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Marriage is the most effective weapon against childhood poverty

By Alliance Alert

"Since marital decline drives up child poverty and welfare dependence, and since the poor aspire to healthy marriage but lack the norms, understanding, and skills to achieve it, it is reasonable for government to take active steps to strengthen marriage. Just as government discourages youth from dropping out of school, it should provide information that will help people to form and maintain healthy marriages and delay childbearing until they are married and economically stable. In particular, clarifying the severe shortcomings of the 'child first, marriage later' philosophy to potential parents in lower-income communities should be a priority."

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on September 17, 2010 (boomark / email).