[wagglebee]

And yet the left view marriage as "outmoded" and "archaic" for everyone except homosexuals.

[wagglebee]

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[MaryFromMichigan]

BTTT.

[vetsvette]

“Cohabitation is bad for men, worse for women, and horrible for children”

The perfect combination for unmitigated leftist support of the practice.

[Mrs.Z]

“Mommies” allowing their boyfriends to move in are begging for their children to be abused.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

Many of the females with children are married to the government.
It provides housing, food and other creature comforts but no sex.
The shack up provides sex but the only sex the government provides is to F the tax payers.

[Dave Elias]

I lived with my wife for five years before we were married. Are you trying to tell me our relationship is doomed?

[steveo]

Mrs. steveo cohablitated with some guy over 40 years ago. So we got married and still are. I got lucky I guess, she got the better part of the deal... me.

[VOA]

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[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

What’s the difference if men and women live by themselves and have people come over, engage in dating, and having sex? The root cause of the effects of cohabitation is economics, not morals.

[expatpat]

The environmentalists must be most upset if the couples split. Twice the housing, twice the carbon footprint, twice the sprawl,......

[Dante3]

This was stated long ago in my socioloy class.

[Jim Noble]

Here's what I told my sons:

The last place on the PLANET you can figure out what to do about your girlfriend is in her bed, in her house.

If you're not marrying her, there's a reason, even if you don't know the reason.

They didn't listen, of course.

[shield]

Yes, it is. Created by our Creator. But then men and women are in rebellion to Our Lord. They think they know better. **shaking my head** what fools they’ve become.

[Dante3]

I will look through my old notes and see if I can find reference to the study that showed that children in these situations do worse in terms of physical health, menal health, school achievements, and many other measures.

[Killborn]

Please help me define cohabitation, I’m still a bit fuzzy on the concept.

1) Does it still count as cohabitation if the couples kept themslves chaste until marraige?

2) If the answer is yes, which is better, a short term cohabitation where the couples did not remain chaste or a long term one where the couple refrained from relations until marraige?

3) Does it still count if it’s a relatively short period of time (day before marraige, one week after engagement)?

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

It’s almost too obvious.

[Aquinasfan]

3. Greater risk of divorce: The rate of divorce among those who cohabit prior to marriage is nearly double (39 percent vs. 21 percent) that of couples who marry without prior cohabitation (ibid.).

We must proclaim this truth, because, ironically enough, fear of divorce is the reason why most couples cohabitate.

[CholeraJoe]

In 1960 there were only three STDs; now there are two dozen that are incurable.

I'm calling BS. We've known of 6 STD's for at least 100 years: Syphilis, gonorrhea, chancroid, granuloma inguinale, lymphogranuloma venereum, and pediculosis.

I only know of two STDs that are incurable - HIV and Herpes; and they're both treatable.

Could you please name just two other allegedly "incurable" STD's?

[Clemenza]

Relationships are unstable: One-sixth of cohabiting couples stay together for only three years; one in ten survives five or more years (Bennett, W.J., The Broken Hearth: Reversing the Moral Collapse of the American Family, 2001).

And this concerns you, how? Did it ever occur to these folks that many of those who cohabit do so knowing that "all good things must come to an end?"

[jmc813]

You might like this. This is about the most ridiculous thread I’ve read in a while.