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Not only has marriage been leveled alongside other ‘relationships,’ its content has been eviscerated.
Forty years ago, Stevie Wonder wrote a song which, among other non-events, mentioned “no wedding Saturday in the month of June.” Back in 1984, all Stevie Wonder was singing about was that he didn’t need an occasion to say “I love you.”
We didn’t know Stevie Wonder was a prophet. It seems, instead, we now apparently don’t need marriage to claim “I love you.” As we are almost halfway through June — a month traditionally associated with weddings — let’s look at what has happened to marriage in the four decades since Stevie Wonder tickled the ebonies and ivories.
Starting with basic numbers, marriage is in decline. Fewer people are getting married and those who are do so at ever later ages. American men today tie the knot around 30, women, 28, the oldest points on record.
Marriage has been displaced. Once the defining adult relationship, marriage has now become one of a variety of “relationships” to be chosen. Marriage, “partnerships,” “cohabitation,” “hooking up,” “polyamory,” “polygamy,” “open relationships” etc. are all on the relationship buffet of the American social policy cafeteria. And woe to anyone who suggests that marriage should be inherently superior to all those other variants.
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Forty years ago, Stevie Wonder wrote a song which, among other non-events, mentioned “no wedding Saturday in the month of June.” Back in 1984, all Stevie Wonder was singing about was that he didn’t need an occasion to say “I love you.”
We didn’t know Stevie Wonder was a prophet. It seems, instead, we now apparently don’t need marriage to claim “I love you.” As we are almost halfway through June — a month traditionally associated with weddings — let’s look at what has happened to marriage in the four decades since Stevie Wonder tickled the ebonies and ivories.
Starting with basic numbers, marriage is in decline. Fewer people are getting married and those who are do so at ever later ages. American men today tie the knot around 30, women, 28, the oldest points on record.
Marriage has been displaced. Once the defining adult relationship, marriage has now become one of a variety of “relationships” to be chosen. Marriage, “partnerships,” “cohabitation,” “hooking up,” “polyamory,” “polygamy,” “open relationships” etc. are all on the relationship buffet of the American social policy cafeteria. And woe to anyone who suggests that marriage should be inherently superior to all those other variants.
Continued below.
‘No Wedding Saturdays in the Month of June’ — Just Like Stevie Wonder Said
Not only has marriage been leveled alongside other ‘relationships,’ its content has been eviscerated.
