On May 19, 1992, then-Vice President Dan Quayle gave a speech at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco in which he said: “Ultimately, however, marriage is a moral issue that requires cultural consensus and the use of social sanctions. Bearing babies irresponsibly is simply wrong. Failing to support children one has fathered is wrong, and we must be unequivocal about this.
“It doesn’t help matters when primetime TV has Murphy Brown, a character who supposedly epitomizes today’s intelligent, highly paid professional woman, mocking the importance of fathers by bearing a child alone and calling it just another lifestyle choice.”
Brad Wilcox, Michael Pugh, Deseret News
Brad Wilcox, Michael Pugh, Deseret News
Ray Carter, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs
John Stonestreet, Shane Morris, Chattanooga Times Free Press
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