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TechnoratiThat may explain why nearly half of Californians support same-sex “marriage,” for example. Marriage, to many, has become simply an institution about two individuals - not about the families that are to be built through them. This applies both to homosexual individuals as well as heterosexual individuals. And marriage is something that can be easily tossed away, as evident in the one-in-two marriages that end in divorce.
And while there are not yet solid conclusions on why drop-out rates in California public schools are so high, it’s almost certainly going to be tied with weak family households among other related factors.
Sadly enough, the relationship between a healthy society and the value placed on family escapes many in California. And because it’s out of sight, it’s out of mind.
So even moderate-to-strong shocks – such as the recent drop-out rate findings – are not enough to get California urgently moving to strengthen family values.
What does get Californians moving, however, are jolts like Tuesday’s quake, which follows calculations by scientists earlier this year stating that California faces a 99.7 percent chance of a magnitude-6.7 quake or larger in the next 30 years.
But isn’t there something more serious hitting the state?
If California does not make bigger strides to tackle these “value” matters as urgently as it does obesity, pollution, and earthquakes, it will find itself having to face the very difficult task of repairing the damage caused by the “Big One” that will strike from a break in society’s foundation.
Daniel Paul »
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