The importance of marriage

Cate Flanagan in TIME Magazine:

There is no other single force causing as much measurable hardship and human misery in this country as the collapse of marriage. It hurts children, it reduces mothers’ financial security, and it has landed with particular devastation on those who can bear it least: the nation’s underclass.

Two lovely links within that article:
Married 50 Years: TIME Photogallery
Snapshots from a Very Special Wedding