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> If people are voluntarily opting out of marriage and family I'm not married, I'm in a long term committed relationship, I have kids. The article seems to thi

• caseysoftware 9y ago
  It doesn't say they're the same, just that they're correlated: > The decline of marriage correlates strongly with reduced fertility rates as well. Further, it looks at the data in aggregate so there can be lots of "but I.." comments without invalidating the data or the affecting the analysis.
• proactivesvcs 9y ago
  I'd say the article is actually inferring that marriage is what makes a family happy and stable. That and their use of the term "illegitimate" left me unable to finish the article. I'm sure some of it is my strong anti-marriage bias but it reads like being bound by contract and law is what makes a relationship and a family stable.
  • OJFord 9y ago
    > their use of the term "illegitimate" left me unable to finish the article That's a well established definition of the word; if you Google 'define illegitimate' you'll get: 1. not authorized by the law; not in accordance with accepted standards or rules. 2. (of a child) born of parents not lawfully married to each other. I don't think it really does to be offended by such things, I didn't read it as coming with any judgement from the author.