New booklet: Marriage and divorce in the liberal imagination

Apr 18, 2020 by Jill

From Coalition for Marriage, via email:

You may have seen the news this week that marriages between men and women in England and Wales are at an all-time low.

This is so sad to see, yet no surprise. Declining marriage numbers have been part of an ongoing trend in this country for a long time. Successive government policies haven’t helped. They have undermined marriage.

The latest attack comes in the form of ‘no-fault’ divorce, which would allow spouses to divorce for no reason, in as little as six months.

Why is this law so wrong? What is society’s interest in promoting marriage? What can we do about it?

These questions are addressed in a brand-new booklet I’ve written, published jointly by the Family Education Trust (FET) and C4M.

I wrote to you earlier this month with the sad news that Norman Wells, one of our board members, had died of COVID-19. Norman was FET Director and the editing of this booklet was one of the final pieces of work he did before he fell ill.

“Marriage and divorce in the liberal imagination” is based on a talk I gave at the FET Annual Conference last year. Printed copies should be available later this year. Before that FET have kindly allowed us to make it available free for C4M supporters to download.

Download the booklet: Marriage and divorce in the liberal imagination

At C4M we are dedicated to doing whatever we can to support marriage and we trust this booklet will be a useful resource to marriage supporters everywhere.

Please consider sharing the booklet with a friend.

Yours faithfully,

Colin Hart, Chairman, Coalition for Marriage (C4M)

See also: Marriages among opposite-sex couples fall to a record low, from BBC News

A basic Christian primer on sex, marriage and family life. Article 9 – the relationship of husband and wife in marriage, by Martin Davie

Corona and the case for marriage, by Harry Benson, The Conservative Woman

Why Sexual Morality May be Far More Important than You Ever Thought, by Kirk Durston