re: #4 calochortus

I find it a little disturbing that, if I read this right, selfishly ignoring one’s children is considered a feminist principle.
I consider myself a rock-ribbed feminist, and my choice was to have children and stay home to raise them. I support the right of other women to not have children, or to have day-care for their children, or have the dad stay home-whatever works for them. I support parents who decide they have to a child up for adoption for whatever reason.

I do not support the rights of men or women to ignore their children, or blame them for being born.

My mom was similar - a Head Start teacher working with young children. My mom was all about kids.

She was also a feminist and taught me the value of being female and standing up for myself which for me has always been the heart of feminism. Women deserve all the freedom and opportunities of the opposite sex.

At any rate, this story of Rand v Walker is a great example of how the far right fringe and the far left fringe finally meet around the circle.