Courant Promotes “Divorce Parties”
December 29th, 2006 by Peter
Our local paper of record is all for “marriage”–if it involves people of the same sex. For the rest of us the Courant is happy to promote the “divorce party” trend:
At her Las Vegas divorce party in November, actress Shanna Moakler drank vodka and enjoyed a three-tier cake in the Bellagio Hotel.
The cake, it was reported by “People” magazine, featured a miniature knife-wielding blonde in a wedding dress on top, with a trail of blood leading to a tiny groom sprawled at the bottom.
Nice. The article, written by Danielle Brodsky as a “special to the Courant,” lists a number of resources “[i]f you’re in the market for some divorce party paraphernalia.”
What about the kids, you ask? Brodsky’s 1230 word article gives them a whole four sentences:
However, Atkins is adamant about protecting children from their divorced parents’ squabbles.
“Don’t stick pins in a voodoo doll in front of the kids. Children’s attitudes about divorce are rarely consistent with parents’ views, and there are often loyalty issues which might cause them to feel they have to get on board with one parent’s view to be an ally,” Atkins says. “I think what is more useful is to share with them what you are all are going through and where you are at now.”
“Children’s attitudes about divorce are rarely consistent with parents’ views” may be one of the bigger understatements to appear in our local paper in some time and the breezy tone of Brodsky’s story inadvertently demonstrates why.
It also illustrates the continuing concern many have about anti-family bias at the Courant.
I will drop off some straws at your office so you don’t have grasp for them so publicly. ; )
Seriously, this is a bit ridiculous. While I don’t think that a divorce is inherently a cause for celebration, it is a bit (or a lot) absurd to call the courant anti-family because of this article. Bottom line, sometimes people who don’t belong together get married. Sometimes husbands abuse their wives. Sometimes wives abuse their husbands. Sometimes children are abused. Sometimes people realize together that they can be happier apart. Sometimes a bad marriage is traumatic for children and they are better off after divorce. Sometimes divorce is the right thing. Sometimes divorce can free a person from an abusive relationship. Sometimes a divorce can lead to greater love for both. Sometimes that can lead to remarriage and the creation of new loving families. Sometimes people want to celebrate their divorce because their marriage was painful. They have the right. You, on the other hand, look silly in your pulpit taking shots at the courant and, at least impliedly, at the people who choose to celebrate their divorce and the freedom that comes with it.
I actually chuckled out loud at this line – “It also illustrates the continuing concern many have about anti-family bias at the Courant” – because it just seems so, well, wrong, though it certainly fits well with your tune.
Egads.
Oppose same-sex “marriage” and the Left says “why don’t you focus on divorce instead?” Oppose divorce and the Left reacts like Simon. What a surprise.
The unfortunate situation, in which we find ourselves in, is that marriage no longer has any value. The bond between a Man and a Woman can be destroyed with a quick dotting of the “I”, and crossing of the “t”. Marriage is no longer “until death do us part”, it has turned into “until you bore me, now go away”. The truly sick part about this is that the press covers it, making it justified in the general publics eyes. So we go about fat, dumb, and happy just accepting this waiting for the next attack on the family, so we can accept that as well. You want to know something, sometimes if you think for yourself, your marriage can be a beautiful thing. Sometimes if you work at it your marriage can last, sometimes if you tell you children the difference between right and wrong they will behave. Sometimes if you act like the parent instead of the child’s best friend, your kid will listen to you. Sometimes if you just put a little bit more effort into telling your family to turn off the T.V. you might just find yourself having a great family discussion. Sometimes if you stop feeding into the press, you might be able to form your own opinion. Sometimes if your marriage is heading for trouble you could save it by seeking guidance. Sometimes if you were more humble, you will see your own downfalls and work on them. All the time if we just turn to God, there would be no more sometimes.
Hey, the Clintons seem to believe in “until death do we part.” Wish we could say the same thing about Rudy Guiliani or Newt Gingrich. Was Ronald Reagan the first previously divorced President?
On a more serious note, I agree with everyone that there are two many divorces in our society. The number of people I run into who are divorced with kids under the age of ten, (or even five), is simply tragic.
If you want to go after anyone on this, I’d skip the Lifestyle section of the Courant, and I’d look towards Big Media and the crap they dish up on TV.
And labelling the Courant “anti-family” not only goes a little far, it weakens the discourse.
Now who here has seen Al Gore’s movie, “An Inconvenient Truth”?
Considering how many on the left so often castigate the message of love forwarded by those of us who support Judeo/Christian pro-life, po-family values, and call us “intolerant” and our message “hate speech,” I wonder, what do they call “divorce parties”?