Ending the culture of death via marriage

...is the subject of Dr. Marvin Olasky's column in this week's copy of World Magazine. As is usual, his logic is compelling; given that the vast majority of abortions involve out of wedlock pregnancy, a return to respect for marriage would likely greatly reduce abortion rates--by at least an order of magnitude.

Knowing this, it is a shame that so many otherwise pro-life men refer to their wives as a "ball and chain", or view marriage as some infringement on their lives. Is this how we treat our "spare rib", the one who shares all with us? Is it any wonder that we have over a million abortions (and hundreds of thousands of divorces) each year with attitudes like that?

Let's start a practice of bragging about the joys of marriage instead. I'll start.

My wife is my constant companion, consolation, helpmate, and encourager. She's the faithful homeschooling mom of our four children, the caretaker of our home. She also is the one who bought me my pickup, my power tools, my bicycle, many of my books, and my guns.

No "Bond girl," or series of them, can compete with that. Certainly no bar experience can compete with it. Let's remind our friends of this fact.