Marriage rates in the U.S. plunge to the lowest level in the U.S. history as adherence to Christianity and its conservative values has declined over time and acceptance of contraception and cohabitation is widespread
By
Julio
Severo
The
marriage rate in the United States has plunged to its lowest level in the U.S.
history as couples decide to forgo officially tying the knot and opt to live
together. As adherence to Christianity and its conservative values has
declined over time, there’s been a growing acceptance of cohabitation.
In
2018 there were 6.5 new unions formed for every 1,000 people, the lowest rate
since the general government started to record data in 1867, according to the
National Center for Health Statistics.
From
2017 to 2018, the rate dropped six percent, from to 6.9 per 1,000 population to
6.5 - the lowest of the 1900–2018 period.
In
2019 over half of American adults were living with a spouse – down from seven
in 10 back in 1970.
All
of this has not happened by chance. A strong decline in adherence to
Christianity and its conservative values has played a major role in the decline
in marriage rates. According to the Pew Research Center in a 2019 study:
“Both
Protestantism and Catholicism are experiencing losses of population share.
Currently, 43% of U.S. adults identify with Protestantism, down from 51% in
2009. And one-in-five adults (20%) are Catholic, down from 23% in 2009.”
A
strong Christianity is correlated with growth of marriage, family and birth of
babies. And marriage is correlated with positive outcomes including longevity
and economy security.
Widespread
contraception has made marriage, family and babies unnecessary and made immorality,
abortion and cohabitation widespread. When Christian churches and their members
embraced contraception, they embraced the destruction of their churches, their
families, their babies promised by God’s Word as gifts, their future and their
civilization.
The
United States, which in its foundation in the late 1700s was 98 percent conservative
Protestant and had strong families, today has declining Protestantism, declining
families and a growing Islamic population, because Muslims love their religion
and their families.
And to get things worse, President Donald
Trump, who is a Protestant who was
elected mostly by conservative Protestants,
has not protected traditional marriage. He
has praised homosexual “marriage.”
Portuguese version of this article: Indíces
de casamento nos EUA caíram para o nível mais baixo da história dos EUA, enquanto
adesão ao Cristianismo e seus valores conservadores diminuiu com o tempo e a
aceitação da contracepção e da coabitação é generalizada
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