The marriage gap

La Shawn Barber has an excellent article about the growing number of out-of-wedlock births among the least educated members of the American public.

It's hard to believe that there are those who celebrate the growing reluctance of people to get married and fulfill their responsibilities. But then again, maybe no one should be surprised. Among many of our self-anointed secular progressive elites (they can be found by the truckload in the media and academia) there is a disturbing Utopian streak that seeks to remake society into a single progressive Whole without individual liberty to muddy the waters. Family and church tend to get in the way of this Whole, since men and women who are loyal to God and to their families are less likely to give unconditional allegiance the State. For that reason it's no wonder that the secular progressives hold traditional marriage in contempt.

This desire of secular progressives to remake society in their own image has led to some absurd extremes in the media. Witness the rock-star popularity of the MTV show Teen Mom, which (despite half-hearted denials) is a show dedicated to promoting single motherhood and multiple sex partners. The political environment is downright toxic: it is now almost impossible to discuss the connection between single motherhood and the rise in poverty and crime without being accused of "intolerance".

Here is the key quote from the article:

Thirty years ago, only two percent of babies born to highly educated mothers were outside marriage; today it’s six percent. Thirty years ago, moderately educated mothers had babies out of wedlock at the rate of 13 percent. Today, 44 percent of their babies are born out of wedlock. Fifty-four percent of babies born to the least-educated mothers are outside marriage.

These are sobering facts, yet to discuss them is forbidden in today's political climate. Even Christians seem frightened to bring this up.
Don't expect truth in a political system when the truth is politically lethal.

Ironically, simple economics may put an end to this situation before Christians find their voice. The present US Administration in on pace to run up more debt than all 43 previous Presidents combined. Public pension systems are drastically underfunded. Despite constant infusions of cash the public education system is melting down. A Greece-style collapse may put an end to the secular progressives' mad dreams of Utopia before the Church does.