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Pink Chalk, while we're on the subject of gaining knowledge...

 

do you know what a pink sock is? I'm sorry, but I can't get the association out of my head.

 

where are you going with this?

 

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we didn't need you in the first place.

 

much to the horror of the religious right, more than 40% of children were born out of wedlock in 2005

 

That explains about 40% of modern societal ills. It's not only the "religious right" who believe kids do better with a dad in the picture.

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Fairweather, you're under the mistaken impression that that statistic means that the father wasn't in the home. Many people, including several friends of mine, don't feel the need to have a piece of paper to validate their relationship. They live together and raise a family quite happily w/o ever getting married.

 

I believe it's exceedingly important for a child to have an active father, preferably in the same home. not believing that marriage is mandatory doesn't mean believing in irresponsible parenting. sheesh!

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Fairweather, you're under the mistaken impression that that statistic means that the father wasn't in the home. Many people, including several friends of mine, don't feel the need to have a piece of paper to validate their relationship. They live together and raise a family quite happily w/o ever getting married.

 

 

 

 

Common Law?

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Fairweather, you're under the mistaken impression that that statistic means that the father wasn't in the home. Many people, including several friends of mine, don't feel the need to have a piece of paper to validate their relationship. They live together and raise a family quite happily w/o ever getting married.

 

I believe it's exceedingly important for a child to have an active father, preferably in the same home. not believing that marriage is mandatory doesn't mean believing in irresponsible parenting. sheesh!

 

I disagree - and I would like to see your source regarding non-wed fathers still present in their child's home. I doubt their presence is statistically significant over the long-term. Who's last name does the little tyke get? What type of home does he/she get to live in with mommy and daddy's non-wed diminished financial clout? One need not be religious to see the value of a moderately conservative societal structure. Any statistics on the % of male inmates who grew up with single mom?

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ahhh....another insight into pink's bitter and lonely existence.

 

not lonely, but do enjoy hanging out with myself. the more people i bring into my life the more drama i have in my life.

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FW- i think the more relevant stat would be what % of prison inmates had fathers involved in their lives not if they were raised by a single mom. the statistic wouls bear your point but i don't think it's as clear cut as that question alone.

 

i wish i knew where those stats are. i'm sure that % is relatively small at this point but i suspect you'll see the number increase as part of growing trend. my point being that unwed doesn't mean absentee parents. i'm pro-family but i don't see why the hang up with marriage.

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there'd be no good reason to marry the likes of you.

 

yes lonliness would be a totally lame reason to get married. that wasn't the implication.

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