That "paraphrase" changes the meaning of the statement (which is presumably why it was paraphrased rather than directly quoted, given that they're both roughly the same length). What I meant when I say I doubt it represents his views is that if you were to sit him down and put to him this question: "true or false: sexual assault is a consequence of the decline of traditional marriage", his short answer would almost certainly be "false". If you're summarizing someone's position in a way they wouldn't sign on to, you're not treating them fairly or honestly.
Again, I suspect that he would actually say "no, but", and have a longer answer about how societies where traditional marriage is stronger have less of this sort of thing, or that there's some link between people who don't get married and people who are more likely to be like Louis CK, and you could then take issue with those points and explain why you might disagree with them. But again, that's not what the author of the article is trying to do in this case.
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