| Show T. T r The hornets hornet's nest r According to the Associated Press news dispatch the seemingly routine HEW order banning traditional fatherson father- father son mother daughter school functions has stirred a hornets hornet's nest of national protestation And it is further reported that the President was shocked by the HEW letter and ordered it reviewed But why in the world should the President Preside t be shocked After all the HEW bureaucrats can ar argue ue not without substantial justification that they were simply following following the law prescribed by Congress specifically the infamous Title IX of the the 1972 1972 Civil Right Act which states Any aid benefit or service to a student shall not on the basis basis' of sex subject any person to separate or different rules of behavior sanctions or other treatment Not only that but two o of the leading Presidential candidates Mr Ford Ford and Mr Carter have declared that they favor ratification of the radical so-called so Equal sights Rights Amendment to the Constitution which goes far beyond the controversial The proposed ERA Amendment would if ratified not only apply to students as does Title IX i it would apply to every living soul male and female from cradle to grave Specifically the Amendment reads Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex There are no ifs no ands no buts no exceptions of any kind or description No more son father-son mother- mother banquets No more daughter functions No boys schools No girls schools No more Young Mens Men's Christian Association No more Young Women's Christian Association No longer will a wife be permitted to stay home as a wife and mother and then in retirement years collect social security payments on money earned by her that husband-that would be unequal un equal treatment All women must be brought down to the level of men You doubt it The militantly radical NOW group National Organization for Women which aggressively prom promotes promotes pro pro- m motes tes passage of ERA tota totally y supports the HEW letter Such son father gatherings perpetuate harmful sexual stereotypes was the official NOW response Was the HEW action stupid No Nomore Nomore more so than the stupidity of the liberal Congress which agreed with the NOW philosophy and passed Title IX into law In the last analysis the son father-son mother-daughter mother fiasco goes right back to the American electorate Clearly better judgment must be exercised in cas casting ing votes And this year above all years every single Dingle eligible voter eligible vow noW not only to vote in the forthcoming elections but to vote selectively and intelligently |
