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FAMILY: Rep. William E. Dannemeyer, who has...

FAMILY: Rep. William E. Dannemeyer, who has taken out after homosexuals, picked a new target Tuesday: feminists. Dannemeyer introduced a resolution in Congress on the family. He said the “Me Decade” had “nothing to do” with Ronald Reagan’s policies and “everything to do with the selfishness” of what he called the “feminine mistake.” . . . The Orange County congressman, who is running for the U.S. Senate, said he realizes that some women work because their families need the money. But he lashed out at working mothers “who put careers ahead of children.”

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