You pay less taxes. And if you want kids, you will have an even harder time to fight for custody as unmarried father than a married father (if something goes south and you separate).
Being religious is another reason.
Keeping up a tradition, a tradition which some people might even say is conservative.
Unless mama is a heroin junkie, the courts will never give the kids to the man (and even then, who knows). You'll still give half your shit and income to her until you die though.
That's a hyperbole. If that would be the case then shared custody arrangements would decline, but the opposite is the case. They are on the rise. Also most custody arrangements are done without courts. Look at Quebec. They have a law that after a divorce both parents, regardless of who initiated the divorce or who was at fault for the separation, still have parental authority. Only in 1% of all cases in Quebec the mother gets sole custody. And in 94% of all cases there is a shared or joint custody arrangement.
I'd say that went out the window with no fault divorce and state sanctioned destruction of the man. A divorce used to require a vote passed in provincial parliament.
That's freedom for you. If you don't want to be married to another person, then the state shouldn't have the right to stop you. You know, small government and so.
It's not a private issue as long as the government has a monopoly on marriage licenses.
You pay less taxes. And if you want kids, you will have an even harder time to fight for custody as unmarried father than a married father (if something goes south and you separate).
Being religious is another reason.
Keeping up a tradition, a tradition which some people might even say is conservative.
Spousal transfers.
That's a hyperbole. If that would be the case then shared custody arrangements would decline, but the opposite is the case. They are on the rise. Also most custody arrangements are done without courts. Look at Quebec. They have a law that after a divorce both parents, regardless of who initiated the divorce or who was at fault for the separation, still have parental authority. Only in 1% of all cases in Quebec the mother gets sole custody. And in 94% of all cases there is a shared or joint custody arrangement.
https://oraprdnt.uqtr.uquebec.ca/pls/public/docs/FWG/GSC/Publication/3702/523/11026/1/342053/6/O0001238737_shared.pdf
Same thing about "giving away half of your shit".
That's freedom for you. If you don't want to be married to another person, then the state shouldn't have the right to stop you. You know, small government and so.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COt65HZCJaA
Adam and Eve.