Category: Marriage
Cohabitation Does Not Equate To Marital Success – But Commitment Within Marriage Does
In his 2002 book, The Marriage Problem, the late James Q. Wilson wrote the following about the difference between cohabitation and marriage: “Cohabitation means that...
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Yes, Sociological Research Shows Faith Does Strengthen Marriage
Too many good Christians are under the illusion that the divorce rate is the same inside the church as outside. It is not, and Christians...
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Just 18% of American Households Are Families with Married Parents
For decades, research has proved what experience shows; children do best when raised by a married mom and dad. And yet, according to a new...
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Percent of People Who Believe Marriage is Needed to Create Stronger Families at Record Low, Survey Reports
Is marriage needed to create stronger families? Does being married make families better off financially? Is society better off when more people are married? According...
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$3.5 Trillion Reconciliation Bill Penalizes Marriage, Harms Families
For months, congressional leaders, members and staffers have been haggling over a proposed $3.5 trillion spending bill. The “Build Back Better Act” (HR 5376) has...
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New HBO Documentary “Nuclear Family” Shows Unanticipated Downsides of Same-Sex Families
Sunday evening, HBO aired the beginning of an interesting three-part documentary entitled “Nuclear Family.” No, it is not a careful examination of the natural-married-mother/father-raising-their-own-children family...
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America’s Longest Living Married Couple Celebrates 86 Years Together
Ralph and Dorothy Kohler got married in Tekamah, Nebraska, in 1935. He was 18 years old, and she was 17. He is now 104 and...
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Study Finds Positive Correlation Between Practicing Christianity and Satisfaction in Marriage
A new study conducted by Barna Group found that the importance of Christianity in people’s lives was positively correlated with a higher satisfaction with their...
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Did the COVID Pandemic Help or Hurt Marriage?
It is certainly not news that the COVID pandemic has impacted nearly every part of our lives, both public and personal. As the threat is...
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Bill and Melinda Gates to Divorce, Second High-Profile Split of One of the World’s Wealthiest Couples
One of the world’s wealthiest couples, Bill and Melinda Gates, recently announced that they were planning on ending their 27-year marriage. It came as a...
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If Love is Love, Why Can’t Friends Get Married?
“Love is Love.” It’s the new mantra intended to silence anyone of the opinion that some family forms are more praise-worthy than others. It demands...
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Pre-marital Cohabitation Increasing Among Young Evangelicals
Not long ago, it was called “living in sin.” Now new data shows young evangelicals are increasingly joining in, with seemingly, little hesitation. David J....
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Love is Love? Some Advocates of ‘Consensual Incest’ are Rooting for its Decriminalization
Advocates of “consensual incest” are supporting the lawsuit of a New York parent who is seeking to marry their own adult child. According to The...
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New Research: Relationship between Cohabitation and Increased Divorce Risk Remains
One of the world’s leading scholars on premarital cohabitation, relationship quality, and marital longevity has just provided a new update on the current research. Professor...
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The Future of Christian Marriage
Ask any random group of ten elderly couples about their marriage, and half of them will probably say something like this: “We were high school...
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Sexless Marriages and Singleness Rising Steeply in Japan
The two primary ingredients to make a family – sex and marriage – are in dramatic decline today in Japan. Young adults in the Land...
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U.S. Divorce Rate Just Hit 50 Year Low, Further Drops Expected Despite COVID
Scholars at the Institute for Family Studies are reporting that even while the divorce rate has been steadily declining over the last few decades in...
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Are Red or Blue Marriages Happier?
New research from the Institute for Family Studies is showing that while politically mixed marriages – those marriages where the husband is of one political...
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Yes Atlantic, What if Friendships, Not Marriage, Was at the Center of Life?
I am a vociferous magazine reader and I read a nice diversity of them. Real magazines, the kind you turn the pages to, those you...
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Is the Divorce Rate Really Declining?
Historically, the American divorce rate has generally been the highest in the modern world. This was true even in the colonial days. Beginning in the...
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How Are Marriages Faring in the COVID Age? The News Is Better Than Imagined
Is divorce increasing or declining in the age of COVID? Some stories say it’s skyrocketing. Others say the lockdowns have divorce on a dramatic decline....
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Does Marriage Protect Against Suicide?
It’s a surprise to no one that dramatic spikes in personal anxiety, hopelessness, social unrest and confusion are related to increases in suicide rates. Scientific...
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The Wonder and the Mystery
You can learn a lot from the lives of others, and I’ve often enjoyed reading about the lives of U.S. presidents. Ronald Reagan —whose love...
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A More Perfect Union
In 1611, Sir Thomas Dale was dispatched by English investors from the Virginia Company to determine what was going on in their new colony of...
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