What if we, as a society, could eliminate 70% of the most destructive behaviors we have? What if we could do that by eliminating just one social situation? And how significant would that be if God is found to be on record as anticipating this situation by establishing one institution to keep it from happening? Well, this is exactly what's happened!
Ann Coulter's newest book is out. It is called, Guilty
In it she lists some shocking statistics.
She cites "The Index of Leading Cultural Indicators" as referenced by, of all people, Hillary Clinton in an interview on Feb. 11, 2008, that shows
63% of all youth suicides are among children raised in single-mother homes
70% of all teen suicides
71% of all adolescent chemical and/or substance abuse
80% of all prison inmates
And 90% of all homeless or runaway children come from single-mother homes
In addition, The Village Voice did a Study which showed that children from single-mother homes are 5 times more likely to commit suicide
9 times more likely to drop out of school
10 times more likely to abuse chemical substances
14 times more likely to commit rape (boys)
20 times more likely to end up in prison
And 32 times more likely to runaway from home
Even controlling for socioeconomic factors, where these children lived and regardless of whether they were White or Black, the results were the same [statistically]
Being raised in a singel-mother home is more central than crime, drugs, poverty, illiteracy, welfare and homelessness, when it comes to the future well-being and productivity of a child.
Because the home drives everything else in life.
And the point? The point is that God established marriage (and the home) around one man and one woman, committing to each other and to their family, for life.
For richer or for poorer. For better or for worse. In sickness and in health.
A commitment (read, Promise) that doesn't depend on what the other person does or becomes.
A commitment that doesn't depend on whether times are easy or hard.
A commitment that simply depends on the character and veracity of the persons making it.
That's marriage, Bible-Style. And it's far better than it's nearest substitute. Ask any child.
The next time someone touts some form of Alternative Family, drag out these statistics and ask them if they want this for their children.
Of course it only happens to all those "other" people.
