High-minded discussions can’t just be high-minded discussions. They need to be the bread and butter of our churches and schools and family lives. We’re not perfect, so our lives will never be perfect. But the train hasn’t left the station until we all decide marriage is not something we value.

On the specific story here: I wish the name Bristol Palin never appeared in any political commentary, but here we are. It’s hard enough to be a teenager. It’s hard enough to be a high-school student. It’s hard enough to understand your boyfriend. It’s hard enough to be a pregnant teenager. It’s hard enough to be a young mother. It’s hard enough to be an unwed mother. And in Bristol Palin’s young life, she’s had to have all of this watched and written about. Let the girl live in peace with her child.

And, please, no Greta cameras this time.