Orthodox tackle premarital sex dilemma
"Orthodox lay leaders and rabbis met in Jerusalem Monday night to discuss the growing phenomenon of premarital sexual relations among religious couples."
This is where the modern orthodox have gone completely astray. This is both against halacha and against the spirit of Judaism. This is the western culture of gratification taking over. The answer is not to give in and condone improper behavior but to educate and teach people proper behavior.
R' Shachter has said many times that chazal when they found that people were violating an עבירה or not being careful about something made a גזירה to move people further away from the עבירה, today the modern orthodox answer is the opposite, permit it.
