"Cohabitation; a Recipe for Marital Ruin"

[mdgspencer]

Living together without marriage is becoming increasingly popular, but it can involve high social and emotional costs, says a new report, which brings together the results of hundreds of research papers.
www.zenit.org/article-17638?l=english

 

[Bookcat]

“In this context we cannot overlook the serious pastoral problem presented by the widespread practice of cohabitation, often by couples who seem unaware that it is gravely sinful, not to mention damaging to the stability of society.” --Pope Benedict XVI

 

[manualman]

All of the church’s unpopular teachings on human sexuality stem from this wholistic truth: marriage, intercourse and babies are NOT separate topics. They are a complex and interelated system which functions as a net positive in long term human health when their interelated nature is respected. When attempts are made to separate one or more off from the group the whole is ruined and goes from a mighty positive force, to a disasterously destructive one.