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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Every baby deserves to be legally legitimate and have a father on the birth certificate.[/quote]

They don’t have to be married for the father to be on the birth certificate. [/quote]

But the child is illegitimate. Not fair to do that to a child. [/quote]

There is no such thing as an illegitimate child. That is an artificial construct. Shame on you for using that retrograde term. One that has no basis in law. [/quote]

PP here. I don't like the term or use it either. Nonetheless, there is often a stigma attached to the birth of children out of wedlock or whatever term you choose to use. Paternity may need to be established through testing. It's unfair to the child. [/quote]

We are not living in some convent in 1950. NO ONE uses that term (which you DID use). No one asks a person they meet for the dates on their parents' marriage license. Keep up.[/quote]

PP here. I used it the way it's often used in various communities. I work with kids every day from all kinds of backgrounds whose mothers typically aren't single working moms with the means to support their children. These kids need to be protected from prejudice and have the financial resources to have good lives. [/quote]

I don't think there is any prejudice against being born out of wedlock any more.

The kids you mention aren't going to have financial resources and good lives instantly available to them because of this new law. [/quote]
I didn't say instantly available, and you are very naive about the often unspoken prejudices in many communities.[/quote]

I mean look, 40% of babies in the US are born out of wedlock.  It is possible that there is a community out there where being born outside of wedlock is a dooming disability but statistically, this community is an outlier.  If there really was a debilitating prejudice out there, there would not be that many kids born outside of wedlock. [/quote]

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