Essay:Marry a Conservative

There is much good advice that can be given to teenagers and people in their 20s and 30s. But the best advice of all is this: marry a conservative.

Benefits include:

• freedom from sexually transmitted diseases and their harm (including infertility)
• fidelity in marriage and accountability
• lack of hostility to faith, no censorship of prayer
• frugality and freedom from burdens of big spending and debt
• respect for the Ten Commandments and opposition to deceit
• respect for a work ethic, and rejection of an entitlement mentality
• appreciates the importance of a conservative culture in raising children
• no confusion over who is the homemaker and who is the breadwinner; recognizing the benefits of division of labor
• recognizing that values do matter and do have serious consequences
• having values powerful enough to overcome addiction, such as drinking, gambling, pornography, obesity and smoking
• freedom from the liberal media and Hollywood values, and their misguided promotions and fads
• a relationship where issues and problems can be openly discussed, free from the ideological shackles of Liberal beliefs, Liberal denial and political correctness.

True Case Studies

Example One

Ralph was a conservative who attended a graduate school having a predominantly liberal culture. There he fell in love with a woman who was quite liberal and held a very different set of values. With six months he realized he had made a mistake, and within a year filed for divorce.

However, Ralph belong to a churchthat did not accept divorce, and it took him another four grueling years to obtain an annulment.

What became the worst experience of his life could have been avoided had he realized the benefits of marrying a conservative.

Example Two

Suzy was attractive, and promiscuous. Joe, a conservative, liked Suzy and was impressed by her ability to excel at a top college and even succeed at a good graduate school. Joe decided it did not matter if Suzy did not share his conservative values, and Joe married Suzy.

For the next 25 years Joe tried with Suzy to have children, without success. What caused the infertility can never be known with certainty, but it is known that half of promiscuous people carry sexually transmitted diseases, and that these diseases cause infertility.

Example Three

Beth was a conservative woman who liked Bob, a liberal man. Beth put her reservations aside and married Bob, and then gave Bob the best 30 years of her life. Beth had children with Bob and raised them to college.

Then, around age 50, Bob decided he'd like to date younger women. He divorced Beth against her wishes, and now she lives alone.

Bob's actions were consistent with the Hollywood values he preferred. Beth's actions in staying with Bob and raising the children during her younger years were consistent with her conservative values. But now Bob is happy, while Beth is not.