The Mother Jones article says that in the manifesto “families are described as the fundamental unit of society, individual rights are valued only insofar as they correspond with pro-natalist, pro-family goals, and women’s rights are qualified as follows: ‘Above all, we believe in rights that recognize women’s unique gifts of pregnancy, childbirth, and breastfeeding.’” This manifesto was once adopted by the town council of Kanab, Utah. A Mormon think tank leader coauthored a statement of principles, “The Natural Family: A Manifesto.” According to Mother Jones, for years, conservative leaders of the Latter Day Saints (LDS) church have joined the Catholic Church and right-wing evangelicals on so-called pro-family issues. But we are associating him with a blatant disregard for the consequences of the get-pregnant-as-soon-and-as-often-as-you-can mentality. Photo by Traumrune [GFDL (httpAccording to an article by Kathryn Joyce in Mother Jones magazine, the Quiverfull movement “has a long-term campaign to win the culture wars by outnumbering its opponents.” We are not saying that Romney is part of Quiverfull.

That would fit with his seeming disregard of the consequences of filling quivers with kids. As in “Earth, we’ve got you covered.” After all, aren’t we also supposed to be guardians of the Garden of Eden? Thou cannot protecteth that which thy overpopulateth.ĭuring his presidential campaign, Romney ridiculed global warming. Before long there will be eight billion of us. What is mankind supposed to do once it actually does cover the earth with its progeny? ‘Cause guess what, mission accomplished. Following this exhortation, there is a movement afoot called Quiverfull that believes God gave women bodies to make kids-so make them. It even exhorts man (the Bible predates gender political correctness) to cover the earth with more of himself. But the Bible sees them as a blessing you know, the whole “be fruitful and multiply” thing. We agree that some kids can be like arrows, tearing right through their parents’ emotional guts.

Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them.” In the Bible’s Book of Psalms, Psalm 127 to be exact, it is written, “Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are children born in one’s youth.

Enough of Us by Cheryl Levinson