If America wants to recover its former prosperity and strength, we should start by recovering our sense of what makes moms so important.

Mother’s Day is an opportunity for Americans across the country to thank moms for the countless things they do to make our lives richer. But as Americans rush to sign cards, cook pancake breakfasts, and arrange flower bouquets for mom on Sunday, the truth is that many are falling short in articulating precisely what they’re grateful for—what makes our mothers dear to us and so essential for our flourishing.

This isn’t an accident. It is the byproduct of a long-term campaign the Left has been waging to blind us to the goodness and beauty of motherhood. Consider, for example, that the Left’s central symbol—the “Pride” flag—was invented by a member of the “Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence,” a group of drag queens who dress up as religious sisters and mock the Virgin Mary, the mother and first disciple of Jesus Christ.

Or consider that many of the policies the Left prioritizes most, from advancing radical gender ideology to defending same-sex adoption and surrogacy, treat fathers and mothers as not only indistinguishable but interchangeable.

But the roots of the Left’s campaign run much deeper than the modern LGBT movement, all the way back........

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