http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/249358/You may have to sign up for free to read that article, but it was in the local paper this morning.The premise: That young evangelical couples are torn between doing what is right for their church (abstinence) or doing what societal pressure promotes which is waiting to get married until you're older, have degrees and are more stable.From the article: “It’s unreasonable to say, ‘Don’t do anything ... and wait until you have degrees and you’re in your 30s to get married,’ ” said Margie Zumbrun, who did wait for sex, and married Stephen fresh out of Purdue University. “I think that’s just inviting people to have sex and feel like they’re bad people for doing it.” Against that backdrop, a number of evangelicals are promoting marrying earlier, nudging young adults toward the altar even as many of their peers and parents are holding them back. Couples like the Zumbruns are caught between two powerful forces – evangelical Christianity’s abstinence culture, with its chastity balls and virginity pledges, and societal forces pushing average marriage ages deeper into the 20s. The call for young marriage raises questions: How young is too young? What if marriage is viewed as a ticket to guilt-free sex? What about the fact that marrying young is the No. 1 predictor of divorce?"Thoughts?
Vacation with Alix, Andy, Mandy, and FLORENCE. AND HER MACHINE.
The Margarita Evolution
