Marriage in America: A work in progress?

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service | Date: March 8, 2004| Author: Mouchard, Andre | Copyright information

Byline: Andre Mouchard

Marriage is dead!

Just don't tell the 4.6 million Americans who figure to marry this year, an estimate that doesn't include a few thousand same-sex couples who got hitched last month in San Francisco.

Marriage is sacred!

Sure, though it might be something less than that to the 2.7 million of us likely to divorce in '04, a total that includes Britney Spears, whose recent marriage lasted two days and a brunch, and N...

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