Commenter Craig alerted me to this story about an NFL player who defended traditional marriage and opposed abortion in a commencement speech. He’s getting a lot of trouble from the secular left. Let’s see the story, and then I’ll comment about what message this sends good men about value proposition of marriage and parenting.

Here’s the story from the Christian Post:

Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker urged Catholic college graduates last weekend to reject the “Church of nice,” calling out President Joe Biden and other Catholics who support abortion and other practices that run counter to the teachings of the faith politically.

[…]Butker used his speech to highlight how “bad policies and poor leadership have negatively impacted major life issues.”

“Things like abortion, [in-vitro fertilization], surrogacy, euthanasia as well as a growing support for degenerate cultural values and media all stem from the pervasiveness of disorder,” Butker said. “Our own nation is led by a man who publicly and proudly proclaims his Catholic faith but at the same time is delusional enough to make the sign of the cross during a pro-abortion rally.”

“He has been so vocal in his support for the murder of innocent babies that I’m sure to many people, it appears that you can be both Catholic and pro-choice,” he added. “He is not alone. From the man behind the COVID lockdowns to the people pushing dangerous gender ideologies onto the youth of America, they all have a glaring thing in common: They are Catholic.”

There’s been a huge response to these comments from the secular left. They are enraged. They don’t want to have to conform their desires to any sort of specification for marriage that might limit their narcissistic hedonism. And they certainly don’t want to be burdened with the needs of children that they create through their reckless recreational sex.

Here are my thoughts:

First, the only kinds of men who are willing to marry and have kids today are men who have traditional views, including supporting natural marriage and protecting unborn children from reckless, selfish adults. So, if a woman wants to get married, then she has one option – to choose a traditional man. And in order to find a traditional man, a woman has to encourage men through her actions to be traditional, lest the supply of these men dry up.

Sadly, most young, unmarried women today are under a delusion. They think that they can behave non-traditionally, and still find a traditional man to marry them after their selfish, reckless youth. That might have been true in the past, when the culture was Christian, but it’s not true in an age of secularism and feminism. And the reason why is simple.

All men today – good and bad – understand that marriage is an enormous risk and threat to their freedom and prosperity. They have heard the stories about no-fault divorce laws, false accusations, outrageous alimony and child support payments, biased courts, denial of visitation and even IMPRISONMENT. The only reason they would marry is if they were able to find a traditional woman who not only opposed feminism, but had a long public record of fighting against it. Not just words, but many, many years of public opposition to atheism, feminism, and socialism. That is the only kind of woman who might have a chance at marriage today. Good men today don’t believe that women can magically change from non-traditional to traditional at age 30 (or later). We know that shotgun conversions are unlikely to be sincere, or to last. We know that a woman’s past actions are a more accurate guide to her beliefs than her words. And no amount of shaming and blaming of men by pious conservative leaders is going to change that fact.

But families, churches, and society in general are not producing women who respect traditional men. 75% of young women today vote for policies that are opposed by good men. No one has the courage to tell young women that hatred of good men today is NOT compatible with marriage tomorrow.

Instead, pro-marriage leaders  think that good men should just be forced (by shaming) to forgive feminists for their poor decisions. Good men should just have to make the lives of women who hate them “work out”. Unfortunately for these pro-marriage people, good men have got the message. Good men look at stories like this, and realize that society hates men who have strong views on religion and morality. And that hatred extends from birth, through school, into the workplace, into laws, and into the courts.

It seems crazy to think that young women feel entitled to protection and provision in a marriage, even as they expect retain their opposition to male leadership. But that is universal today – non-traditional women who despise good men, expect to get all the benefits of a traditional man, with none of the responsibilities, expectations or obligations of traditional marriage. Only a stupid man would choose a non-traditional woman who hates him and hates his traditional views. And yet this is what the pro-marriage crowd expects men to do. They see men as 100% expendable.

I found a very interesting article about how non-profits are making big money off of Biden’s open border. Biden’s bringing in millions of unskilled illegal trespassers. Some of them are dangerous. But that isn’t stopping non-profits from cashing in. How much money are we talking about? Where is it coming from?  Let’s take a look at this article from The Free Press and find out.

