Article: Church, state join struggle to save U.S. marriages.

Programs aim to equip couples for happy union

Marriage is in vogue.

Gen Xers, according to American Demographics, a journal tracking business trends, are donning tuxes and veils in record numbers. The Census Bureau reports about half of Gen Xers (Americans between the ages of 20 and 35) are married now, and projections are two-thirds of them will tie the knot by 2001. That would gladden the hearts of those who see marriage and the family as the principal hope for civilization.

The downside, however, is that divorce also remains in vogue. While 85 percent of Gen Xers will have settled down to wedded bliss by 2010, the experts predict that fully ...

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