"tell our kids that before they have babies, they ought to think about getting married"

Right wing politicians have a unique ability to talk to the rest of us like we are retarded and they are too.

Bush made the same point about just getting married when he wanted to double the work requirement for moms on welfare.

Could it be that most of them WANT to get married but in fact have good reason not to?

If the guy who got them pregnant is not stable economically himself, sometimes employed, sometimes not enough to contribute to a family, sometimes needing his significant other to support him, why would she want to lock that in?

Additionally, they know all to well how that could effect any government aid they get, and very often the additional income from dad isn't enough to make up for the lost wages.

If Republicans really cared about "family values," they would enact policies that paid a living wage, so people can afford to get married, and enforce labor laws so parents have time to spend with their kids, and maybe even enact a generous family leave policy so parents could bond with their kids for a year or so before shipping them off to daycare.

I think the real family values Republicans want for the rest of us is for the whole family to work together, like sharecroppers or migrant farm workers, or stand side by side for 16 hours a day in that Foxconn factory.