It breaks my heart every day that they are fatherless, yet they cope, as do I.

Fiat Voluntas Tua.

To put this difficult situation in a very cold secular way, one does the best they can with the cards they've been dealt.

If there is only one parent, that parent will have many more demands placed upon them and will need to face numerous serious problems alone than if they were part of a 2 parent household.

Ann is stating an indisputable fact and for that she is brutalized. I sense that the vitriol from the audience stems more from Ann's conservative credentials than it does because of her factual comments regarding this topic.

This was a set up by the producers of the show in order to generate higher ratings. Conflicts foster ratings which provides sponsorship which means more $$$.

Ann knew what she was getting into but went on anyway in order to promote her new book among conservative viewers. To do that effectively, she had to maintain her cool, which she did, while skillfully handling the “questions” from a very hostile audience.

It's a win-win. The show gets their ratings and Ann promotes the book. Cutie (traitor to the Catholic faith that he is) is simply a useful idiot.

In my view, Ann Coulter is totally correct. I am a single mother not by choice. My husband died suddenly 12 yrs. ago, when our 2 children were 4 and 7 yrs. of age. Although I have tried to be both mother and father to them, there remains a void that can never be filled. At least my kids have the comfort of knowing that their dad did not deny them or leave them on purpose.
It breaks my heart every day that they are fatherless, yet they cope, as do I.
Dads are so important.

My question is WHY is this guy even being given the credibility of the title of "Father?" This could leave the less discerning catholic people very confused and leave a bad taste in the mouth of our separated brothers and sisters about what a real priest is and teaches. In my opinion this video needs closer scrutiny by the moderators of this site. Just file it as trash along with the immodest images of the "Modesty" stories.

@Sign of contradiction: very nicely put. I agree that those differences are crucial as you stated. There is great harm for those children in fatherless homes, where the fathers have chosen to abandon their children. It is truly out of the mother's power at that point to do anything about their "single mother" status. Great point made.

Pax Tecum
Maria

The term "single mother" in this video does not seem to differentiate between widows, abandoned wives, and women who have deliberately sought motherhood outside of marriage. But the differences are crucial.

It often happens that a widowed or abandoned mother does her best to supply for the absence of the father of her children, sometimes heroically. But the absence of the father cannot be seen as a good thing, in and of itself. Normally, children benefit from having an intact family, including one father and one mother (no more, and no less). Fathers who abandon their families cause great harm, both to their children and also to society.

Ann Coulter is entirely correct about the phenomenon of criminals coming overwhelmingly from "fatherless" families. The ex-Catholic/ex-priest and his audience seem to be too angry and too "defensive" to consider the topic rationally.