No law should be enacted that would enable employers to fire or not
hire women because they are unwed mothers, who comprise a significant
sect of the work force, and who have as much right as anyone else to
work and provide for themselves and their children.
Not
only would enabling employers to fire women simply because they are
unwed mothers remove a vast sect of the workforce, it would subject more
women and children to extreme poverty, homelessness, and other harm,
from human trafficking to early morbidity, which simply should not be
permitted in a civilized society.
It would further
create economic crises for local and national governments that
would be compelled to provide for the single women and children who'd be
affected by this law, should it prevail. Governments and businesses
would additionally feel the pinch of
revenue loss in consumer markets where this sect of working women might
be forced out of job markets and suddenly have
little to no spending power.
The notion of lawfully
equipping companies to fire single mothers on moral precepts is archaic
and hypocritical; and the Bible wavers who contrived and are endorsing
this travesty have, apparently, not considered that the same Bible
describes the Creator as a protector of single women and children, and
anyone who represents Him in any role of public leadership should be the
same...
If, for whatever reasons, however, employers
would be enabled to fire or not hire unwed mothers, they should be
required to disclose this during pre-employment/application processes to
spare unwed mothers the trouble of submitting applications to companies
that would not hire them,
and to avail them the privilege of not spending or doing business with companies that do not hire single mothers...
No
one really wants to be a single parent. Parenthood is challenging
enough for married couples. Relationships don't always work out,
however; and when they don't, the mothers typically become the
chief providers for their families, even if the fathers are providing support...
It would be most intelligible to eliminate barriers for
working parents or those seeking to enter or re-enter the workforce,
i.e. providing tax and/or other incentives to companies that provide
scheduling flexibility for workers with minor school-age children whose
school hours might not jibe with traditional work hours, etc.
When Jesus Christ, the soon returning Savior of the world, was
conceived, His mother, Mary, was an unwed woman, though she eventually
married. The Creator was making a very impactful statement here
regarding His esteem of single women and children conceived and born to
them, and that statement is that all are His children, and should be treated as such.
