[rocboy22]

Originally Posted by PoetTree

Because that's about your personal morality, not about what's intrinsically right or wrong. Marriage is a sham, by the way, that was invented by governments (hence, the "legal" institution of marriage) to assign ownership of property rights and possessions & prevent civil infighting between the offspring of wealthy landowners who fathered children with multiple women. As was often the case with governments throughout history, they partnered with the church... who told people it's what God wanted them to do... in order to further convince the masses to undergo the newly created marriage procedures. It was created as a way to protect personal wealth, and has since simply become the cultural norm.

[View Full Quote]I don't have a problem with marriage, and think it can be a beautiful and romantic thing for those who choose it. But I also am not about to judge someone because they don't choose it, either. It really is inconsequential, no matter what your own personal preference about it may be. Ray had sex with multiple women, and pregnancy often happens when you have sex.

This makes him a bad guy??

Do the women, in your mind, bear any of the responsibility?

I bet the child-support and the fact that their children have food, comfort, and housing means a great deal to them. And I bet you just about anything those kids love their dad. Based on how I've seen him interact with his kids, I bet he loves them.

That someone has made decisions that fall outside your personal morality lines does not make them a bad or irresponsible person. It just means they don't think like you.

You people who believe in a cookie-cutter society where there is only one right way to live... are awfully full of yourselves....

I agree