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Young Conservatives Cannot Afford to Be Neutral on Family, by Andrew Gondy – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Young Conservatives Cannot Afford to Be Neutral on Family, by Andrew Gondy

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By Andrew Gondy, The American Spectator, August 4, 2025

Creating stable marriages and families is the most important way to reclaim our culture. Without these, conservatism is dead.

In 1865, William Ross Wallace delivered a succinct and powerful cultural insight: “The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world.” In contemporary American life, the startling emptiness of this cradle is forging a new battlefield for young conservatives.

In late July, the CDC reported that U.S. birth rates have fallen to just 1.6 children per woman. This is the lowest recorded fertility rate in American history, and plunges our country well below replacement birth levels. Additionally, 41 percent of first marriages are likely to result in divorce, and the average age for marriage has crept into the thirties. These troubling trends have been worsened by a social media culture that glamorizes the “double income, no kids” (DINK) lifestyle. …

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Young Conservatives Cannot Afford to Be Neutral on Family, by Andrew Gondy

Revolt of the Janitors: On the Detroit Massacre, by Darrick Taylor

Saint of the Day for August 6: Transfiguration of the Lord

By Andrew Gondy, The American Spectator, August 4, 2025

Creating stable marriages and families is the most important way to reclaim our culture. Without these, conservatism is dead.

In 1865, William Ross Wallace delivered a succinct and powerful cultural insight: “The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world.” In contemporary American life, the startling emptiness of this cradle is forging a new battlefield for young conservatives.

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