Marriage and Children Go Together

Leah Ward Sears, former Chief Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court wrote an opinion piece for CNN recently entitled “Stay Married if You Want Kids.”

Justice Sears notes the number of cases that came before her as a judge that were related to family breakdown. She witnessed on a daily basis the tremendous toll on society caused by indifference to marriage and rising out-of-wedlock births. Her recommendations for addressing this problem include stopping the “glorification” of single parenthood, respecting the role of men as husbands and fathers, revisiting state no-fault divorce laws, and offering children a reality check regarding the demands of raising a child.

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