The article that I used for this abstract was titled "Let's Stop Harassing Couples Who Finally Commit."" This article talks about the movie "High Fidelity- and how every Catholic Priest should see it. The author of this article talks about how priests and parents are against cohabitation and how they feel it is a sin. It is a shame that some parents agree with these closed-minded and old-fashioned priests. .
Parents do not want their son to marry a "tramp- but that is exactly what they, the parents, percive her to be since she is living with their son prior to marriage. God forbid that a couple has pre-marital sex. My cousin is getting married in September and they had to get a priest who would marry them. Since they live together it was very hard to find a church that would marry them as well.
The author of this article, unlike the priests he spoke of, is very open-minded. It is not fair to have to go through hours and hours of counseling to make sure that you are right for each other. To me it is pretty stupid in fact. If you love someone enough to marry him or her than go for it. No one should have the right to say that you cannot be married in a church. That is just not right. And what about the couples that cannot afford to live separately before they are to be married. For example, my roommate is getting married next September as well. They cannot afford to get separate apartments after school because of money. However, the bride to be's parents will not allow her to live with him. That's not fair either because if they do live together, they can get some money saved to pay for the wedding, pay school loans, or even save for a down payment on a house.
The Article also talks about how if a couple wants to cohabitate than that should be no one's business but the couples. If after you graduate college and you want to live with your fiancé than rightfully so. It is a means to get your life together started and save some money as well.
