When Two Isn't Better

   The Bible, in a myriad of ways, honors mothers.  Stories of Jocabed, Moses’s mother; Hannah, Samuel’s mother; Elizabeth, John the Baptist’s mother; and certainly, Mary, the mother of Jesus, in addition to the Virtuous Woman of Proverbs 31, all remind us of the importance of mothers.  These stories span the Old and New Testament and happened thousands of years ago, but the importance of mothers in the lives of their children and society has not changed.

   What we have found is that the finest day cares available, the best nannies money can buy, the greatest relatives anyone could ask for are still inadequate substitutes for mothers in the lives of their children.  Studies repeatedly show that for young children, spending great amounts of time with mom is great insurance for growing up healthy, happy and well adjusted.   The old adage is still true—mothers shape nations because they shape the lives of those who are the future of nations.

   In June 2015, five lawyers in black robes said as they began legally dismantling marriage and parenting, they believe if one mother is good, two are certainly better — or even more alarming, that mothers aren’t necessary at all. However, those justices on the US Supreme Court couldn’t be more wrong.

   What the court and others who have pushed and are continuing to push this insidious agenda d ...