Is Pregnancy a Reason to Get Married?
Monday September 1, 2008
We don't think that being pregnant is a good reason to get married -- especially if the mother is still in her teens.
While we wish couples much happiness and joy when they marry, we hope they don't rush into marriage because a baby is about to be born. Waiting until they are at least 25 years old and have a decent income are two factors that lower a couple's chances for ending up divorced.
Todd and Sarah Palin disagree. In announcing the pregnancy of their daughter Bristol, Sarah said, "Bristol and the young man she will marry are going to realize very quickly the difficulties of raising a child, which is why they will have the love and support of our entire family."
Source: Liz Sidoti. "Palin says 17-year-old daughter is pregnant." SFGate.com, Sept. 1, 2008.
Right reasons to get married include not only being in love with one another, but having a desire to share your life together and a willingness to help one another fulfill their own needs and dreams.
Full Article:
Right and Wrong Reasons to Get Married
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Marry the Right Person
Teen Marriages -- Look Before You Leap
Lower Your Odds for Divorce Before You Marry
Allow me to disagree.
I think young people who expecting a child do have to get married for child sake and for father to be there from the very beginning is very important for new baby and new mom..She does not have to it alone, they was together at the beginning and they have to continue support each other and work together And it means taking responsibilites for the action.
Of course if parents barely know each other it’s better to be apart. JMHO
I don’t believe it is a good reason to get married solely for the reason of pregnancy. After all, if you don’t truly desire that commitment, what is the likelihood that it will be kept? What happens when that child has to go through the divorce process?
Because a woman’s virtue is no longer seen as something to be protect and cherish, walking away from a pregnant women is ok. Back in the good old days Men were responsible. The main factor that made them responsible was society. It was irresponsible to have sex with a female before marriage, therefore if she did get pregant he had to marry her. If they could act like marry folks ( sex is for marriage ) then complete the process with a wedding ring.
Men are no longer told to be responsible, society has made them baby daddies, their job qulification and requirement..send a check in the mail.
Society told women, now think for yourself, your body, your choice, you don’t need a man..so they become baby mama’s. Independent forgetting it took 2 to have that baby, so its not only thier choice, that in 8wks that unborn baby already have eyes and about to form a brain in days to come. But its her choice to choose if that child should live, because she has rights over her body.
Now who’s going to speak up for the rights of the bodies of these babies. Their only wish is to enter the world and spend the rest of their lives with the people who created him/her. A family.
Society tells the parents they have a right to live however they choose.
I wish we’d go back to the day when we respected sex, when men protected women. When men respected women and women respected themselves.
I guess I wish they’d get married.