I’d be interested in learning what the difference in numbers living together is now compared to the 70’s.
Personally, if there are no children involved, and the couple is in their 20’s or older, I don’t have a problem with living together before marriage.
And if we glue some turkey feathers on the unicorn, he'll be able to fly!
When a man and a woman have sexual intercourse, it's not long before "children are involved" ... children who are then either born in the shack-up/unshack relationship, or are aborted.
How, after 40 years of sex education, have we ended up with a population - irrespective of their age or level of schooling - that is apparently totally ignorant of the fact that sex makes babies? Elementary-school children are taught about personal behavior that would make ancient Romans vomit, but adult women with college degrees are shocked, SHOCKED! when they "fall pregnant." For example:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2726703/posts