true ... and behaving properly is the only sure fire way to do that. Relenting your responsibility to a pill or a device to become a shield to your intentional act is pitiful ... but consistent with the way our societal values have degenerated.
I've been sorely blessed with a couple of young men placed in my care to raise. I know they've been challenged in this and they've honorably resisted.
They have their girlfriends and they treat them with respect ... not as play toys ... nor as status emblems/arm candy/etc. The biggest reason for this is the example they had. I wasn't perfect in my relationship with my wife, but it's been one of almost 27 married years of integrity. Their grandparents, my folks and hers, one man/one woman for 50 years each ... until Dad passed last year ... and even Mom's parents until Paw Paw passed in '11. Ditto wifee's grandparents. The boys observed that for 20 and 18 years (well ... ok ... deduct their "infink" years). Example is STILL the standard.
The relationship between them and me is making the transition from "Father" to friend. They are both legal adults, now, and still in need of guidance which I am ready to provide, but clearly they live their own lives and I'm proud of them for that. Hopefully I can make that transition like my father so aptly did 30 years ago.
Abortion is bad. It takes what that unborn baby has (security/nourishment) ... and it takes what it would have had; a chance to live. It kills the baby and it strikes a blow to our collective conscience.
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