{"id":4281,"date":"2010-11-18T13:20:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-18T13:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2010\/11\/despite-fifty-years-of-propaganda-6-out-of-10-americans-dont-think-marriage-is-becoming-obsolete.html"},"modified":"2010-11-18T13:20:00","modified_gmt":"2010-11-18T13:20:00","slug":"despite-fifty-years-of-propaganda-6-out-of-10-americans-dont-think-marriage-is-becoming-obsolete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2010\/11\/despite-fifty-years-of-propaganda-6-out-of-10-americans-dont-think-marriage-is-becoming-obsolete.html","title":{"rendered":"Despite fifty years of propaganda, 6 out of 10 Americans don’t think marriage is becoming obsolete"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

See how easy that was?\u00a0 Notice the focus.\u00a0 A whopping 6 out of 10 Americans still think marriage will be around for a while because it\u2019s important.\u00a0 Of course most news stories are covering it the other way, focusing on the fact that\u00a04 out of 10 Americans, according to a Pew Research survey, believe marriage is becoming obsolete<\/a>.\u00a0 You might be justified for taking that approach.\u00a0 After all, that\u2019s up from almost 3 out of 10 in 1978.\u00a0 It is also the logical consequence of opening up the definition of marriage to any two or more people who want to call their relationship a marriage.\u00a0 But considering that our public education system, our higher education system, the bulk of our national news media, and most of our venues of popular\u00a0culture have been promoting the European style death of marriage for almost four generations now, I\u2019m rather shocked at how many still think it will be around.\u00a0 When virtually every avenue of information is in near agreement that something is old fashioned, archaic, a source of oppression and bigotry, and \u2013 most importantly \u2013 stands in the way of the nation of narcissistic hedonism where I should care about myself above all other things, I\u2019m still amazed at how many folks reflexively cling to what has typically worked, even if it involves such painful concepts as self sacrifice and commitment.\u00a0 Perhaps they can\u2019t help but notice that Europe, the basic model for most American progressive attitudes, is plunging into the Abyss even as we speak.\u00a0 Maybe it shows the power and influence that religious belief \u2013 which typically tends to support such anachronistic notions as marriage \u2013 has on people.\u00a0 Or maybe Americans have just looked across the landscape and noticed that the increasing march toward hedonism and narcissism progressive style, seems to mirror America\u2019s plunge into the Abyss of has-been nations along with its European mentor.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

See how easy that was?\u00a0 Notice the focus.\u00a0 A whopping 6 out of 10 Americans still think marriage will be around for a while because it\u2019s important.\u00a0 Of course most news stories are covering it the other way, focusing on the fact that\u00a04 out of 10 Americans, according to a Pew Research survey, believe marriage […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2805,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nDespite fifty years of propaganda, 6 out of 10 Americans don't think marriage is becoming obsolete<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"See how easy that was?  Notice the focus.  A whopping 6 out of 10 Americans still think marriage will be around for a while because it's\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" 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