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By: DWLuttrell

The Moral Decline in America


The lack of proper moral instruction has led to many problems in America. The questions have
been asked, Who are you to judge me, or, By whose morals, but someone asking such questions may
be reflecting upon the wrong questions. Stronger questions those people should be asking is, What is
morality and possibly, In what country do I live. Dictionary.com defines moral as, of, relating to, or
concerned with the principles or rules of right conduct or the distinction between right and wrong; ethical
(moral, def. 1). Some citizens of America are given moral values to live by most of their lives and for the
good of the community are to instill them into others. These citizens are known as the Boy Scouts of
America. Boy Scouts take an oath, part of it being to keep their morality training and to help other people,
"On my honor I will do my best to do my duty to God and my country and to obey the Scout Law; to help
other people at all times; to keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight" (Boyles,
2005, para. 1).
American Boy Scouts are trained to help people figure out the American standards of morality through the
precepts taught to them such as bravery. Bravery is a law to scouts (as scouts are called), and even if
scared to say what a Boy Scout believes is right, it is part of ones duty. Going through Boy Scout training,
and observing some school programs, sometimes it appears to be two opposite ends of a spectrum.
Instead of moral education in schools, people talking usually leads to sex education and youths. It is not
surprising to see such turpitude in young people taking place in society, and it can be demonstrated
anywhere from MTV to people dirty dancing in night clubs as the younger generation gets older.
As degeneracy spreads, many ills have come to the United States. Divorce rates are soaring at
40-50 percent, and although it may seem socially acceptable, as morality is on the decline so is the country.
Children grow up with single parent families because people have sex out of wedlock, or maybe even lose
their parents to a sexually transmitted disease. The who cares attitude is leading to many folks not paying
attention to the judgement of the ones who are to teach American morals. Lack of morality is an
outstanding problem today because without these guidelines society is on a steady decline.
Accordingly, divorce rates are very high in the United States. It is easier for couples to get a
divorce today than it has ever been, and the country is suffering for it. Family collapse is the root cause of
a host of social problems, including poverty, crime, drug abuse, and academic underachievement (Rector,
1996, para. 4). Children sit at home yearning to see their mother or father, yet instead of nurturing the
child, the parents fight each other in courtroom battles. Having no way out of the marriage, couples only
option would be compromising rather than divorcing because of no alternatives. According to Kazdin, 90
percent of people marry by age 50 about 40 to 50 percent of married couples in the United States
divorce. The divorce rate for subsequent marriages is even higher (as cited by the American Psychological
Association, Marriage and divorce, 2015, para. 1). The American legal system is bogged down with divorce
lawyers and child support cases. Tax payers actually have to pay for a special judge to sit over spousal
separation proceedings, but in reality, that court shouldnt exist.
Many channels could be tapped into to cure the high divorce rate. Along with sex education in
schools (or instead of), courses could be designed focusing on how to find the right partner and how to
make better life decisions. A course designed in such a manner is not unthinkable. Many intelligent and
content couples could collaborate to write a book for a class. At the same time, stiff penalties could be

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enacted by legislature to deter married couples from separating. People should be forced to live with their
decisions, but todays society doesnt seem to believe so. Instead of living with their own unfortunate
decisions, other people have to pay for them, such as their children or even taxpayers. Harsh penalties for
men and women could be enacted for extramarital affairs. A $2,000 fine would definitely make him or her
think again about cheating on his or her spouse. The thought of paying for an action may keep a tempted
spouses eye on its own partner rather than the one across the street or the one of his or her neighbor.
Many countries around the world such as the Middle East and in Africa give the death penalty if a spouse
cheats on his or her partner, so it isnt unthinkable, no matter how insensitive or politically incorrect as it
may seem. In those places, it is entirely politically correct.
Likewise, children being born out of wedlock is a moral problem. Two peoples night in a bar may
turn into a lifetime of misery for a child after two immoral drunken degenerates have a one night stand. The
drunkards have sex without respect for a being they might accidentally create. Children born out of
wedlock are seven times more likely to be poor than children born to couples who are married (Rector,
1996, para. 4). It isnt the childrens fault, but it is how their lives tend to turn out. People can bury their
heads in the sand about it and make up terms such as insensitive, yet insults will never change the facts.
Unmarried parents often have fewer resources, and their children display inferior outcomes compared to
those raised by two married parents. (Lue, & Heiland, 2012, page 17). The facts from 1996 to today never
change. The real insensitive ones are the people who have children without planning on it, or the ones with
planned pregnancies but cant take care of the children. People in todays world are too scared to speak
the truth because it may hurt someones feelings; however, being sensitive to others feelings isnt always
the best for them. Children born out of wedlock are more likely to wind up on welfare burdening the tax
payers, and the lack of the single parents resources put the child in a crummy position.
Many ways exist to cure unwedded sexual activities, but they havent been enacted into law. Im
optimistic they will be. Some women have children to get more welfare, so one could theorize cutting back
on welfare programs may make those people think twice about having children. Another way to cure
premarital sex would be to have fewer abortion clinics with stricter guidelines for abortions by restricting
abortions to rape victims. If abortions were restricted, people would surely take fewer risks in their sex
lives. The lack of clinics would force them into back alley abortions which can be more dangerous, and it
would be out of public view making it less popular or heard of. It is better if abortions are harder to get and
not easier as a whole. Women have been getting back alley abortions since the time Roman slaves were
used as prostitutes, maybe even before, but it definitely would remove a psychological safety net residing in
peoples minds. Then folks couldnt just wake up and say, Were going to abort this baby in the safety and
comfort of a doctors office because we made poor decisions. Most people dont want to break the law, so
if going to get a back alley abortion is illegal, they could possibly go to jail. Not only is unwedded sex a
burden to the court system, but it is a burden to the medical community. Making premarital sex illegal, or
akin to prostitution, would probably be the best action for society as a whole. Forcing people produce a
marriage license before buying condoms would be a good way to prevent some people from having sex out
of wedlock. Maybe it would not stop all of them, but a lot of them. It is easy enough to infer anyone with a
sexually transmitted disease did not set out to get one. Sexually transmitted infection rates climbing is
evidence of either condoms not working well or the educational system wasting tax payer money with
sexual education programs. From 2012 to 2013 syphilis numbers increased by 10%, according to the
CDC, even if gonorrhea levels stayed about the same, and chlamydia levels fell by 1.5%, sexually

