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Quoting you:Welfare is not restricted by gender.
I am not sure what you are considering 'welfare' but I suspect you mean some form of direct cash payment to parents.
Now a pregnant woman is eligible for benefits- but then again so would her husband if he lived with her
http://www.dhs.state.il.us/page.aspx?item=30358
Be pregnant or have a child under age 19 who lives with them. A child who is 18 must be a full-time high school student. A pregnant woman (and her husband, if he lives with her) may qualify for help, even if they don't have any other children.
If you know of any welfare benefits that specifically exclude a father with primary custody of children- please let me know.
No one has suggested that welfare is restricted by gender, nor that a custodial father can't get welfare, you're deflecting.
I merely point out that a father cannot get welfare to cover his financial obligation to a child (aka child support,) a mother can however can.
Actually either a mother or a father can- both parents are financially obligated to support their child- both parents- not just the father, not just the mother.
The custodial parent- or parents- may receive government benefits- but that has nothing to do with their gender.
If the father is raising the child- the mother is obligated to pay child support. If the father qualifies for 'welfare' then he gets welfare.
Gender doesn't change any of that.
Do you not read? I said, no one is suggesting that welfare is gender specific. Nor did I say that a custodial father would be denied welfare. Again, you're deflecting because you don't want to actually discuss the point I made. Fine. Then don't discuss my point, no problem. But stop trying to discuss arguments that I never made.
I merely point out that a father cannot get welfare to cover his financial obligation to a child (aka child support,) a mother can however can.
If you don't want me to point out that your statement is false- then make sure it isn't false before you post.
Nothing I said is "false." A father, cannot receive welfare to pay his child support obligation. A mother, however, can receive welfare to pay for her child's needs.
And again- it has nothing to do with gender- or who is the father or who is the mother.
Actually either a mother or a father can- both parents are financially obligated to support their child- both parents- not just the father, not just the mother.
The custodial parent- or parents- may receive government benefits- but that has nothing to do with their gender.
If the father is raising the child- the mother is obligated to pay child support. If the father qualifies for 'welfare' then he gets welfare.
Gender doesn't change any of that.