http://blog.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/ en-us Copyright 2008 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 09:15:57 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://blog.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/2007/09/romney_and_abortion.html http://blog.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/2007/09/romney_and_abortion.html Candidate Watch Fri, 21 Sep 2007 09:15:57 -0500 "In countries that have redefined marriage, where they've said, 'OK, it's not just a man and a woman, it can be two men, two women,' the marriage rates in those countries have plummeted to where you have counties now in northern Europe where 80 percent of the first-born children are born out of wedlock... And currently in this country -- currently -- we're at 36 percent of our children born out of wedlock." -- Sen. Sam Brownback, Republican TV debate, September 5, 2007. The Facts Republican candidate for President Sam Brownback posits a strong correlation between the introduction of civil unions and gay marriages and the rise in children being born out of wedlock. His argument appears to rely on two premises: (1) the marriage rate has plummeted in countries that have "redefined" marriage; (2) the declining marriage rate has in turn resulted in a dramatic rise in the http://blog.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/2007/09/sam_brownback_and_gay_marriage_1.html http://blog.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/2007/09/sam_brownback_and_gay_marriage_1.html Candidate Watch Wed, 19 Sep 2007 06:20:58 -0500