Monday, December 03, 2012

As a nation increases in singletons...

Marriage isn't it about time? It's definitely worth it!

A friend posted this article on Facebook. It talks about the increase in demographics in the US today. The end quotes was this which I found very interesting.

"That’s because marriage, as an institution, is helpful to all involved. Survey after survey has shown that married people are happier, wealthier, and healthier than their single counterparts. All of the research suggests that having married parents dramatically improves the well-being of children, both in their youth and later as adults.

As Robert George put it after the election, limited government “cannot be maintained where the marriage culture collapses and families fail to form or easily dissolve. Where these things happen, the health, education, and welfare functions of the family will have to be undertaken by someone, or some institution, and that will sooner or later be the government.” Marriage is what makes the entire Western project​—​liberalism, the dignity of the human person, the free market, and the limited, democratic state​—​possible. George continues, “The two greatest institutions ever devised for lifting people out of poverty and enabling them to live in dignity are the market economy and the institution of marriage. These institutions will, in the end, stand or fall together.”"

A link to the article as this is a direct copy so as to not be plagiarizing on my blog: http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/nation-singles_664275.html?page=3