“Stop Fighting to Save Marriage”
Read a Feb. 23, 2011, Patheos.com blog post on the spirituality and secularization of marriage.
Category: Society & culture
“Christians question divorce rates of faithful”
Read a March 14, 2011, Religion News Service article on whether Christians divorce at a similar or lower rate than other Americans.
“Unmarried Pastor, Seeking a Job, Sees Bias”
Read a March 21, 2011, New York Times story about an unemployed evangelical minister who says he’s been hindered in his job search by congregations’ overwhelming preference for pastors who are married.
“When Christians Get Divorced”
Read a March 23, 2011, Christianity Today blog post on Christianity and divorce.
“Once Rare in Rural America, Divorce Is Changing the Face of Its Families”
Read a March 23, 2011, New York Times article on divorce in rural America.
“Marriage and Procreation”
Read a March 30, 2011, post on Mirror of Justice, a blog on Catholic legal theory, about the link between marriage and procreation.
“Have we found the secret to a long-lasting marriage? How U.S. census shows more couples are staying together”
Read a May 19, 2011, Daily Mail article on census data showing that couples remain married longer and are more loyal.
“Sex and the married American”
Read a May 22, 2011, blog item on how infidelity among politicians and celebrities is not symptomatic of most American marriages.
“Married Couples Are No Longer a Majority, Census Finds”
Read a May 26, 2011, New York Times article on new census data, analyzed by the Brookings Institution, showing that married couples represented 48 percent of American households in 2010. A fifth are traditional families, down from a quarter a decade ago and 43 percent in 1950.