[Svekax]

Yes. Children with only one parent are more likely to be physically and mentally unhealthy, go to prison, not go to college, use drugs, abuse alcohol, etc. It should be obvious that children are better off when there are two people responsible for taking care of them.

[rahkiin]

How is out of wedlock the same as 'only one parent'? Can't you have two unmarried parents?

[dennisgorelik]

In the situation from this article, without marriage one of the parents would likely go to jail. Then the child would be raised by a single parent (a teenager).

Who, exactly, would have benefited from that?

[eatbitseveryday]

Being born out of wedlock does not mean there there is only one parent...

[Svekax]

http://www.dictionary.com/browse/wedlock

[icebraining]

What is that supposed to prove?

[Svekax]

Prove?

[EliRivers]

http://www.dictionary.com/browse/parent

[Svekax]

I believe you are confused. This is a discussion about marriage, not parenthood.

[icebraining]

You were the one that introduced parenthood, by conflating "outside of wedlock" with, and I quote, "children with only one parent".

[EliRivers]

You're the one who brought up parenthood. You're the one making the claim that having unmarried parents is the same as having only one parent.

[carc1n0gen]

The reason I asked this question is because my parents have always been, and will continue to always be common law. They love each other and raised my brother and I together.

I was born out of wedlock, and still raised by two parents.

[EliRivers]

Children with only one parent

If your two parents aren't married you still have two actual parents.

Perhaps rather than "parent" you meant "active caregiver" or similar.