LETTERS: WILL THIS BE THE GENERATION OF DEATH?

To the editor:

We have been the most blessed of any nation ever, yet we now have an estimated 22,000 homicides in the United States each year. We have literally millions of arrests each year, but few convictions. And if convicted they may serve one-fourth their sentence. Is that justice?

We are seeing drugs destroy our youth, ruining their minds, ruining their future. Marriage isn't respected and has less than a 50 percent lasting commitment. Divorce is granted for almost any trivial reason.

According to the Census Bureau, the rising birth rate among unwed mothers has climbed more than 70 percent from 1983 to 1993, and during this time those who have been divorced has tripled to 16.7 million. During 1993 6.3 million children younger than 18 lived with a single parent who had never been married.

Why is all this? It is because we don't accept responsibility. It is because we have poor or no morals. It is because we freely expect and accept welfare. And, sadly, it is because we have forgotten about God.

We must ask ourselves: Will we in coming generations be looked upon as the generation of death? When we see all these things happening, but we say nothing and we don nothing, are we giving up? If we are, we have lost a nation.

It is time to wake up. Nobody can do everything, but everybody can do something. If every person were to touch just one other person's life, it would make a difference.

We need conviction. We need purpose. We need prayer. We need to focus on the issues. And, yes, we do need good family life, with God as our instructor.

ROBERT HORRELL

Marble Hill