tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post7108499777502758809..comments2024-03-27T09:44:59.329-04:00Comments on Free North Carolina: Underage Dating: The Elephant in the Social Conservative Living-RoomBrock Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-33808383090118564102013-04-29T18:25:04.710-04:002013-04-29T18:25:04.710-04:00But something has changed. We dated in our middl...But something has changed. We dated in our middle teens and up, but divorce was frowned upon then.Brock Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-49579716104445792062013-04-29T17:46:00.191-04:002013-04-29T17:46:00.191-04:00I once heard someone call teen dating, "divor...I once heard someone call teen dating, "divorce practice". <br /><br />They called it that because the same emotions come into play when the boyfriend/girlfriend break up that one encounters in a divorce -- namely, the heartbreak. <br /><br />Do it enough, and one's heart becomes hardened and divorce will come easily. Sandersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-64234489090174785062013-04-28T22:36:16.097-04:002013-04-28T22:36:16.097-04:00Some excellent points and thanks.Some excellent points and thanks.Brock Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-11971223239833535022013-04-28T21:20:41.671-04:002013-04-28T21:20:41.671-04:00Excellent article, but one that dances around anot...Excellent article, but one that dances around another elephant: "...social conservatives may proclaim the virtues of pre-marital abstinence and fidelity, their actions don’t line up with their words. They behave as though they expect our young people to embrace or at least abide by the values we preach to them, all the while continuing to direct them in lifestyle choices that foster the opposite principles and attitudes."<br /><br />The article laments the high rate of divorces-and children of divorce-that one typically encounters these days, but doesn't seem to realize that when conservatives bleat about 'preserving traditional marriage' they're bleating about an institution of which few of them apparently partake. Certainly under-age dating is a reflection of the general hypersexualization of our youth and more rapid assumption of adult roles. However, for someone on their third spouse to espouse 'traditional marriage' isn't very effective.<br /><br />Young people can smell hypocrisy a mile away. More social conservatives need to realize this, and do more walking, and less talking.Hype And Failhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01303538046088087655noreply@blogger.com