As many as four expensive documents are required before you may legally drive a car.
None is required to bring a child into the world.
Whether marriage is by mutual consent, legalised in a registry office or solemnised in church, there should be an undertaking, recognised by law, to protect resultant children.
Infringement should incur heavy penalties, including imprisonment.
-Maurice Packham, Horsham
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