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+Reaver	Nov 16 2008, 10:02 AM
Troll Posts: 8,615 Group: Advisor Member #47 Joined: June 9, 2005	Quote: As far as your argument with Single-Parent homes, its ridiculous. You're basically saying that the single parent environment is irrelevant to a child's mental (and physical) being. If you ask any of those friends you know if they would want to raise their kids as a single parent or would want any other child to be raised in a single parental home, I can grantee that they would say no. Unless you have some facts to counter the study I put out, my only response is (seriously) "cool story bro". Allow me to cite another source: "All things being equal, existing research suggests that a well-functioning nuclear family with two caring parents may be a better environment for children's growth and development than a divorced single-parent family. Children of divorce, as a group, are at greater risk than children from intact families, as a group, for many psychological, academic, and social problems. And adults raised in divorced single-parent families, as a group, do not achieve the same level of psychological and material well-being as those raised in continuously intact two-parent families. However, we need to keep in mind that many children are better off living in single-parent households than in two-parent families marked by conflict. Furthermore, we need to recognize that most single parents work hard to provide their children with a loving and structured family life. Many single-parent families function well, and most children raised in these settings develop into well-adjusted adults. Blaming single parents as a group for the problems experienced by children of divorce is a pointless exercise." (Source) I want to point out something: a single parent family is not the same as a divorced single parent family. Thus, more proof supporting that the environment is much more important than the parents and parenting strcuture. I thought I was dealing with the exceptions though, so I suppose a study or two won't cover my bases. Quote: Is morality in a decline? I think that's a resounding yes. Honestly, when over two-thirds of African-American children are being born out of wedlock and STDs reach an all time high and your divorce rate is 50% and kids shoot up their classmates and drugs are rampant, yeah, you can say your country has a pretty bad morality problem. Disagreed with the wedlock, STD research, dicorce rate, and drug problems. Wedlock and Divorce stem from the "traditional" idea of marriage, which I strongly disagree with for the inherent bigotry present in the current definition (man and woman lol) as well as the implication by both sides that the only way to foster a supportive environment is to get married and go through with the dresses and tuxedos and whatnot. With the increase in cohabitating couples, it's no surprise more children are being born into wedlock because the definition hasn't changed to reflect the new social phenomena. As for STD Research, any and all feasible attempts at preserving public health in my book are A-OK. As for drug research, you've made a contradiction in your case. Unless you associate the overall decline in drug use with immorality, I suppose you only added that in there to make your case seem more "obvious" or whatever. (Source). As for the rest of your argument regarding religious morals, I think some religious morals are rooted in primitive social custom and scientific discovery. The first dietary laws in the Old Testament were to protect the public health of societies, seeing as pork tends to be full of disease explaining why you can't get pork rare at any restaurant. This also goes out to explain why most ancient societies quenched society's thirst with beer and wine, as the alcohol present in the drink killed bacterium making beer safe to drink. Some foods are less disease prone than others. Otherwise, I can point to a plethora of nonsense laws derived from religion through the power of The Brick Testament: Laws regarding ejaculation, sex, and menstruation Rape (Excluding Rape in the Country) Stoning your Children When to Marry your Sister-in-Law When to stone your Entire Family Racial Tolerance Fashion (Hair) Men who lose their Genitals Wacky Miscellaneous Laws I'm not sure these laws are the cornerstone of moral society... Edited by Reaver, Nov 16 2008, 10:04 AM.
	Neon,June 8 2005 07:34 PM @Reaver: Me grammer is better than ur post count newbie. HJ, December 30 2008 06:20 PM You gave Inui his first (and last?) sexual experience, didn't you? That's historic. Favorite Staffer Summer 2008 -- Send me a Personal Message

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