Palace is in my DNA now, whether I like it or not. And my primary interest in them is solely about their winning. Never really cared a jot for the style of football but merely the reality that we walk away with the points/win.

But I am not a football fan. In fact, increasingly see all forms of professional sport as nothing more than the bread and circuses beloved of the Elites by way of diverting attention from all kinds. Football especially, the 20th century and beyond 'opium of the masses'.

However, I bleed red and blue. Always will do. Not proud of that nor ashamed. Just a fact. But if I had my chance again? Then probably avoid.

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." - 1984 - George Orwell.

I am Catholic so tend to care what it thinks, and am willling to argue around that but if you are not Catholic, then fine, just ignore.

But the issue around children being born out of wedlock is one that should concern us all.

The benefits to wider society by having high levels of children born into traditional wedded families is staggering.

Even ignoring all the religious stuff, the evolutionary advantages enjoyed by groups that place a high value on marriage and which contain a group shamming of people who do not abide by that convention is incredible.

You want kids and want them to do well in life? Then get married before you have them. That single factor alone will benefit them, and everybody else by default.

Marriage exists for a reason. Has evolved that way. And should not be taken lightly. Of crucial importance.

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." - 1984 - George Orwell.

what is the evidence for kids that grow up without a father in the home ? kids, especially boys, without a good male role-model, nor even an average one.

Evidence in terms of :

- academic performance
- delinquency

- drink & drugs
- problems with the law

- health & longevity
- progression of career & relationships

Do the countries with all the social problems also have all the broken homes ? Boris Johnson is now our role model, our leader, our exemplar of manhood. 7 by 3. Good Conservative Family values.

For sure, some kids of single mothers do turn out fine.
But what proportion of the stabbers & victims across london are from broken homes ? 80% of these young men ? 90% ?

Edited by PalazioVecchio (31 May 2021 5.02pm)

Eze Peasy at Anfield....

even as an atheist, i value the notion of a couple being committed to each other.

Governments should give them more tax breaks, meanwhile giving less incentives to the single-parent lifestyle.

some teenage girls in our 'hood see being a single mum as a life goal....maybe they should see being with a fella longterm as a better goal ?

some boys in our hood want to do a Boris. Have baby-mummies carrying their progeny all across London...with little contribution to the bills and other work.

Eze Peasy at Anfield....

I can imagine what you mean. I just tend to look at church weddings as a bit of a throwback. More a personal opinion. I tend to think civil ceremonies, or legal partnerships are just as valid as church weddings. I can imagine where that throws up certain current issues too.

Red and Blue Army!

Any religious 'marriage' is not a throw-back. That is the norm. How humanity evolved.

Again, kids who parents were married in Church before they were born are statistically less likely to end up in jail, to misuse drugs, and will grow up into people who make a contribution to society as opposed to being a drag on it.

The reason why the West is in so, so much trouble can be traced back to the decline in this acceptance of this as the ideal, a concept to be embraced and celebrated. .

If you consider yourself on the Right, I truly cannot understand how you can not be in favour of the traditional family unit as the centre stone of it all.

That is the purpose of it. The entire point. And why the Left are hell-bent on destroying it. The more they convince people that it is fine to just have babies when you want and not worry about raising them with two parents, the more we sink into the mire.

I guarantee that of those girls who were abused up North, less than 10% came from families where the parents had married in Church and done so before they had them. The family unit protects and nourishes, along with embracing much wider family connections that encourage all kinds of positive behaviour.

Of course, we can all quote incidences where single parents are wonderful and families an utter nightmare but those are the exceptions, not the norms.

You want to be a true rebel in this day and age then get married in a Church. And be bloody proud of that because you are part of the Resistance.

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." - 1984 - George Orwell.