And if someone doesn't live their life the way you see fit, you say they are engaging in "bad behavior".
Did I miss anything?
Did I miss anything?
Yeah, you missed the fact that what is under discussion is not just two different personal opinions about relationships--"the way I see fit" vs. "the way you see fit." What's at stake is the way civilized people have regulated their family lives and reared their children down through history. Social conservatives believe we should not cast aside the patterns of the past if we risk losing the benefits society gained from those patterns. One of the main benefits of regulating sexual behavior within marriage was the security which that arrangement afforded the most vulnerable members of society--our children. It is abundantly evident now that widespread cohabitation has weakened the bonds of marriage and endangered the physical and psychological welfare of children. That's why I have no problem whatever calling it "bad behavior."