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[โ€“] [email protected] 53 points 1 year ago (4 children)

There has to be some (dis)incentive to have children without marriage in some contries and not others.

I Germany I guess people think you might as well marry when having children because you get extra money, less taxes whatever and maybe that's not the case in other countries.

[โ€“] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The short answer is religion.

[โ€“] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Marriage is a civil institution in Germany. A church marrying you has exactly as much legal power as a random citizen doing it: None. You get married at the civil registry office, by a bureaucrat (but yes they're amenable to some mild ceremony)

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

What about the whole Christian no-sex-before-marriage? Has to contribute at least something

[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Maybe among the 0.0001% devout.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

At least for Germany I really doubt it.

[โ€“] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

religion and taxes... 2 of the same to get your money for the rich

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Another very important factor is that in Germany it's extremely difficult to become the official father of a child when you're not married to the mother. This obviously comes with a lot of problems. For example when the mother suffers complications during birth. It's just way easier to marry instead of doing all of that paperwork.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I don't think it really matters in Finland

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, in Germany you get tax benefits under certain circumstances when married. In many other countries (e.g. Austria), marriage makes no difference. That's already a strong motivator.