Beaten to the punch again, again

In response to my earlier post commending Frederica Mathewes-Green’s “Let’s Have More Teen Pregancy,” which advocated for earlier marriage and child-bearing than is the norm today in these United States, A. Nonymous commented (in part), “I can agree with most of her statements; however, she doesn't address how to reverse the situation in an increasingly secular culture.”

That’s certainly true, in one sense. In my opinion, though, “practical steps for change” aren’t all that necessary. In a climate such as ours today, Mathewes-Green does a great service by pointing out that the status quo need not be the status quo, that things have been done differently and humanity survived. Simply believing people can marry and have children in their late teens without disaster would be a quite nice start to reversing the present situation.