Nationally-Syndicated Cartoonist: It's Better to Have Two Moms than a Mom and a Dad
Glenn Sacks
June 11, 2007
In the comic, which appeared in many of America's largest newspapers yesterday (6/10/07), two elementary school boys have the following discussion:
Boy with Black Hair: Hey, ya hear about Davie Dinkle in third grade?
Boy with Blond Hair: No.
Black: He's got two moms.
Blond: Two?
Black: Multiple mommies.
Blond: Cool.
Penguin: No dad?
Black: No dads.
Blond: A dearth of dads for Davie Dinkle.
Black: Makes you wonder.
Blond: Makes you wonder what?
Black: Makes you wonder how he'll do without a male role model in the house.
Dad: (Drunk, as he angrily throws the TV out the window) Now THAT was a pitch you @$%* moron!
In "Davie Dinkle has two moms," Breathed's message is clear--dads are useless as role models (when they're not outright destructive), and kids have little need or use for them.
To write a Letter to the Editor of the paper(s) which published this anti-father cartoon, see below. If your letter is printed, please let us know and we will link to it. To see the cartoon in a larger, clearer format, go here: glennsacks.com/blog/?p=816#more-816.
Write a Letter to the Editor Regarding Berkeley Breathed's anti-father OPUS cartoon "Davie Dinkle has two moms"
New York Times -- letters@nytimes.com
Los Angeles Times -- use web form at: www.latimes.com/services/site/la-comment-oped-cf,0,86410.customform?coll=la-promo-opinion
Philadelphia Inquirer -- inquirer.letters@phillynews.com
Minneapolis Star Tribune -- opinion@startribune.com
Boston Globe -- letter@globe.com
Miami Herald -- HeraldEd@MiamiHerald.com
Kansas City Star -- letters@kcstar.com
The Sacramento Bee -- opinion@sacbee.com
Fort Worth Star Telegram -- letters@star-telegram.com
The Charlotte Observer -- opinion@charlotteobserver.com
Atlanta Journal Constitution -- use web form at: www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/letters/sendletter.html
Salon.com -- use web form at: letters.salon.com/about/index.html
Berkeley Breathed can be reached at opus@washpost.com.
Numerous other papers published the OPUS cartoon. Some of them include: Austin American Statesman; Raleigh News & Observer; Fresno Bee; Akron Beacon Journal; Dayton Daily News; The State (Columbia, SC); Wichita Eagle; Lexington Herald-Leader; The Tacoma News Tribune, and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune.
This anti-father, "two moms are better than a mom and a dad" assertion is not unique to Breathed. Prominent feminist authors Peggy Drexler and Rosanna Hertz received positive media attention after putting forth similar notions in their recent, highly-publicized books Raising Boys Without Men: How Maverick Moms Are Creating the Next Generation of Exceptional Men (Drexler) and Single by Chance, Mothers by Choice: How Women Are Choosing Parenthood Without Marriage and Creating the New American Family (Hertz).
I criticized Drexler in my column "Raising Boys Without Men: Lesbian Parents Good, Dads Bad" (World Net Daily, 9/10/05)[To read, visit: www.glennsacks.com/raising_boys_without.htm] and "Are Boys Really Better off Without Fathers?" (San Francisco Chronicle & others, 8/31/05)[To read, visit: www.glennsacks.com/are_boys_better_off.htm]. I criticized both Drexler and Hertz in my co-authored column "Are Single Mothers the 'New American Family?'" (World Net Daily, 9/28/06)[To read, visit: www.glennsacks.com/are_single_mothers.htm].
(Note: My commentary above should NOT be construed as a criticism of lesbians, lesbian moms or gays. As I've made clear on many occasions, I fully support the rights of gays and lesbians to live their lives as they choose. What I oppose is the idea--pushed by Breathed, Drexler, Hertz and others--that kids don't need fathers, that moms are better than dads, and that having two moms is better than having a mom and a dad.)
To read more about similar issues visit Glenn Sacks' blog at GlennSacks.com.
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