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Understanding illegitimacy: The demise of marriage

By Alliance Alert

Robert Rector writing at National Review Online: "The disappearance of marriage in low-income communities is the predominant cause of child poverty in the U.S. today. If poor single mothers were married to the fathers of their children, two-thirds of them would not be poor. The absence of a husband and father from the home also is a strong contributing factor to failure in school, crime, drug abuse, emotional disturbance, and a host of other social problems . . . The steady growth of childbearing by single women and the general collapse of marriage, especially among the poor, lie at the heart of the mushrooming welfare state. "

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on April 13, 2010 (boomark / email).