I laud Bristol Palin for not aborting her second pregnancy, which was perhaps more humiliating for her than her first was. However, I believe it's time for conservatives to start pressuring pregnant women and their boyfriends to get married. (And, yes, I understand that perhaps Bristol Palin’s latest beau refused to get married. I'm not beating up on her.)
My parents were married when my mom was 17 and my dad was 22. My brother was born 6 months later. I guess in those days his choice was wedding or jail. They shared a great life together producing 5 kids, 12 grandchildren, 5 great grandchildren. My father passed away in 2005 and my mother, to this day, still speaks of him often. She can see the spark in her eye when she is telling a story about him. She has never even thought to meet anyone else as in her heart no one could take his place. As I keep saying, it takes two parents to raise a child and too many children are without fathers.
I agree with you. The plague of fatherless families is a dreadful affliction in society - we are only just beginning to see the results. Over the next 20 years the social problems will be shocking.
If Bristol had committed to a marriage, earlier, it may well have spared her children a lot of problems.
Incidentally, her ex-fiance, Levi, has since married and at least has his further children with his wife. He managed that, at least.