Dropping a notch or two..........

[Earth Walker]

Living in "sin" booms in America's bible belt.

WASHINGTON -- The number of unmarried Americans who live
together as Wife and husband has leapt by 72% over the past
10 years, with the most significant increases in bible belt states,
according to the latest census.
In the seven states --- Mississippi, North Carolina, North Dakota,
Virginia, West Virginia, Florida, and Michigan --- where the law
forbids people to "live in sin", the number of cohabiting couples
has almost doubled from 500,000 in 1990 to 930,000.
In Arizona, it was until last May punishable by a fine and
imprisonment to "live in open and notorious cohabitation" and in
theory nobody in that condition could be employed by the
government.
Only a small part of the increase is accounted for by homosexual
couples, who declared themselves for the first time in the 2000
census.
--- Daily Telegraph.

[Kaylara]

Wow! Thank you for that information... Very interesting read.

Kaylara

[Amora]

It's a personal belief of mine that everyone should "live in sin" prior to getting married. I mean, who buys a pair of pants without trying them on first?

[bloodstone20]

me...

[MammaStar]

thanks for the article. I'm glad some of those laws aren't really reinforced, cause my Uncle & his wife would've gone to jail a long time ago.! (they live in VA and just got married 2 years ago, but been together for 20).

I think the States need to review the older laws and get the silly ones removed from the books.

[EasternPriest]

Originally posted by LdyStarlite
I think the States need to review the older laws and get the silly ones removed from the books.

Oftentimes, they remain on the books simply because they are unenforced and become forgotten...

[Myst]

Originally posted by Amora
It's a personal belief of mine that everyone should "live in sin" prior to getting married. I mean, who buys a pair of pants without trying them on first?

I don't think it's entirely a matter of "trying on pants"...

Decades ago women weren't able to live on their own (save a few rich spinsters) because they weren't allowed to work out of the home. Thus it became a woman's goal to get married asap so a man could take care of her. Of course, back then, marriage was "till death" for real.. once you got married that was it.

These days there's no need for that - a woman is perfectly able to take care of herself without need of a man. She can be more selective or pursue other goals before marriage, or never get married at all. So why not "live in sin"?

Obviously those laws aren't enforced tho so does it really matter that they're still on the book :)

[Amora]

What I mean by trying on pants is there are certain things you find out about someone only by living day to day with them. And there are a lot of nasty habits that I could not tolerate. Better to find out before you purchase him. Just like jeans that ride up your butt, I don't want a man doing that either! (LOL)

[bloodstone20]

duh. They tought us about sex in forth grade. And showed us badly drawn pictures (ugh!!!!).

[ladyrowan]

Originally posted by Amora
What I mean by trying on pants is there are certain things you find out about someone only by living day to day with them. And there are a lot of nasty habits that I could not tolerate. Better to find out before you purchase him. Just like jeans that ride up your butt, I don't want a man doing that either! (LOL)

:eek: 8O 8O 8O

BB

[Amora]

Originally posted by bloodstone20
duh. They tought us about sex in forth grade. And showed us badly drawn pictures (ugh!!!!).

Say what???

[Sequoia]

duh. They tought us about sex in forth grade. And showed us badly drawn pictures (ugh!!!!).


Oh yeah?

did they show you the stupid cartoon of the two cats in bed and the bed bouncing halfway to the cealing with er.. . funny. . . noises? And then you see two humans doing that too? :rolleyes: I swear. . . and they WONDER why so many teenagers are getting pregnant. . .

[ladyrowan]

Originally posted by Mystique
Living in "sin" booms in America's bible belt.

WASHINGTON -- The number of unmarried Americans who live
together as Wife and husband has leapt by 72% over the past
10 years, with the most significant increases in bible belt states,
according to the latest census.--- Daily Telegraph.

It's on the increase here too, but I don't have statistics to hand.

What makes me laugh is that on the news today, we're told that divorce has gone down to the lowest level in 20 years.
They're taking it as great news that the government's stand on 'family values' (ie, all families should have married - to each other - parents) is really working.

No-one seems to have worked out that if less and less people are getting married in the first place, of course there will be less divorces 8O 8O 8O

BB

[Semele]

Originally posted by bloodstone20
duh. They tought us about sex in forth grade. And showed us badly drawn pictures (ugh!!!!).

Fortunately there is more to a marriage than sex. Somethings you just can't be "taught" in school.