Covenant Marriage: The Movement To Reclaim Tradition In America

Regardless how you interpret the statistics, the divorce rate in the United States is staggering. But, what if the government could change this? Would families be better off if new public policies made it more difficult for couples to separate? This book explores a movement that emerged over the past fifteen years, which aims to do just that. Guided by certain politicians and religious leaders who herald marriage as a solution to a range of longstanding social problems, a handful of state governments enacted covenant marriage laws, which require couples to choose between a conventional and a covenant marriage. While the familiar . . . © 2008 Rutgers University Press. All rights reserved