Category: Marriage
John and Abigail Adams: The Marriage That Helped Found America
As the nation prepares to celebrate its 250th birthday this Independence Day weekend, it’s high time that we consider how instrumental John and Abigail Adams’...
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Marriage and the Pursuit of Happiness
It is the greatest line Thomas Jefferson ever conceived, in the greatest document he ever penned: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all...
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The Tragic and Unnecessary Rise of ‘Grey Divorce’
Overall divorce rates may be declining, but not for Americans over the age of 50. After decades together, more couples are calling it quits in...
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Rory McIlroy, Hope Restored and Why Marriages Are Worth Saving
Rory McIlroy won his second straight Masters on Sunday, a feat that puts him in the rare air of golf royalty that includes Jack Nicklaus,...
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Research Shows Young Men Want Marriage Yet Lack Confidence in Dating
An important new survey from the Institute for Family Studies (IFS) on the marital and fatherhood interests of young men in America tell us that...
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The American Dating Drought and Hope for Fixing It
America, and every other nation in the world, must robustly regain the long and devastating declines in marriage, fertility and married parenting for its own...
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Pastor Josh Howerton Challenges Cohabiting Couples to Marry: 52 Couples Tie Knot
When it comes to addressing God’s truth from the pulpit, Pastor Josh Howerton of Lakepointe Church isn’t afraid to step on a few toes. Two...
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‘Stability’ Before Marriage is a Modern Myth
According to modern culture, I did everything wrong. I didn’t wait until after college to get married. My husband and I didn’t wait until we...
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Which Pastors Would Perform Same-Sex ‘Weddings’ If They Could?
The legalization of same-sex “marriage” was never about “marriage equality.” It was always about redefining marriage and the family to be something other than the...
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Children’s Rights Should Always Come Before Adults’ Desires
Katy Faust, founder of the non-profit organization “Them Before Us,” believes every child deserves a mother and a father. So does Focus on the Family...
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Research Shows Marriage Changes People for the Better in Newlywed Years
Research has long shown that marriage adjusts men and women’s personalities for the better through marriage. But a groundbreaking longitudinal study published in the journal Developmental Psychology demonstrates how this happens in...
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Best Age to Marry? Good Research Offers an Answer
Most everyone who marries intends to be married for life, for isn’t that what our marriage vows promise, to “have and to hold from this...
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New Research Shows Marriage and Fatherhood Regulate Male Sexual Energy
Did you know that when men marry according to God’s design and become fathers, nature is aligned in such a way that it lowers their...
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Erika Kirk to Women: Don’t use the government to put off marriage.
Young women shouldn’t rely on the government to put off getting married, Erika Kirk cautioned at The New York Times’ DealBook Summit this week. DealBook’s...
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Vatican Reaffirms: Marriage is Between One Man and One Woman
The Vatican has reaffirmed, in a new document published on November 25, the biblical truth that marriage is the union of one man and one...
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To Jay Leno, His Marriage Vows Are No Joke
It’s been over a decade since comedian Jay Leno departed as host of The Tonight Show, and several years since he disclosed that Mavis, his...
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Supreme Court Declines Petition Challenging ‘Same-Sex Marriage’ Ruling
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined a request to consider overturning its 2015 decision legalizing “same-sex marriage.” The Court declined a petition filed by...
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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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