Society should show restraint

In his book "The Suppression of Christianity," William Overstreet states there are more than 1.3 million out-of-wedlock births in the U.S. each year. Michael Tanner, of the Cato Institute, testified before Congress that "children raised in single-parent homes are one-third more likely to exhibit anti-social behavior. . . . Black children raised in single-parent households are twice as likely to commit crimes as black children from a family where the father is present. . . . Seventy percent of juveniles in state reform institutions come from fatherless homes."

Frank Gardiner

Provo