Marriage as a Public Issue
- 1 September 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Project MUSE in The Future of Children
- Vol. 15 (2), 13-32
- https://doi.org/10.1353/foc.2005.0019
Abstract
Over the past fifty years, powerful cultural and social forces have made marriage less central to Americans' family lives. In reaction, the United States is now engaged in a wide-ranging debate about the place of marriage in contemporary society.Keywords
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