It says:

The Free Press examined three of the most prominent NGOs that have benefited: Global Refuge, Southwest Key Programs, and Endeavors, Inc. These organizations have seen their combined revenue grow from $597 million in 2019 to an astonishing $2 billion by 2022, the last year for which federal disclosure documents are available. And the CEOs of all three nonprofits reap more than $500,000 each in annual compensation, with one of them—the chief executive of Southwest Key—making more than $1 million.

Where is the money coming from? You’re paying them this money through your taxes:

The Administration for Children and Families, a division of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, funds the nonprofits through its Office of Refugee Resettlement, and its budget has swelled over the years—from $1.8 billion in 2018 to $6.3 billion in 2023. The ORR is expected to spend at least $7.3 billion this year—almost all of which will be funneled to NGOs and other contractors.

And it’s not just you. Biden’s socialist regime is spending more and more money, so much that they have to borrow in order to spend. And who is going to pay for all this borrowing? Well, young adults and children, some of who aren’t even born yet. They’re going to be paying for Biden’s “generosity”. And the harder you work to teach your children how to earn money, the more they’re going to pay in taxes.

Well, maybe these non-profits NEED all that money, because the need for their services is so great.

Nope:

But while it’s true the number of migrants has exploded in recent years, critics say these enormous federal grants far exceed the current need. The facilities themselves are generally owned by private companies and are leased to the NGOs, which house the unaccompanied minors and attempt to unite them with family members or, if that’s not possible, people who will take care of them—their so-called sponsors. The ORR does not publicly list the specific number of shelters it funds in its efforts to house migrants, a business The New York Times once described as “lucrative” and “secretive.”

Well, stop worrying. Because the money is being well spent, and the people getting it are transparent and accountable.

Just kidding:

While some NGOs have long had operations at the border, “what is new under Biden is the amount of taxpayer money being awarded, the lack of accountability for performance, and the lack of interest in solving the problem,” said Jessica Vaughan, director of policy studies at the Center for Immigration Studies, a think tank that researches the effect of government immigration policies and describes its bias as “low-immigration, pro-immigrant.”

Well, even so. At least this isn’t some kind of Democrat boondoggle where taxpayers are just handing over money to Democrats. Right? Right?

WRONG:

Vignarajah, a former policy director for Michelle Obama when she was first lady, took the top job at Global Refuge in February 2019 after she lost her bid to be elected governor of Maryland. She has since become one of the most prominent advocates for migrants crossing the southern border, appearing frequently on MSNBC and other media as an immigration advocate. Her incoming salary was $244,000, but just three years later, her compensation more than doubled to $520,000.

Well, I’m sure they are doing a good job. At least they’re not sexually abusing all the kids that taxpayers are paying them to provide for. Right? RIGHT?

WRONG:

The man with the $1 million salary is Dr. Anselmo Villarreal, who became CEO of Southwest Key Programs, headquartered in Austin, Texas, in 2021.

[…]Despite a number of scandals in the recent past, including misuse of federal funds and several instances of employees sexually abusing some of the children in its care, Southwest Key continues to operate—and rake in big government checks. In 2020, the year of Covid-19, its government grant was $391 million; by 2022, its contract was nearly $790 million.

And then there’s this guy, who was in the Obama administration:

Endeavors, Inc., based in San Antonio, Texas, is run by Chip Fulghum. Formerly the chief financial officer of the Department of Homeland Security, he signed on as Endeavors’ chief operating officer in 2019 and was promoted to CEO this year.

In 2022, Fulghum was paid almost $600,000, while the compensation for Endeavors’ then-CEO, Jon Allman, was $700,000. Endeavors’ payroll went from $20 million in 2018 to a whopping $150 million in 2022, with seven other executives earning more than $300,000.

This was a very interesting article and there was more to it than I quoted here. But it really makes you understand what the attitude of these people is towards future Americans – your children. They expect your children to pay for their expensive living today. And Biden is making it happen for them.