Mitt Romney's Advice to College Grads: Start Having Babies as Soon as Possible (unemployment, school)

[ray1945]

America dodged a bullet when this guy lost the election:

"Get married, have a quiver full of kids if you can." That's the commencement advice Mitt Romney delivered this past weekend to 110 new graduates of Southern Virginia University, a largely Mormon school near Lynchburg, Virginia, where many students volunteered with Romney's failed presidential campaign.

the verse Romney chose—"Children are a heritage of the Lord, and the fruit of the womb is His reward. Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them"—has become almost synonymous with an absolutist rejection of all forms of contraception or family planning, and an embrace of what believers describe as "biblical patriarchy." Quiverfull adherents have as many children as God will allow, describe their offspring as "arrows" in a divine army, and follow rigid gender roles in the home, where men are the spiritual leaders and women the submissive helpmeets.

Mitt Romney's Advice to College Grads: Start Having Babies as Soon as Possible | Mother Jones

[GregW]

More like dodging a social disaster.

[Mathguy]

Originally Posted by ray1945

America dodged a bullet when this guy lost the election: Mitt Romney's Advice to College Grads: Start Having Babies as Soon as Possible | Mother Jones

Well, they did a nice job of citing the verse he quoted and then tacking on a whole bunch of stuff he didn't say regarding women.

I give them a B+.

If they had managed to somehow claim he also was a proponent of slavery then I'd give them an A, maybe A+.

[PolymerMan]

Just our luck. Dodged a bullet but got hit by a drone missile.

[Norgy]

Regarding the having children issue he's saying the same thing doctors are saying... Waiting until you're in your 30s and 40s increases the risk of complicated pregnancies, birth defects et al...

Anyway, what do people expect? He's a Mormon!

[GregW]

If recent graduates are unable to pay college loans how in hell are they supposed to pay for raising children? Do all the other Mormons contribute to each other so they can have as many children as possible? I did not hear him proposing some way to have a full employment society. I only heard about his full unemployment economy based on the first principles of Mammon or was that Mormon?

[MaseMan]

Originally Posted by GregW

Do all the other Mormons contribute to each other so they can have as many children as possible?

I think in a lot of their communities they actually do.

[GregW]

So it is free market capitalism for us and socialism for them. How Republican.

[Old Gringo]

That's standard advice older Mormons give to younger Mormons.

You could call it "LDS boilerplate" for any public speaking aimed at a young LDS audience.

[GregW]

It may be "boilerplate" but it is wrong advice for any day or age!