Home -> Law Blog Directory -> Religion & Law Blogs -> Constitutionally Correct

Religion & Law

: Constitutionally Correct

Can the Recession Save Marriage?

By ADF Alliance Alert

W. Bradford Wilcox writes at the Wall Street Journal: "Judging by recent press reports, the family fallout associated with the Great Recession has been severe . . . But there may be a silver lining in all this financial pain. For most married Americans, the Great Recession seems to be solidifying, not eroding, the marital bond. The divorce rate is actually falling. It declined to 16.9 divorces per 1,000 married women in 2008 from 17.5 divorces in 2007 (a 3% drop), after rising from 16.4 divorces per 1,000 married women in 2005 (a 7% increase)."

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on December 11, 2009 (boomark / email).