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npr: Marriage — it’s so last century. A new report out on Wednesday finds the share of all U.S. adults who are married has dropped to its lowest on record, at just 51 percent. If the trend continues, the institution will soon lose its majority status in American life. (via When It Comes To Marriage, Many More Say ‘I Don’t’) Graphic credit: Nelson Hsu/NPR Graphic source: Pew Research Center analysis of Decennial Census and American Community Survey Data

npr:

Marriage — it’s so last century. A new report out on Wednesday finds the share of all U.S. adults who are married has dropped to its lowest on record, at just 51 percent. If the trend continues, the institution will soon lose its majority status in American life.

(via When It Comes To Marriage, Many More Say ‘I Don’t’)

Graphic credit: Nelson Hsu/NPR

Graphic source: Pew Research Center analysis of Decennial Census and American Community Survey Data

I cannot deny a person, a human being, a taxpayer, a worker, the people of my district and across this state, the State of New York, and those people who make this the great state that it is the same rights that I have with my wife.

Republican State Senator Mark J. Grisanti

New York Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage - Slide Show - NYTimes.com

And the right-wing Republican moralists, tea partiers, and Sarah Palins/Rick Santorums get the proverbial slap-in-the-face by their educated and sensible NY counterparts.

Where Have the Good Men Gone? - WSJ.com “Not so long ago, the average American man in his 20s had achieved most of the milestones of adulthood: a high-school diploma, financial independence, marriage and children. Today, most men in their 20s hang out in a novel sort of limbo, a hybrid state of semi-hormonal adolescence and responsible self-reliance. This “pre-adulthood” has much to recommend it, especially for the college-educated. But it’s time to state what has become obvious to legions of frustrated young women: It doesn’t bring out the best in men.” I have no idea what they’re talking about.

Where Have the Good Men Gone? - WSJ.com

“Not so long ago, the average American man in his 20s had achieved most of the milestones of adulthood: a high-school diploma, financial independence, marriage and children. Today, most men in their 20s hang out in a novel sort of limbo, a hybrid state of semi-hormonal adolescence and responsible self-reliance. This “pre-adulthood” has much to recommend it, especially for the college-educated. But it’s time to state what has become obvious to legions of frustrated young women: It doesn’t bring out the best in men.”

I have no idea what they’re talking about.