to child abuse and neglect." It sounds so ... reasonable when you put it that way. I'm sure the lardasses at the He-Man Woman Hater's Think Tank made sure to craft it just that way.
Do I need to go on a long rant about how many single parents provide loving homes for their children? I don't think so. Do I need to talk about how many "normal," two-parent Biff and Buffy-headed families put their children through the emotional, physical, and sexual meat grinder? I see no need. Anyone who's head isn't planted so far up his ass that he views the world through his pancreas knows better.
I have no more time to waste on assclowns like Glenn Grothman, "explaining" to them why this evil shit makes no sense and is morally and factually wrong, wrong, wrong. He either is too stupid or too hateful to "understand" it, or, most likely, doesn't care. So, fuck you, Glenn. Fuck you sideways. And, please, come tell me face to face, man to man, that my mother was a child abuser.
(Update: Thanks for the recommend! I trust Grothman is as appreciative as I am. His email is:
Sen.Grothman@legis.wisconsin.gov
if you care to share your feelings. Don't be shy. He certainly isn't.)