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guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
Fri Jul 20, 2018, 12:19 PM Jul 2018

Good news/bad news: Christians are calling for better family leave policies.

From the somewhat long article:

A prominent Christian think tank has come out fiercely in favor of better family leave policies, defending federally mandated family leave policies on theological grounds.
“Christian families can form themselves along a divine vision of work and family as holistic complements,” a report released Tuesday reads. “As citizens and culture-shapers, Christians should advocate for and develop policies and practices that protect, rather than fragment, family time.”
The report, authored by Katelyn Beaty and Rachael Anderson of the Center for Public Justice, advocates for changes on a federal scale, calling for an expansion of the Family Medical Leave Act. Pushing beyond public policy, though, the report also specifically targets gender imbalances within families.


To read more:

https://www.vox.com/identities/2018/7/19/17576310/christian-family-leave-child-care-ivanka-gillibrand-senate
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Good news/bad news: Christians are calling for better family leave policies. (Original Post) guillaumeb Jul 2018 OP
Meanwhile Christians will continue to vote Voltaire2 Jul 2018 #1
Part of the bad news. guillaumeb Jul 2018 #3
All people with average common sense are calling for those policies. MineralMan Jul 2018 #2

MineralMan

(146,288 posts)
2. All people with average common sense are calling for those policies.
Sun Jul 22, 2018, 09:56 AM
Jul 2018

What on Earth does Christianity have to do with something as purely secular as that?

It has nothing whatever to do with religion.

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