THE EUROPEAN FAMILY DEBATE: Matt Taylor replies to everybody!

A couple of points regarding the discussion of marriage trends in
various countries:

1) No meaningful conclusion, either pro-SSM or anti-SSM, can be drawn
from the average divorce rate, population growth rate etc. of whole
countries, since there aren't enough countries to constitute a
statistically significant sample, and the data are hopelessly
contaminated by other variables.

2) Could it be that Scandinavia, Italy, Japan, etc. have declining
populations not because of gay marriage or "sexual liberation", but
because of their relative affluence? Again there are too few countries
to draw rock-solid conclusions, but countries' population growth does
seem to decrease as their per capita GDP increases. Even the US would
have negative population growth if not for immigration.
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