Births to unmarried women have dramatically increased. By 2007 nearly 40% of all births reported were to unmarried women. The statistics are even more shocking when you break them down by age and ethnicity.
8 of 10 teenagers who bear children are unmarried
Women in their early 20's-61% are unmarried
Women 40 and older-21% are unmarried
Among African-American women the rate is almost 72% who are unmarried
Cohabitation rates are rising.
In 2008 there were 6.1 million unmarried couples
Included were 754,000 same sex couples
The majority of couples are under 40 years of age
A substantial portion have children under 18 living with them
Premarital sex has increased.
48% of high school teens have had sexual intercourse at least once
68% of African-Americans had sexual intercourse
52% of Hispanic students had sexual intercourse
44% of white students had sexual intercourse
These trends and others should be alarming to all of us, yet, where are all the politicians and community leaders standing on these issues. We don't know for many because they are not stepping forward to take a stand. We live in a politically correct society. Our leaders are afraid to stand up and say we need PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY.
Statistics from: Marriage and Family: The Quest for Intimacy, Eighth Addition, 2012
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
~Martin Luther King, Jr.
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