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transmitted disease rates are rising (CDC, 2013). Instructors telling children it is okay to have sex with a
condom is similar to handing a lit fire cracker to a toddler and telling the child not to be scared. The child is
going to hold onto the fire cracker thinking all is well and watch it, but eventually it is going to explode in its
face. Condoms break or fall off sometimes, eventually it happens, and similarly children arent scared of
fire crackers until they explode.
Additionally, American citizens lacking morality are less prone to follow the rules, but this in itself is
self-explanatory because morality is good conduct. Good conduct is following the guidelines put forth to
follow. Most rules are based around peoples conduct, but immoral people are always looking for loopholes
even when none exist. It isnt hard to find someone who stretches to truth to fit his or her own agenda
rather than what was intended by the laws. A correct description of someone trying to escape through
loopholes would be to call the individual immoral. When asked a question by an immoral person, morality
instructors may ask themselves, Why did you ask the question if you are not going to listen to the answer,
quite often. If one does not agree with the answer given, the person is typically going to perform an
ignorant action while trying to find a way around what he or she didnt want to hear.
Some cures for peoples abominable actions would be to enforce the code of conduct already in
place against such degenerates. Americans should be more proactive against the slackers in society by
having a greater presence in the community, but instead the loudest voice being heard today is of the
unruly. The typical person goes to work, does what is supposed to be done, and goes home. Citizens
shouldnt have to drive home through a mob rioting and littering in the streets paid for by the working ones
taxes while the people in the mob claim they cant find jobs. I know people who join those mobs. The ones
Im talking about do not look for a job and seem to do all they can to keep from getting one. It may not be
all of them are like that, but they are all I have to judge by. Maybe the worst part about todays world is
being criticized for speaking against degenerate peoples behavior while the anarchists and the immoral try
to get away with their crimes. It feels as if roles are being reversed, barbarians are taking over, or a child
trying to tell a parent what to do. Their chants may die down eventually by looking at the way people are
voting. The American majority is getting angry, and it is showing in the election polls!
In a word, morality is doing what is right by moral guidelines and having proper conduct. As
upsetting as it may be to individuals, Americans are tired of getting their voices stifled by what is called
political correctness even when it is not. Looking at schools, teachers seem to be doing their own
objectives while everyone else around him or her says a teacher isnt allowed to. Political views have no
place in the classroom, the same as at a church, unless the lesson being taught by the teacher or preacher
is history. Boy Scouts and soldiers alike are taught what law calls True American patriotism which is
mostly ethics, and these degenerates keep trying to silence either one at any chance. One may say even
in peer review, such as a person saying, This doesnt go along with anything I stand for. I cant read this,
as was said by a student before about a paper of mine. Sometimes you will be asked to comment on a
paper that is antithetical to your point of view. It is important that your own position does not make you
overly critical and similarly, papers that exactly reinforce your reproach should not receive a less critical
view (Del Mar. & Hoffmann, 2015). That was not good conduct or moral. People protest at soldiers
funerals, saying God hates soldiers, but the book they claim to be using says God does not hate soldiers.
God exonerates those who fought for him. Those same people even get arrested shouting at
congressional meetings displaying their lack of discipline and order. It isnt even a shock anymore, but it is
tiring to watch on CSPAN or the news. Laws do not give individuals the right to be disorderly and immoral,

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no matter what people think, and quite often they are arrested. The law gives people the right to petition,
but when their petitions are struck down, some scream and holler like little babies. The immoral scream
about tolerance while displaying none themselves, only looking through a tyrants eyes, and having no will
to conform to standards. Just because the guidelines being displayed are not their own personal will, it
doesnt mean theyre unjust, nor does it mean they do not have to follow the rules in this country.
Displaying poor conduct and not conforming to standards is immorality, and morality is on the decline in
America.

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