Defenders of marriage, rejoice: Divorce is on the decline. On Monday, The New York Times reported that divorce rates are the lowest they’ve been since the early 1980s. Millennial marriages, it seems, are particularly strong. The Times cites University of Michigan economist Justin Wolfers to note that if trends continue, only a third of current marriages will end in divorce.
That’s a marked change from the fearsome 50% divorce rate often brandished as evidence of the nation’s moral decline. Prophets of the Focus on the Family inclination have long foreseen the death of marriage, with homosexuality largely to blame. Heterosexual unions, specifically those of young adults who practiced abstinence, are upheld as the ideal that will save marriage.
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