[voletti]

Damn link doesn't open to any article, though.

But hey, what now? The Europeanization of America proceeds apace?

[VeritatisSplendor]

Headline is in error. Married couples are now a minority among all households, not among couples.

Mrs VS

[cripplecreek]

I think too many people get married too young and that turns them off on marriage.

I was too young at 31 years old and the marriage didn't last. Fortunately I was old enough to know that there was nothing wrong with marriage and am now happily married for good, for better or for worse.

[lormand]

Wow, my wife and I are freakaziods because no only are we married (and she is a she, and I am a he) it is both our "first" marriage, with no breakup in site.

[SDGOP]

Ping...

[Dave278]

Well, I married at the age of 23 and we are now going on 18 years together. Sometimes marriage is alot of work, but its worth it.

[Bon mots]

It looks like guys are smartening up.
Marriage has been turned into a one-way contract written against the interests of men, and to enable women to totally screw them out of their hard-earned financial assets.

Why any guy would sign such a contract these days mystifies me.

[Jim Scott]

Until we know the source and the methodology used to generate these numbers, I am skeptical of this announcement. You should be too.

[SaxxonWoods]

So, do we get Affirmative Action now?

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

And the left is pleased, since they want to destroy the family.

[aquila48]

"Married couples a minority among all couples in the US"

Now that we're a minority, do we get special privileges??

[WorkingClassFilth]

Get a grip, folks. This is old leftist boiler plate rubbish seeking to give the illusion that marriage is dead or dying. Of course, the implicit message is that fruitism or serial bestiality or quadro-sexualism are the fastest growing favorites in the 'New' America.

Nothing could be further from the truth.

The real headline should state that marriage remains the overwhelming favorite condition for American households. All other arrangements sink to minor status in relation to the biggest catagory of marriage. These stats usually do not include those who have been married and have:
A) had their spouse die.
B) been divorced.
C) are separated.
D) have bi-coastal marriages or other careers that require separate living arrangements.

Furthermore, these stats ignore the single households where the occupant is:
A) looking forward to marriage.
b) living together with a potential mate and with the intent (cough) of getting married.
C) between marriages for serial monogamists.

When these groups are factored into the mix, America is overwhelmingly friendly to marriage and the vast, vast majority of people are participants.

Sorry, leftist fruitcakes. You're not invited to America's favorite relationship.

[Samwise]

Several years ago I joked to hubby that we were going to have to hide the wedding pictures so that Hobbit Lass wouldn't be embarrassed because her mom and dad were married. Guess I wasn't too far off mark.

[madison10]

My husband and I met at ages 16 and 17. We just celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary last August. We married at ages 21 and 22. It WAS a lot of work. Retirement will be the test...we don't have kids.

[deport]

I assume the following is the info Drudge is touting......

United States and States

R1101. Percent of Households That are Married-Couple Families: 2005
Universe: Households  
Data Set: 2005 American Community Survey
Survey: 2005 American Community Survey, 2005 Puerto Rico Community Survey

NOTE. Data are limited to the household population and exclude the population living in institutions, college dormitories, and other group quarters. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see .

Rank	State	Percent	Margin of Error
1	Utah	61.5	+/-1.1
2	Idaho	56.3	+/-1.2
3	New Hampshire	54.3	+/-1.1
4	Hawaii	53.4	+/-1.1
4	Wyoming	53.4	+/-1.6
6	Iowa	53.2	+/-0.7
7	Kansas	52.7	+/-0.8
7	Minnesota	52.7	+/-0.6
9	West Virginia	52.5	+/-0.9
10	Nebraska	52.4	+/-0.8
11	Montana	52.1	+/-1.2
12	South Dakota	51.9	+/-1.2
13	New Jersey	51.8	+/-0.5
14	Texas	51.7	+/-0.4
15	Indiana	51.6	+/-0.6
16	Kentucky	51.5	+/-0.6
17	Maine	51.3	+/-1.1
18	Virginia	51.2	+/-0.5
19	Arkansas	51.1	+/-0.8
20	Connecticut	51.0	+/-0.7
20	North Dakota	51.0	+/-1.2
20	Oklahoma	51.0	+/-0.7
23	Wisconsin	50.8	+/-0.5
24	Delaware	50.3	+/-1.3
24	Missouri	50.3	+/-0.6
26	Michigan	50.1	+/-0.4
27	Alaska	49.9	+/-1.5
27	Colorado	49.9	+/-0.6
29	Alabama	49.8	+/-0.6
29	Pennsylvania	49.8	+/-0.4
29	Tennessee	49.8	+/-0.6
29	Washington	49.8	+/-0.5
	United States	49.7	+/-0.2
33	California	49.7	+/-0.3
33	Illinois	49.7	+/-0.3
35	Georgia	49.5	+/-0.4
36	Ohio	49.4	+/-0.4
36	Oregon	49.4	+/-0.7
38	North Carolina	49.3	+/-0.4
39	Maryland	49.0	+/-0.6
40	Arizona	48.9	+/-0.6
41	Vermont	48.5	+/-1.6
42	South Carolina	48.2	+/-0.7
43	Florida	47.9	+/-0.3
43	New Mexico	47.9	+/-1.1
45	Massachusetts	47.6	+/-0.6
46	Nevada	47.5	+/-0.9
47	Rhode Island	46.8	+/-1.4
48	Mississippi	46.5	+/-0.8
49	Louisiana	45.9	+/-0.8
50	New York	44.9	+/-0.3
51	District of Columbia	21.8	+/-1.4
	Puerto Rico	48.0	+/-0.6

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2005 American Community Survey

Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability. The degree of uncertainty for an estimate arising from sampling variability is represented through the use of a margin of error. The value shown here is the 90 percent margin of error. The margin of error can be interpreted roughly as providing a 90 percent probability that the interval defined by the estimate minus the margin of error and the estimate plus the margin of error (the lower and upper confidence bounds) contains the true value. In addition to sampling variability, the ACS estimates are subject to nonsampling error (for a discussion of nonsampling variability, see Accuracy of the Data). The effect of nonsampling error is not represented in these tables.

[agrarianlady]

I got married at 23, 12 years ago. The grass will never, ever be greener on the other side of the fence. I'm married to my best friend. That kind of consistent love is a conscious, deliberate decision for both of us.

In our church we form groups of ladies that meet once a month for a meal. The program is called "Titus II", which seeks to follow this pattern:

"Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good. Then they can train the younger women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God."

[69ConvertibleFirebird]

Does this include the fudge packers who "marry" in Massachusetts?

[Recovering_Democrat]

DAMMIT, I'M MARRIED, AND I'M A MINORITY! WHERE'S MY GOVERNMENT CHECK?!
I WANT REPARATIONS!
I NEED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE! I'M A MINORITY AND I DEMAND EQUAL RIGHTS!!
< \LIBERAL MINDSET>

[sageb1]

"The Europeanization of America proceeds apace?"

We're already 40 years into it.

[bethelgrad]

My wife and I met in 1990 when I was 16 and she was 14. We married in 1995 and today are happier than ever.

[Wilhelm Tell]

That's why we need gay marriage, group marriage, first cousin marriage, marriage between children and adults, marriage between humans and animals -- then there will be enough "marriages" to go around. /SARCASM