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[–] Carmakazi@lemmy.world 102 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Reading the article he also said that parents should be able to cast votes on behalf of their minor children, which is much more alarming to me.

[–] Plopp@lemmy.world 41 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Let me guess, conservatives have larger families than liberals and progressives?

[–] CobblerScholar@lemmy.world 65 points 3 months ago

Educated families have fewer children, I'll let you connect the rest of the dot.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 25 points 3 months ago

LGBTQ+ people have a higher rate of living singly or in a relationship without children. No doubt also a tendency to vote Democrat. Conservative, anti-abortion Christians have some of the largest families, so get more votes. It's pretty clear what he's up to.

[–] Carmakazi@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago

These days, look for any family in America with 5 or more minor children and find a "devout Christian" as the patriarch.

Mormons are famous for this, and they support their breeder mentality by tapping into the same government resources they say they despise, sometimes venturing into fraud.

[–] Kraven_the_Hunter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I know a few that can field a full baseball team. I have no idea how they go anywhere together as a full family.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Older kids act as nannies for younger ones

[–] 4lan@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

BRB, going to go adopt a couple dozen kids.

[–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 20 points 3 months ago (1 children)

And frozen eggs are children, right?

[–] 4lan@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Conservatives hate this one trick

[–] War@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago

Probably to increase the amount of quiverfull families who'll vote a certain way.