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.

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Commentary

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.