"Unmarried Parenting Guide"

If marriage has nothing to do with a child living with its own mother and father, then why does the Commonwealth of Massachusetts have a guide specifically for unmarried parents? Why is there a difference between married and unmarried parents? Unmarried Parenting Guide

Every Child Has Two Parents For their child's sake, unmarried parents need to figure out how to bring up their child together - while being apart. For fathers, that means being responsible and cooperating with their child's mother. For mothers, that means supporting the relationship their child has with his father. This brochure describes steps you can take to make this happen.*

Would it be reasonable to assume that marriage, as a matter of public policy, solves the issue of children, having both their mother and father in their lives?

I just get really depressed with the claim that this is bigotry.

Renee Aste, Lowell Massachusetts