As a progressive, one of the first things I want a more powerful and prominent Humanist community to address is those very same “family values” that the religious right has stolen from us. Their distorted wish is to return to their version of an old morality of festering homophobia, obsession with controlling women’s bodies, and harsh, often hypocritical discipline. Let’s steal family values back by actively celebrating our understanding of the diversity of what a family can be and our more welcoming, nurturing approach to life!
Why does the religious right claim an exclusive authority in the arena of "family values"? They do it because they are afraid to allow anyone else to the table, since this would result in the real need to consider other viewpoints. This is not something they have ever done before and they give no indication that they will start trying anytime soon.
