In exchange for freeing fathers from having to pay to raise their bastard children, could we bring back adultery criminal penalties in full force? I don’t think the PUHLEEEEZEmen would be too happy about that either.
I get a laugh out of people whose idea of "traditional marriage" is limited to the sex of the participants.
Yes, of course bastardy laws go hand-in-hand with a lot of others, including enforcing the adultery statutes.