In the 21st century, we pretty
much affirm everybody's right to do as he or she wants -- no advice, no
lectures or finger-pointing, just do it! It shows. An above 50 percent bastardy
rate for under-30s is more than a scandal; it's a social crime. ...
The marriage structure -- one man,
one woman, children of differing number -- is a society all its own. It binds
and in binding, liberates by enabling. ...
A man and woman who make a
covenant of lifelong union ... have a structure within which to live, and I don't
mean a house. I mean something bigger: an undertaking within which sorrow and
joys are to be duly enacted and -- the present point -- children to be
conceived and raised. ...
Illegitimacy strips children of
rights and dignity and exposes them to insecurities and anxieties (not least
concerning who they really are) that they would less commonly encounter as
members of the ordinary family tribe. ...
Do we ever think we're smart in
the 21st century -- so smart that we can let go of rules and institutions,
doing just what we like and no more?"
--columnist William Murchison
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