Is Shacking Up a Bigger Sin Than Getting a Divorce?

In May's issue of Ebony, they do a feature on shacking up. In the church, shacking up is viewed as a sin, a faux pas. But is there really something wrong with shacking up? Two people who were dating for a while decided to shack up to see if they were compatible enough to get married.

Ever since the sudden flux in divorce and separations, many people have begun to think twice about whether or not they want to get married. I think that if two people have dated long enough and they are considering marriage, there is nothing wrong with shacking up to see if you can stand his or her morning breath. What is the big deal with unmarried people living under the same roof anyway? If anything, why isn't the issue premarital sex?

Our culture is changing constantly. Hardly anyone is as religious as people were back in the dinosaur age when they found fault in everything you did. Two other people who shacked up did so because of the financial relief. Nowadays when the cost of milk is $20 a gallon and gas just may reach $100 a gallon, who DOESN'T need help financially.

What I don't agree with is babies shacking up. Everyone wants to get out of their parents homes as soon as they turn 18, and from personal experience I can tell you that it's not a good idea. According to the article in Ebony shacking up, just like almost everything else in the Bible, is up for interpretation. I do agree that there are rules and commandments against fornication and adultery. What I don't see is the eleventh commandment, Thou Shalt Not Shack Up. One woman shacked up with her boyfriend, got pregnant, only to find out that they weren't meant to be together after all. This is can definitely be described as one of the downfalls of shacking up. If you're going to shack up, you have to remember that you are not married. You still should protect yourself and try not to get pregnant before you get married. But, as they say s*it happens.