[Lorianne]

"The system of collecting child support is no longer one of requiring men to take responsibility for their offspring, as most people believe. The combination of 'no fault' divorce and the new enforcement law has created a system that pays mothers to divorce their husbands and remove children from fathers." Divorce is a red herring to the issue of child support and child care. Children should be supported and raised by both parents whether or not the parents are married, divorced, or were never married.

[Harrison Bergeron]

"Divorce is a red herring to the issue of child support and child care. Children should be supported and raised by both parents whether or not the parents are married, divorced, or were never married.

Red herring, as in a diversion from the true issue... no I don't think so. These are divorced non-custodial parents fighting this fight. It's their right to frame the fight in terms of their needs. Without easy access to no fault divorce and slam dunk custody of the kids, families wouldn't be broken up by one spouse's whimsical desire to "spread their wings" or play the field.

[Lord Z]

Children should be supported and raised by both parents whether or not the parents are married, divorced, or were never married.

True. However, that does not render divorce a "red herring", it simply illustrates that divorce is part of a larger issue: the need for society to recognize in law, custom, and practice the equal rights of fathers to be co-equal caregivers of their own children.

Which is the central point of all of this.