There are many people who want to or have abandoned the idea of marriage. I’m not speaking in the political realm of who should marry, but the whole concept of whether marriage is necessary for anyone. In a Washington Post web article referring to this topic, the author cites research indicating that 44% of the people born after 1980 believe marriage is becoming obsolete. This may not be surprising since a new analysis of U.S. census data reports that only 51 percent of all adults who are 18 and older are married.

I wonder what would happen if we took all of the time, money, and effort that is spent on fighting the idea of marriage and we spent it on helping people stay married or showing them the benefits of marriage. It’s possible that would have more of a positive effect on our society and economy.

Marriages and families are part of the backbone of our society in many ways including economically. I say “part of” because I’m not discounting single people as contributors too. Statistics, however, show that marital stability in a community is helpful to economic growth.