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View Poll Results: What do you think of people who get pregnant before getting married?
I think less of them- sex before marriage is wrong 16 45.71%
It's OK because it is the 21st Century 15 42.86%
It's OK as long as it was a mistake and they were trying to have children before marriage 4 11.43%
Voters: 35. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 07-09-2014, 04:00 PM
 
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#3 in your poll doesn't make any sense. It can't be a "mistake if they were trying to have children before marriage.
I interpreted that one the way I felt-I figured he meant they meant to get married anyway but got pregnant.

It happened to my brother, and he and his wife are still married 31 years later and have 5 beautiful daughters.
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Old 07-09-2014, 04:03 PM
 
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Meh. I live in a place where we have some of the lowest marriage rates on earth; 3.0 per 1,000 people.
People just set up house together and babies just come. No need to have an airborne omnipotent Superman give his blessing.
I think that's good for you, since any decent member of the opposite sex probably wouldn't marry you anyway. Unless they are actively seeking out an anti-social person who loves to insult people.
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Old 07-09-2014, 04:16 PM
 
Location: The Republic of Texas
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I assume women who get pregnant out of wedlock are lazy, careless, and/or selfish.

There is no reasonable excuse to become pregnant by accident.

Women own 1/2 the world and all of the pu*sy....

Men are granted permission from the one that holds all the candy.
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Old 07-09-2014, 04:54 PM
 
Location: Montreal, Quebec
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I think that's good for you, since any decent member of the opposite sex probably wouldn't marry you anyway. Unless they are actively seeking out an anti-social person who loves to insult people.
Lol! You should take a gander at your own posts.
Anti-social? Do you even know what that means? I don't think you do.
Give me an example of my anti-social posts. I'll wait.
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Old 07-09-2014, 04:56 PM
 
Location: By the sea, by the sea, by the beautiful sea
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I assume women who get pregnant out of wedlock are lazy, careless, and/or selfish.

There is no reasonable excuse to become pregnant by accident.
The I guess we should assume you're ignorant of the fact that no method of contraception is 100% effective, eh? And it would seem you're not too aware that pregnancies aren't accomplished by women alone either, or are you just happy to give men a pass on being equally lazy, careless, and/or selfish?
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Old 07-09-2014, 05:16 PM
 
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Single mothers have been elevated in our society to an almost saint like level. Women often proudly admit that they are a single mother to get sympathy from others or in many cases they think that it is cause for respect. In reality, most single mothers have made poor choices by not being selective about who they sleep around with and mainly have themselves to blame for their own predicament.
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Old 07-10-2014, 05:40 AM
 
Location: Barrington
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I assume women who get pregnant out of wedlock are lazy, careless, and/or selfish.

There is no reasonable excuse to become pregnant by accident.
I assume both the man and woman who engage in unprotected sex without the emotional maturity and financial resources to raise a child are emotionally immature and irresponsible. Given 40?% of all US births are paid for by Medicaid, it's obvious a heck of a lot of men and women are seriously irresponsible.

There is no reasonable excuse for an accident. Heck, there are no accidents. Everyone knows the consequences of unprotected sex.
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Old 07-10-2014, 05:50 AM
 
Location: Barrington
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They are only counting non married, unplanned pregnancy.

Even most married couples don't plan their children, they just happen.
Children are the consequence of unprotected sex between a man and woman. Unless both are mentally defective, they know the potential consequences.
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Old 07-10-2014, 05:55 AM
 
Location: Barrington
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Unwed pregnancy is the topic, Memphis. Most unmarried, pregnant women planned their pregnancy, almost 2/3. Married pregnancies are irrelevant to this particular discussion.
Where did you get the 2/3 from?

Engaging in unprotected sex means both the man and woman are rolling the dice in terms of outcome.
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Old 07-10-2014, 05:57 AM
 
Location: Barrington
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Yes, but we started talking about "unplanned" pregnancies.

My point is, most pregnancies are unplanned, married, single, whatever. Most people don't plan to have a baby.
Seems to contradict the most common outcome of unprotected sex between a man and woman.
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