The system I've proposed (no state involvement in marriage) wouldn't change how we currently look at child custody. Courts charged with dealing with child custody would continue to handle those issues based on current laws. The status of marriage between the various consenting adults involved would in no way affect the power of such courts to rule in the best interests of the children involved.
Now, whether or not our current child custody regime needs to be changed, I leave to those who know more about the subject than I do.
Now, whether or not our current child custody regime needs to be changed, I leave to those who know more about the subject than I do.
Children are what the industry uses to control parents. Any change in the system that doesn't curtail that power will do nothing to solve the problems with marriage. You may as well do nothing if that isn't part of it.