This post is one of the reasons I do think we need to address a growing embrace of feminism on the right. We used to be the party of Phyllis Schlafly. Are we still that? Little by little, over time it has seemed that the conservative movement has lost one of its founding convictions, which is that mothers are irreplaceable and the work they do in the home caring for their children is irreplaceable. Forget the proposal. You don’t like the proposal, I understand that. But this is why I think there is such ferocity surrounding this debate. Because we realize that there is an ideological fracture among us and that is also being fought out. And the question is, what will the conservative movement’s conviction on the worth of mothers in the home be going forward? What will our policies prioritize and champion?