Longhorn85
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Apparently the full-scale attack by the liberal elitists on the institution of marriage and family in America is beginning to take root.
Unfortunately those who will suffer will be those living outside of this established, healthy, social norm:
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As marriage with children becomes an exception rather than the norm, social scientists say it is also becoming the self-selected province of the college-educated and the affluent. The working class and the poor, meanwhile, increasingly steer away from marriage, while living together and bearing children out of wedlock.
"The culture is shifting, and marriage has almost become a luxury item, one that only the well educated and well paid are interested in," said Isabel V. Sawhill, an expert on marriage and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/03/AR2007030300841.html?sub=AR
Unfortunately those who will suffer will be those living outside of this established, healthy, social norm:
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As marriage with children becomes an exception rather than the norm, social scientists say it is also becoming the self-selected province of the college-educated and the affluent. The working class and the poor, meanwhile, increasingly steer away from marriage, while living together and bearing children out of wedlock.
"The culture is shifting, and marriage has almost become a luxury item, one that only the well educated and well paid are interested in," said Isabel V. Sawhill, an expert on marriage and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/03/AR2007030300841.html?sub=AR