The National Marriage Project's
"What's Happening to Marriage?"
All fairy tales end when two star-struck lovers get married and live happily ever after. These tales of love and an everlasting happily ever after exist only in movies and fairy tales— not reality. The reality of marriage in the 21st century is dismal at best with 957,200 divorces in the year 2000 alone. That is 957,200 unhappy marriages, torn families, and drawn-out custody battles. What can remedy the steadily growing trend of divorce? The National Marriage Project's (NMP)claim that marriage has become less of an institution and more of a "couples relationship" (592) is accurate; however, it is inaccurate in the solutions it presents in order to remedy the marriage problem in America.
The National Marriage Project correctly identifies that marriage has already lost most of its status as a social, religious, and legal institution. It has been reduced to a "couples relationship" (592) designed purely for......
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