I read your Father’s Day message and was quite touched by the eloquent and effusive words and tone. You are indeed a proud Dad, and seem to love your children with much passion and power. You have made it very clear how important it is to be involved in the lives of your [our] children, and have emphasized that one single moment missed is one never to get back, and just what a loss that is to accept.
Mr. President, you have the mightiest soapbox available upon which to speak, and with that piece of property you have access to the ears, minds and hearts of many and millions. You have the ability to set into motion possibilities and promises, and have the power to avoid any and all issues untenable and ugly. You can move as swiftly as a gazelle or as cumbersome as a turtle in finding resolve and resolution. And sometimes Sir, I am impressed with your impassioned poise and unimpressed with your perceived pragmatic prose.
How many more Father’s Day messages must be delivered until two gay men who have created a family can be considered equal in status to a dad married to a woman? How many more Father’s Day celebrations must pass until the prejudice and anti Constitutional laws of bias, bigotry and homophobia are knocked down and replaced with equal, not just separate but equal? How many more children must return from school being bullied and badgered because they have two dads?
President Obama, you are instituting a series of plans to help train men for jobs, prevent domestic violence and encourage healthy loving families. I salute your for that, and hope your words turn into deeds and end up with positive actions.
But how many more children must live a life without a father because he was killed in the Iraq or Afghan War? How many more children will not be able to be hugged or held by their Dad because their father is too ill or unable mentally or physically to comfort them? How many more Father’s Days must pass when young men are fighting a war that seems to have never had a reason or a rhyme?
Mr. President you stated that you wanted men who are leaving prison to receive help from the courts so they could meet their child support obligations. This you added would help these Dads to reconnect with their children as soon as possible.
But what happens to the Dad’s who have tried to make an honest living as fishermen in the Gulf, as blue collar workers in the Auto factories, as middle class professionals in all vocations possible in this country who have lost their jobs because of the rise of greed and gluttony by corporations? How do those Dads who are unable to feed their kids, keep a roof over their kids head, who are emotionally distraught for doing an honest job for dishonest people supposed to reconnect with their children? How do those Dads who want to connect with their kids survive when Congress is more concerned with lobbyist dollars in their pockets rather than laws to protect the people?
President Obama, you ended your speech by saying, “…Our children don’t need us to be super heroes. They don’t need us to be perfect. They need us to show up and give it our best shot, no matter what else is going on in our lives…” Your words were wise and with that wisdom wonderful opportunities surely can arise.
But, Mr. President, this nation needs super hero’s to fend off the super villains from the Health Insurance, Oil, and Finance Cartels. We need the government to be perfect to fend off the imperfect capitalistic fervor inciting the rich to remain rich and the poor and middle class to wither away. We need our elected officials to show up, and stand up for the welfare of the many and the selfishness of the few.
Your Father’s Day speech was heartfelt and heartwarming, but Sir, how can we as fathers do our job when those we have elected to make the difference defer and deliberately delay, acting like dilatants in not doing anything to serve the people and instead decide to be self serving?
I have two children Mr. President and I worry about their future. I wonder if the current politicians who are fathers have the backbone, soul and moral fiber to make this country, this world a safe place for them to thrive.
No more words President Obama, please take action please deliver your Father’s Day message to those in Washington and ask them to rise above petty politics and actually act as fathers would, protecting their children.
Here is to a brighter, better Father’s Day next year.
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