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Don’t pay people to get married

Don’t pay people to get married

The hidden history of marriage: a response to Rob Henderson

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Mar 17, 2025
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Pronatalism is a movement of virtuous people in danger of being seduced by utilitarianism. It focuses on the essential but dangerous interaction between our most personal and spiritually significant decision - the creation of life - and state policy. In no other domain is the line between priest and technocrat so blurred.

Rob Henderson
recently argued: “to raise bir…

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