Comments about ‘How marriage fights poverty’

I agree. I have watched my wife's family. Various siblings, nieces, nephews and cousins have made choices which have led either to marriage and children or out-of-wedlock children. The ones who chose marriage and then children are way ahead economically of those who chose children without marriage.

Two things to fight poverty are: 1) strengthening the concept of responsible procreation and 2) improving education which goes along with the idea of being raised in a two-parent home. It may be that #2 is an offshoot of #1 so then we just go back to #1: marriage is society's way of promoting responsible procreation.

Yes, marriage helps fight poverty.

So why not legalize that wonderful institution for ALL couples?