Back in 1965, 25% of black children were born out of wedlock, nearly one-third fewer.
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And there is, in fact, now high out-of-wedlock childbearing, almost 50 percent among Hispanics.
For young males there's a sense that being a player means having children out of wedlock.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a liberal, suggested the law created a two-tiered system of wedlock.
According to the CDC, the out-of-wedlock birthrate for white children was just 2% in the 1960s.
Karane said she went to Jamelle's mother first to ask her daughter's hand in wedlock.
In 1884, Grover Cleveland was revealed to have fathered a son out of wedlock.
Buck's main crime seems to have been the fact that she'd had a child out of wedlock.
From humble origins (born out of wedlock on a Caribbean island), Hamilton moved ahead through his brilliance and hard work.
Almost 50 years ago, when the 1964 Civil Rights Act was passed, the national out-of-wedlock birthrate was 7%.
Among black children, the out-of-wedlock birthrate has skyrocketed from 20% in the 1960s to a heartbreaking 72% today.
Only 16% of Asian-American babies are born out of wedlock, in contrast to 41% for the general population.
He warned about the catastrophic out-of-wedlock birth rate for blacks, which was at that time less than 25%.
Then he had a child out of wedlock with another woman, she says.
The daughter of a sometime bootlegger, she had married and divorced young and produced two sons out of wedlock.
Estrada, 62, is candid about a private life that includes flocks of mistresses and children born out of wedlock.
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And the problem of out-of-wedlock births is not only a black problem, as Charles Murray shows in his new book.
On a personal note, Graff, 73, has acknowledged that he fathered a baby girl out of wedlock three years ago.
Rape can even lead to wedlock in some Muslim countries, where charges are dropped if a rapist marries his victim.
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One of the most striking differences between black families and others is the proportion of children born out of wedlock.
When I look at the state of black America, with 72% of kids being born out of wedlock, I get angry.
Having a baby out of wedlock is a big stigma, leading to a steep rise in pregnancy terminations in recent years.
One in ten Britons (and a fifth of all people aged 25 to 34) now lives with a partner outside wedlock.
Today, 72% of black children are born out of wedlock, as are 53 % of Hispanic children and 36% of white children.
The prince has acknowledged having fathered two children out of wedlock, but only his legitimate offspring would be able to succeed him.
Whereas 62% of all births in Iceland occur out of wedlock and 38% in Britain, in Japan the rate is just 1%.
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We know as well that a child born out of wedlock is more likely to experience poverty and lack an adequate education.
Full-fledged wedlock should be allowed, the committee pronounced in November, with gay couples who wanted to adopt having joint custody over children.
Families are smaller, birthrates have dropped, divorce and out-of-wedlock births have soared.
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