” So really, these women in the ghetto have the opportunities to get out, they just don’t have the choice.”
It certainly does not help them in life not having a father. If they grow up never knowing a father then why on earth would they want to have a husband? Think about it. It is all they have ever known. Their mama had babies by several men so they will too. Yes it’s learned behavior. No one ever taught them it’s wrong.
When you try like one pastor did by refusing to baptize a baby by a single mother the church gets hell for it.
Here’s a link for that story:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsPe2RGkA50
I’ve never seen a bunch of people so lost.
It is wrong to punish the child (by withholding a sacrament) for the actions of a parent, just as it is wrong to kill a child for convenience.