We all know that since the beginning of time people have had sex without the benefit of marriage. I have been reading and thinking about this and my opinion has to do with the values of the society our kids are being raised.
Think of all the little things that people today do that kids are exposed to when they are forming their moral codes. Calling in sick if you really aren't sick, driving after having alcohol, driving way above the speed limit, bringing home office supplies (ie stealing), using illegal drugs (even something "harmless" as pot).
How many kids today are being raised by divorced parents who at one point said "till death do us part"? How many are in a home where a parent has had sex without the benefit of marriage? There are lots of people who are living together unmarried with kids in the house. If not in their house, perhaps a relative or a friends parents. And what goes on in the movies or on TV certainly gives you reason to lose your breath. The news today is full of white collar crime as well.
I have plenty of guilt myself to living a life that is not up to the moral code I hold myself to now at my advanced age, and even now I do things at times that I should not. I know I could be a kinder more tolerant person. But it seems to me that before we judge others we all need to have some introspection as to why our society is the way it is today.
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