Republicans in the state of Ohio recently introduced a House Bill that would designate a month to cisgender heterosexual married couples with children. Dubbed “Natural Family Month,” it will last from Mother’s Day to Father’s Day.
House Bill 262 is sponsored by Representatives Beth Leer (R-Galena) and Josh Williams (R-Sylvania.)
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According to the National Family Foundation, the main organization supporting the bill, the initiative is proposed as a way to “return the Natural Family to its rightful place as the Foundation of our American culture.”
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This idea seems really stupid for a lot of reasons, so allow me to explain each of them.
The term “Natural Family” indicates that these groups have an overly idealized perspective on the concept of the nuclear family, which invalidates single parents and ignores many of the problems of the societal pressure causing many married couples to stay together despite not having feelings for one another anymore, leading to some very unhealthy family issues.
It’s true that fewer people are getting married and starting families, but having a month dedicated to the concept doesn’t solve this issue. If you actually want to do something, maybe lower the price of bread, or better yet, how about creating men who don’t suck? I feel like marriages would go up by 10% if we made it universal knowledge that ladies don’t want to hear you talk about your ex the whole time on a date at Olive Garden.
Of course, there is also this weird need from heterosexual people to have parades or months celebrating them. The reason this is unnecessary is because every single day is straight pride day. For example you ever noticed how usually children’s movies have a straight love interest plot and no one bats an eye, however, when a film aimed at children has a gay love interest plotline, you have hundreds of whiney adults complaining about inappropriately exposing our children to “sexual content”?
The reason we have events like Pride month, Black History Month, or Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month is because months like these are meant to bring awareness to the struggles we face in these communities and to celebrate our achievements in making our mark on society despite extreme prejudice. There’s nothing about straight identity that is beleaguered or in need of “protecting.”
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