Saturday, May 14, 2005
Why Stuff Matters
A Christianity Today article reports that roughly two-thirds of Christians are not chaste until marriage.
Hedgehog Blog analyses the court decision and feels that it will not stand. That is good news, but I wonder if, with all the discussion that is takes to get there, that the damage will not already have been done. The damage, of course, being the coarsening of public discourse, which in turn blurs the lines of acceptable and unacceptable behavior.
Christian communities aren't immune to the sexual revolution. Three surveys of single Christians conducted in the 1990s turned up a lot of premarital sex: Approximately one-third of the respondents were virgins?that means, of course, that two-thirds were not.I have no wonder why when I read stories like this.
A federal judge Thursday struck down Nebraska's ban on gay marriage, saying the measure interferes not only with the rights of gay couples but also with those of foster parents, adopted children and people in a host of other living arrangements.When we normalize the perverse in this fashion is it any wonder that a straightforward standard like virginity would get lost in the tussle?
The constitutional amendment, which defined marriage as a union between a man and a woman, was passed overwhelmingly by the voters in November 2000.
Hedgehog Blog analyses the court decision and feels that it will not stand. That is good news, but I wonder if, with all the discussion that is takes to get there, that the damage will not already have been done. The damage, of course, being the coarsening of public discourse, which in turn blurs the lines of acceptable and unacceptable behavior.
