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> This publisher is operated by a conservative think tank Ok so I'm glad we're engaging the article on the surface. > This article furnishes no evidence that
by gnusty_gnurc 6y ago
> This publisher is operated by a conservative think tank
Ok so I'm glad we're engaging the article on the surface.
> This article furnishes no evidence that being married forces poor people to be good parents
I'm not sure that was ever said. What they're arguing is about how societal institutions like marriage have largely declined and it's happening along with other large changes in society: lack of trust, friends, etc.
And clearly from what you've said, the legal distinctions of marriage are far less important than whether there's two adults in a family raising children.
- bJGVygG7MQVF8c 6y agothe provincialism and groupthink on HN is incredible
- elipsey 6y agoI agree that it's important to have stable responsible male role models. I object to the state preventing abandoned parents from getting divorced, and treating them with them various other forms of animus -- something that is advocated for by conservative think tanks like the one that payed for this article, and had negative consequences for people I care about.