Does Marriage Have a Future?
Lewin, Ellen, Journal of Marriage and Family
Key Words: culture, family, identity, marriage, same-sex marriage.
Who would have guessed that the institution of marriage was in so much trouble? In the midst of the battle over same-sex marriage, which seems to be all about declaring marriage something worth fighting for, everyone else seems to be worrying about whether the family as a social institution, and marriage along with it, are collapsing into nothingness, dragging with them all that we value in our daily lives. Most of the articles prepared for this issue try to address this issue, arguing that marriage is evolving out of existence, that it is being replaced by cohabitation or some other domestic configuration, or that …
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Publication information:
Article title: Does Marriage Have a Future?.
Contributors: Lewin, Ellen - Author.
Journal title: Journal of Marriage and Family.
Volume: 66.
Issue: 4
Publication date: November 2004.
Page number: 1000+.
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