Guy Berkeley "Berke" Breathed (aka "Berkeley Breathed"), creator of the popular, nationally-syndicated cartoon OPUS, gives fathers a nice kick in the teeth Father's Day week with his latest comic "Davie Dinkle has two moms"  (pictured).

In the comic, which appeared in many of America's largest newspapers yesterday (6/10/07), two elementary school boys have the following discussion:

Boy with Black Hair: Hey, ya hear about Davie Dinkle in third grade?

Boy with Blond Hair: No.

Black: He's got two moms.

Blond: Two?

Black: Multiple mommies.

Blond: Cool.

Penguin: No dad?

Black: No dads.

Blond: A dearth of dads for Davie Dinkle.

Black: Makes you wonder.

Blond: Makes you wonder what?

Black: Makes you wonder how he'll do without a male role model in the
house.

Dad: (Drunk, as he angrily throws the TV out the window) Now THAT was a pitch you @$%* moron!

In "Davie Dinkle has two moms," Breathed's message is clear--dads are useless as role models (when they're not outright destructive), and kids have little need or use for them.

To write a Letter to the Editor of the paper(s) which published this anti-father cartoon, see below. If your letter is printed, please let us know and we will link to it. To see the cartoon in a larger, clearer format, click here, here or here.

Write a Letter to the Editor Regarding Berkeley Breathed's anti-father OPUS cartoon "Davie Dinkle has two moms"

New York Times -- letters@nytimes.com 
Los Angeles Times -- use web form here
Washington Post -- letters@washpost.com
Philadelphia Inquirer -- inquirer.letters@phillynews.com
Minneapolis Star Tribune -- opinion@startribune.com 
Boston Globe -- letter@globe.com 
Miami Herald -- HeraldEd@MiamiHerald.com 
Kansas City Star -- letters@kcstar.com 
The Sacramento Bee -- opinion@sacbee.com 
Fort Worth Star Telegram -- letters@star-telegram.com 
The Charlotte Observer -- opinion@charlotteobserver.com 
Atlanta Journal Constitution -- use web form here 
Salon.com -- use web form here

Berkeley Breathed can be reached at opus@washpost.com.

Numerous other papers published the OPUS cartoon. Some of them include: Austin American Statesman; Raleigh News & Observer; Fresno Bee; Akron Beacon Journal; Dayton Daily News; The State (Columbia, SC); Wichita Eagle; Lexington Herald-Leader; The Tacoma News Tribune, and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune.

This anti-father, "two moms are better than a mom and a dad" assertion is not unique to Breathed. Prominent feminist authors Peggy Drexler and Rosanna Hertz received positive media attention after putting forth similar notions in their recent, highly-publicized books Raising Boys Without Men: How Maverick Moms Are Creating the Next Generation of Exceptional Men (Drexler) and Single by Chance, Mothers by Choice: How Women Are Choosing Parenthood Without Marriage and Creating the New American Family (Hertz).

I criticized Drexler in my column Raising Boys Without Men: Lesbian Parents Good, Dads Bad (World Net Daily, 9/10/05) and Are Boys Really Better off Without Fathers? (San Francisco Chronicle & others, 8/31/05). I criticized both Drexler and Hertz in my co-authored column Are Single Mothers the 'New American Family?' (World Net Daily, 9/28/06).

(Note: My commentary above should NOT be construed as a criticism of lesbians, lesbian moms or gays. As I've made clear on many occasions, I fully support the rights of gays and lesbians to live their lives as they choose. What I oppose is the idea--pushed by Breathed, Drexler, Hertz and others--that kids don't need fathers, that moms are better than dads, and that having two moms is better than having a mom and a dad.)

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