And as for the argument that research supposedly shows better outcomes for children raised by married hetero couples, whcish Justice Scalia raises at around 22 minutes, I suspect that research would probably show better outcomes for children raised by rich, white, native-born couples…Â
Marriage is at its core a mechanism for legitimating children so that the father of a child can be obliged to support that child.
Now that we have better methods than the marriage registry to determine parentage, that function is largely obsolete. Moreover, there is no reason why…Â
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