How sweet is the assurance, how comforting is the peace that come from the knowledge that if we marry right and live right, our relationship will continue, notwithstanding the certainty of death and the passage of time. Men may write love songs and sing them. They may yearn and hope and dream. But all of this will be only a romantic longing unless there is an exercise of authority that transcends the powers of time and death. . Gordon B. Hinckley
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In his book, The Fountainhead, Ayn Rand expresses a deep concern for what she believes is the soul of human beings. Her philosophy is grounded in the concept that all men are born with an inborn drive to survive and that this drive, in a proper social order, leads to a free society. She believes in a law of survival and in a man’s right to defend himself and others against aggression. These two ideas are at the heart of her belief system.

This idea is based on the belief that men will not mate with women unless they have been given to them by their parents. Men will not marry without having been given permission by their future spouse. In this sense, men must have courtship permission from women to mate with them.

Therefore, when a man sleeps with a woman without being married to her, he is committing adultery because he has broken the social contract between himself and her family.

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