I don't quite get it. Why do Hollywood couples (many of them anyway) have this need to produce a child without first getting married? It seems endemic, at least in the media reports. Last week it was Matthew McConaughey and his gal pal. This week I was disappointed to hear about Chris Noth and his girlfriend were expecting an illegitimate child.
Oh such charged words those are. Illegitimate, out-of-wedlock, love child, and on and on. Yet where are the morals, the ethics, the concern for the child's future well-being?
My disappointment about Noth, who I seldom have seen in anything I watch, is that he is from Madison, Wisconsin, my home city since I was 18. I generally cling to good old Midwestern values and hoped he might too. Of course, Wisconsin had Spencer Tracy too.
My concern is really for the child's future. He or she will eventually know that his or her parents conceived their bundle of joy before marrying. If the couple is no longer together, it is just more baggage that kid will carry around for a lifetime. If a couple is committed enough to have a child, then shouldn't they be committed to a marriage as well?
They can't be ignorant of birth control options, or of what causes babies. So why do they feel that as icons and models for others, that this behavior is acceptable?
Oh such charged words those are. Illegitimate, out-of-wedlock, love child, and on and on. Yet where are the morals, the ethics, the concern for the child's future well-being?
My disappointment about Noth, who I seldom have seen in anything I watch, is that he is from Madison, Wisconsin, my home city since I was 18. I generally cling to good old Midwestern values and hoped he might too. Of course, Wisconsin had Spencer Tracy too.
My concern is really for the child's future. He or she will eventually know that his or her parents conceived their bundle of joy before marrying. If the couple is no longer together, it is just more baggage that kid will carry around for a lifetime. If a couple is committed enough to have a child, then shouldn't they be committed to a marriage as well?
They can't be ignorant of birth control options, or of what causes babies. So why do they feel that as icons and models for others, that this behavior is acceptable?
