37 percent of U.S. births out of wedlock

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061121/ap_on_re_us/unmarried_births ^ | 3 minutes ago | MIKE STOBBE, AP Medical Writer

[BenLurkin]

We don't have a "baby boom".

We have a "Bastard Boom".

[taxed2death]

"The increase in births to unwed mothers was seen in all racial groups, but rose most sharply among Hispanics"

Can't wait until GWB signs in another 20 million....LOL.

Can you say "Welfare mama"?

[dragonblustar]

LOL

[shrinkermd]

LBJ's war on poverty was really war on marriage. Since the liberalization of welfare and widespread public acceptance of public support for single mothers the out of wedlock rate has skyrocketed along with crime and other social dysfunctions.

[Paloma_55]

Boy the way Glen Miller played
Songs that made the hit parade.
Guys like us we had it made,
Those were the days.

And you knew who you were then,
Girls were girls and men were men,
Mister we could use a man
Like Herbert Hoover again.

Didn't need no welfare state,
Everybody pulled his weight.
Gee our old LaSalle ran great.
Those were the days.

[GOP_1900AD]

An increasing percentage of women want to live the "Sex and the City" life. They want to be urban slicksters with no traditions. The Madonna-eqsue / Hollywierd out of wedlock love child is considered cool these days.

[AdamSelene235]

I knew it.

I'm surrounded by Bastards!

[litehaus]

Ah....you're just mad about not getting in the'free love' of those days...........However, you're DEAD RIGHT bout the consequences.........we're all paying for it now!;^)

[litehaus]

Those were the days.

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We thought they'd never end! Great Ol Song...still enjoy it.

[Dog Gone]

But just because a mother is not married does not mean the father isn't around, Ventura noted. She noted 2002 statistics that showed that about 20 percent of all new mothers under 20 were unmarried but living with the father at the time of the birth. That same was true of about 13 percent of all new mothers ages 20 to 24.

So only 80-87% had no father around, and we're supposed to be reassured.

[hubbubhubbub]

"just because a mother is not married does not mean the father isn't around," Ventura noted.

LOL, at least he was around one night.

[Zuben Elgenubi]

It's MTV.

Pull the plug.

[BenLurkin]

And on the 1st and the 15th.

[RockinRight]

I realize this will make things a bit less convenient for citizens too...but why can't we pass a law stating that to be treated in a hospital you MUST have proof of residency?

[DungeonMaster]

I hope they don't break it down by race, because that would be racist.

[BenLurkin]

Yes, that would be racist.

Also pointless and irrelevant.

[WatchingInAmazement]

lol! Well, there's always a bit of truth in the best humor. Here's the stat that will do us in, "Meanwhile, the number of unmarried-couple households with children has been climbing, hitting more than 1.7 million last year, up from under 200,000 in 1970."

[jdm]

37 percent of U.S. births out of wedlock

And prolly another 37 percent are born to "parents" who hurry up and get married, once they learn "they're" pregnant.

[riverdawg]

"LBJ's war on poverty was really war on marriage."

There is a book by George Gilder, written 25 years ago, that makes this very point in great detail. I recall the title is something like "Wealth and Poverty."