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31 Years Later the Left Admits Dan Quayle Was Right

We can stop the cycle of poverty, despair, and even more broken lives simply by returning to a society that sees marriage as a decision that benefits all.
31 Years Later the Left Admits Dan Quayle Was Right
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Timothy S. Goeglein
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On May 19, 1992, then-Vice President Dan Quayle gave a speech at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco in which he said: “Ultimately, however, marriage is a moral issue that requires cultural consensus and the use of social sanctions. Bearing babies irresponsibly is simply wrong. Failing to support children one has fathered is wrong, and we must be unequivocal about this.
Timothy S. Goeglein
Timothy S. Goeglein
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Timothy S. Goeglein is vice president of external and government relations at Focus on the Family in Washington, D.C., and author of the new book “Stumbling Toward Utopia: How the 1960s Turned Into a National Nightmare and How We Can Revive the American Dream.”
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