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Does The Fact That 60% Of Births In Northern Ireland Are To Unmarried Mothers Suggest That We Are...

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sandyRoe | 09:17 Wed 23rd Sep 2015 | News
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...'swinging towards a promiscuous society'?
They're the words of a Free Presbyterian minister, Rev David McIlveen, who is a dour and stolid man who likely used 'swinging' here with no sense of irony.

"Overall, these figures are very sad, and reflect that we are swinging towards a promiscuous society," said Rev McIlveen.

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I was about to counter your point, but at the last moment, I understood. You're correct.
It's a stereotype. I was a young teenage mother and have never lived in social housing.

The thought of getting pregnant and committing at least 18 years of your life to that child, to get a council house, is ridiculous in my mind.
Marriage is irrelevant so such a stat is only harking back to old ethics. A good family situation for the child to grow in, is more important.
Is there a town called Wedlock in NI and if there is, are the residents so busy being earnest and right on that they never see the gag?
I only found out last week that there's a street called Muff Crescent in the town of Nobber in the south...made me chuckle :-)
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The Rev McIlveen is tireless in seeking out sin. If there was a townland of Wedlock here he'd he whipping sinners there to formalise their relationships.
He also does a nifty line in picketing blasphemous shows in local theatres. There's not a production of Joseph and his dreamcoat that doesn't see him outside the Opera House denouncing all and sundry and promising eternal damnation.
It's erroneous (and typical of antiquated religion based viewpoint) to equate a decline in marriage with a rise in promiscuity. You can be unmarried in a stable monogamous relationship, or unmarried, not in a relationship but just not promiscuous.

Marriage is increasingly being seen as an outdated and unecessary institution, that's all.
I seem to meet more unmarried familes than married these days !

Living over the brush, as my old Mum would have said.
mikey - //Living over the brush, as my old Mum would have said.//

Now there's a phrase you don't hear very often these days!

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