Category Archives: SSM: The Scandinavian Question

Tired!

At MarriageDebate.com, Eve Tushnet asks: 2) Everyone involved in the SSM debate who is heartily sick of hearing that correlation does not necessarily imply causation, please raise your hands. Expect to hear it repeated another couple thousand times in any … Continue reading

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Obfuscatory?

Justin Katz has responded to my responses to his response to my post! Once again, he complains I look to narrowly to find a theme, and I should reconsider the effect of welfare reform. He also suggests I am distorting … Continue reading

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No Other Explanation

Readers will recall in “Reemergence of Marriage” I showed a distinct deceleration in the rate of increase in the non-marital birth ratio (ROI-NMBR)[1] which occurred in conjunction with the American debate for Same Sex Marriage. This deceleration is what one … Continue reading

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Poll: Cause and Effect?

As readers are aware from my recent articles, I contend the campaign for same sex marriage has lead to a deceleration in the rate-of-increase in-the-non-marital birth ratio [ROI-NMBR][1] in the United States. As I see it, Dr. Stanley Kurtz and … Continue reading

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The Effect of Welfare Reform

Justin Katz of Dust in the Light. has responded to my post describing the deceleration in the rate of change in the US non-marital birth ratio and its relationship to the campaign for same sex marriage. My argument is analogous … Continue reading

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What is the theme of the campaign for SSM?

Justin Katz of Dust in the Light. has responded to my post describing the drop in the US non-marital birthrate and its the relationship to the campaign for same sex marriage. Mr. Katz suggests my argument is flawed in these … Continue reading

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The Reemergence of Marriage in the US

Subtitle: No Dutch Treat for US Only a few years ago, many lamented the sky high American illegitimacy rate as a wretched example for the western hemisphere. Somehow, Americans had managed to combine capitalists values and a shockingly high illegitimacy … Continue reading

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The ongoing statistical debate about same-sex partnerships and The Netherlands

There is an interesting, and still ongoing, debate over if registered partnerships and gay marriages have killed off heterosexual marriage in Scandinavia. The anti-marriage-equality case was best presented by Stanley Kurtz (who also opposes marriage-lite measures like civil unions), in … Continue reading

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