The Value Of Family

 It is a shame that women in this greatest of all possible worlds are still being forced to choose between career and family. While inroads have definitely been made over the past (checks watch) hundred years, all too often a fork appears in the road and the choice appears: settle down with your husband, raise some kids, or continue the struggle to raise yourself above the sexist fray that keeps a glass ceiling over virtually every corner of the workplace. 

Nowhere is this division more apparent than the halls of Congress. Currently one hundred forty-six members of Congress are women. Twenty-four of one hundred senators, and one hundred twenty-two representatives out of four hundred thirty-five seats are occupied by the fairer sex. Pardon that last appellation, but here I am not referencing their looks or charm, but rather my hope that these members are actually more fair than their male counterparts. I reference Nancy Pelosi and Liz Cheney in this argument as examples of the way women have climbed the ladder in both parties and delivered calm leadership in the center of a storm. Former Speaker Pelosi is, as a matter of fact, a great example to all those "career women" who are trying to imagine a path that would allow them to have their family and eat their career cake too. 

Of course, then there's the flipside of that coin. Poor Marjorie Taylor Greene, who recently opined, "Becoming a member of Congress has made my life miserable." Not necessarily because she felt conflicted about leaving her three kids without their mom for extended periods of time, but rather because "I made a lot more money before I got here. I've lost money since I've gotten here." That traditional schism can be heard in her words after the repeal of Roe v. Wade: "The greatest choice a woman can make is becoming a mother." Interestingly, there is no mention here about being or staying married. Because she didn't. Marge divorced her husband of twenty-seven years amid rumors of extra-marital affairs swirled around. Perhaps she felt that the polyamorous lifestyle would put her more in league with Godhead of MAGA. 

And most recently, irreconcilable differences struck another MAGAt household: Lauren Boebert's twenty year marriage ended, leaving Mister Boebert heartbroken and bereft. The Colorado Representative hasly said she met Jayson when she was sixteen and working at Burger King. The couple had their first son, Tyler, when she was eighteen, and they recently shared news that they’re about to become grandparents. All of which gets popped into the blender of "advice" doled out by the legislative dynamo and family values proponent, who once told an audience of the faithful, "Are you struggling in your marriage? Begin to speak life into your marriage. Ladies, you were called to something great in your marriage. The power that you have in Christ, for your marriage, is unmatched." Calls to Mister Christ were not immediately returned.