Category: Marriage
Supreme Court to Consider Petition Challenging Same-Sex Marriage Decision
On November 7, the U.S. Supreme Court’s nine justices will consider taking up a case that provides the Court with an opportunity to revisit Obergefell...
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Could the Divorce Decline Actually Be Bad News?
Daily Citizen has been tracking the long, slow decline in divorce rates in America, here, here, here and here. But what if that is not...
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Matt Walsh, Bob Newhart and Marriage-Saving Help
The Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh doesn’t temper or hold back his opinions, one of the many reasons he enjoys such a loyal and robust following...
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Focus on the Family Marriage Report: Few Troubled Marriages Seek Needed Help
Focus on the Family has released an in-depth new report on marital health in America, partnering with Ipsos Public Affairs to survey nearly 4,000 Americans...
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Is Marriage Making a Come Back? Scholars Share Some Good News
Nearly all indicators on marriage and married birthrates in America have been moving in the wrong direction over the last few decades. Marriage rates have...
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New Focus on the Family Report: Marriage Health in America
Focus on the Family’s new report, Marriage Health in America has found new insights, including that “74% of marital relationships in the U.S. may be...
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Research Shows New Data on Divorce Risk
The lifetime risk of divorce is not 50%, as so many assume. This is the finding from a new sophisticated research analysis from the careful...
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Who Falls in Love Faster, Men or Women?
Families usually start with a man and woman falling in love. So how and when love develops between romantic partners is an important topic for...
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Kevin O’Leary: Forget About Divorce and Fall in Love All Over Again
Kevin O’Leary, aka “Mr. Wonderful,” the Canadian businessman and television personality best known for starring on Shark Tank, has some battle-tested marriage advice for anyone...
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Jay Leno on Wife with Dementia: ‘I Like Taking Care of Her’
Even outside Christian circles, the trajectory of Jay and Mavis Leno’s dating relationship would be considered unusual. Meeting at Los Angeles’ “Comedy Store” in the...
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Don’t Wait
God urges patience all throughout the Bible. In fact, the Apostle Paul seemed especially attuned to its importance. Writing to the Romans, the great evangelizer...
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Liberal Women are Sadder Than Conservatives: Less Faith, Fewer Marriages?
It is fairly well-documented in the academic literature that women suffer poorer mental health compared to men and this is generally true cross-culturally. It is...
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Four Things to Enhance Marital Happiness Among Wives
A recent study by the Institute for Family Studies and the Wheatley Institute reveals key factors that significantly enhance marital happiness among wives. The research...
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‘Mass Exodus’: Dr. Jay Richards on the Demise of Gender Ideology and What It Means for the Pro-Life Movement
What do gender and sexual ideology have to do with protecting preborn babies? Dr. Jay Richards explained at this year’s National Pro-Life Summit, an annual...
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Harvard Evolutionary Biologist Brilliantly Explains Necessity of Monogamous Marriage
In a large and important research-based book, Harvard evolutionary biologist and anthropologist Joseph Henrich explains how Christianity helped shape the benefits of Western civilization by...
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Why You Should Care About the Growing Positive Power of Marriage
Leading marriage sociologist Brad Wilcox, the Jefferson Scholars Foundation Professor at the University of Virginia, has written an important new report for the Heritage Foundation...
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Important New Book Explains Why Marriage Still Matters
The reasons why marriage still matters in a society where the institution seems to be declining as an ideal are, ironically, literally countless. Every way...
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Research Finds Republican Husbands More Faithful; Religious Even More
Spousal fidelity is a very important personal and cultural value. In communities where husbands are more faithful to their wives, children and marriage vows, you...
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Apple’s New Pro-Family Christmas Ad Pulls at the ‘Heartstrings’
Apple Inc. recently released its annual holiday advertisement “Heartstrings” just in time for the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. The two-minute commercial features the AirPods Pro...
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How Marriage Fights Against Deaths of Despair
It has long been shown in the academic literature that marriage serves as a substantial buffer against numerous life factors that harm one’s health and...
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Divorce is Devastating. It Should Be Difficult to Break the Knot
Since last week’s election, several news outlets have been featuring stories surrounding liberal concerns that new conservative majorities will move to overturn “no-fault” divorce laws...
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Young Person Explains Why Young People Aren’t Getting Married
Fair warning: If you are looking for an examination of marriage’s benefits or why it’s declining, this piece is not for you. Please read one...
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Christians Should Prioritize Marriage
In a familiar scene from the musical, Fiddler on the Roof, Tzeitel, the eldest of five daughters, reminds her sisters of the reality of marital economics. In imitation...
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Reclaiming the Truth About Marriage
The good scholars with Institute for Family Studies (IFS) have given us another great article entitled “Reclaiming the Truth About Marriage.” The author, a young...
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