Indeed, rather than a defense of divorce, Paul Amato concludes that in the large majority of cases of divorce, it is better for the children for the parents to stay married. It doesn t seem to bother these authors that they neglect to mention Paul Amato s actual conclusion. The point of all this silliness is to advocate against providing any funding for programs that support fathers or marriage. Exactly why spending billions of dollars to support father absent and non-married households is not discrimination against fathers and marriage, these enlightened psychologists don t say. So there you have it.
Dads don t matter.
In fact, they are downright dangerous. And the only thing marriage does is promote domestic violence against women. Because these two psychologists say so, that s why. E-mail me by clicking below and let me know what you think. I ll keep you posted on the results in a future column.