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Cheap sex is a disaster for the Church

Sex has become cheap — that is, not hard to get — because it’s much less risky and consequential in the era of birth control. Perceived barriers to marriage, meanwhile, are getting higher — prompting greater marital delay and fewer marriages overall. Add to that Christians’ elevated standards for marriage and you have a recipe for wholesale retreat. [1]