I never ever said that. To think it is an important role of government to encourage two-person parenting is not to assert one-person parenting "is worse than not being born at all."
My comments were misconstrued. They were meant to assert marriage's role in helping kids of opposite-sex couples have two parents. If the importance of this function of marriage is belittled, then many arguments opposing same-sex marriage understandably seem irrational. On Sat, May 23, 2015 at 6:36 PM, Baer, Judith A <j-b...@pols.tamu.edu> wrote: > Hey, you know what, Michael? Not everyone thinks that having only one > parent is worse than not being born at all. > JB > > Sent from my iPhone > > On May 23, 2015, at 7:18 PM, Michael Worley <mwor...@byulaw.net> wrote: > > I understand many disagree with my concern about out-of-wedlock births. > This apathy over my concern worries me, because without an acknowledgement > of the importance of opposite-sex marriage to our society, the concerns > shared by many who oppose same-sex marriage will be incorrectly seen as > outdated and irrational. > > On Sat, May 23, 2015 at 6:13 PM, Michael Worley <mwor...@byulaw.net> > wrote: > >> I'll rest easier when out-of-wedlock childbearing is widely condemned >> worldwide as harmful to kids; when people acknowledge there are good >> arguments on both side of this difficult issue, and when the re-writing of >> a multitude of family laws is seen for the broad consequences that they >> have--rewriting the significance of marriage. >> >> >> On Sat, May 23, 2015 at 4:35 PM, Baer, Judith A <j-b...@pols.tamu.edu> >> wrote: >> >>> We shall overcome! >>> Judy Baer >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On May 23, 2015, at 5:02 PM, Marty Lederman <lederman.ma...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Ireland!, of all places. 62 percent to 38, and in 42 of 43 >>> districts. >>> >>> >>> http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/24/world/europe/ireland-gay-marriage-referendum.html >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see >>> http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw >>> >>> Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as >>> private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are >>> posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or >>> wrongly) forward the messages to others. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see >>> http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw >>> >>> Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as >>> private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are >>> posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or >>> wrongly) forward the messages to others. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Michael Worley >> J.D., Brigham Young University >> > > > > -- > Michael Worley > J.D., Brigham Young University > > _______________________________________________ > To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see > http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw > > Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as > private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are > posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or > wrongly) forward the messages to others. > > > _______________________________________________ > To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see > http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw > > Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as > private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are > posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or > wrongly) forward the messages to others. > -- Michael Worley J.D., Brigham Young University
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