Religion and the decline of marriage: the Soviet case

Feb 5, 2024 by

By Anna Claire Flowers, Mercator. Melissa Kearney’s The Two-Parent Privilege made waves amongst economists and policymakers in the final months of 2023. In podcast interviews and panel discussions, a question that consistently confronted...

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Married adults now in a minority

Jan 31, 2024 by

from Coalition for Marriage: The popularity of marriage has continued to decline. Now, for the first time, less than half of people aged 16 and over in England and Wales are married. The proportion dropped to 49% in 2022, down from 49.4%...

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The Future of Family: Insights from Nancy Pearcey

Jan 20, 2024 by

by Tony Rucinski, Coalition for Marriage: In the second of our two-part interview with author and academic Nancy Pearcey, we explore solutions found in her recent book, The Toxic War on Masculinity. The full discussion, which emphasises...

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Destroying Marriage in Order to Save It

Jan 12, 2024 by

by Daniel Frost and Robert P. George, First Things: A recent article in the New Yorker paints a rosy picture of the many ways that polyamory and non-monogamy are making inroads into American culture. Amid a great deal of wishful thinking,...

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Don’t use ‘husband’ and ‘wife’ to avoid offence, says Methodist guidance

Jan 10, 2024 by

by Colin Hart, Coalition for Marriage: The Methodist Church has come under fire after telling its ministers they should sometimes avoid using the terms “husband” and “wife” because they convey an assumption that is not “the reality for...

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The decline of marriage: A glimpse into an unsettling trend

Jan 7, 2024 by

by Virgil Walker, Christian Post: Richard Baxter (1615–1691), a Puritan minister of the 17th century, penned his thoughts on the covenant of marriage, writing, “It is a mercy to have a faithful friend that loveth you entirely to whom you...

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