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I think that depends upon one's definition of "foolish"
Very true.
I think that depends upon one's definition of "foolish"
I kinda doubt they would have lasted for decades if there were no interest.Well I don't see any high school students or pre-teens wanting to attend the father-daughter dance, or the mom/son baseball game either.
That was kind of the point; they pick and choose who deserves "fairness" and what is and isn't acceptable nowadays.That may be your idea of the ACLU but it ain't what it does
Neither the ACLU nor Mr. Brown have any business making declarations about the traditions of a high school in Rhode Island. It's cases like these that give the ACLU its well deserved bad reputation in public discourse. It's outrageous that such an innocuous tradition meant to celebrate the bond between father and daughter must be torn down in the name of "equality".
The ACLU worships the Constitution, not God, and cares about Christians only insofar as civil rights are concerned. The ACLU "supports" Christianity but has no respect for it. Ironically, the very abuse and marginalization of women that many on the left decry is prevented by such dances and other similar social traditions, so that girls who will be women will learn to expect respect and gentlemanly treatment, and immediately and with conviction reject anyone who would treat them differently. The proof of self-esteem comes not from what you can do, but what you won't allow others to do to you.
Dignity is word we need to remember.
That's because you're inured to a society determined to destroy everything about masculinity,
to the point that a father daughter dance isn't just exclusive, it also has to have improper overtones.
The perversion isn't the dance; it's the desire to end it.
Rhode Island schools ban father-daughter dances, says dances violate law - thestar.com
In response to a letter from the ACLU, the school district has apparently decided that father-daughter dances and mother-son ballgames violate Rhode Island's gender discrimination laws. Attorneys for the school district say that whereas federal law provides an exemption for these sorts of events, state law does not. The issue was brought to light when a Republican nominee for state senate said he would work toward making that change.
The ACLU, however, claims that it has nothing to do with state vs. federal law. They argue instead that father-daughter dances foster "blatant stereotypes" that should not be tolerated in this day and age:
Thus, they don't care so much about the Rhode Island girl who wanted to attend her father-daughter dance without her father - they're more concerned that a school district would go so far as to foster "outdated notions" by arranging a formal dance activity for girls and a baseball game for boys. Of course, they'd be equally unhappy about a father-daughter baseball game or a mother-son dance.
They didn't comment about what we're supposed to do about the kids who are equally averse to dances and ballgames. Perhaps they want to focus on destroying things one at a time.
For the same reason you generally don't see straight men hugging...men don't require expressions of physical intimacy from each other in the way that women need them from men.
The precise point of the father/daughter dance is to demonstrate to girls that they can get closeness/intimacy from a male without the necessary expectation of sex.
That masculine self-control and chastity are laughable concepts to some is disheartening to me. Girls shouldn't learn that the only reason a man wants to touch her is because he wants to bone her, and I certainly will not teach my daughters that.
ADDED: I hate to give credit to John Mayer for anything, but this line in the chorus of one of his songs is apropos of this conversation: Fathers, be good to your daughters. Daughters will love like you do.
Stop watching internet porn for a few months and re-orient your brain.
They should clean out the warehouse at the grain factory, and go all Footloose.
I agree with the_recruit except I think what is even more creepy is the trend for "Father-Daughter Dates" in which a father is supposed to take his daughter on a date and show her the proper way a boy should treat a girl.
:doh that is messed up
Only if you're operating under the assumption that dating is somehow necessarily related to sex.