Title: How Marriages Have Changed Over The Last 100 Years
Headings: How Marriages Have Changed Over The Last 100 Years
How Marriages Have Changed Over The Last 100 Years
The reason for marrying began to shift
The marriage rate and the Great Depression
The "golden age of marriage" wasn't really so golden
The case for Loving
The start of voluntarily childless marriages
The waiting game
The "rise in cohabitation" versus marriage
The inclusion of same-sex couples
The marriage rate is back on the decline
So, is marriage going extinct?

Content: With the newfound freedom to marry, many same-sex couples did just that. In August 2017, just two years and two months after the Supreme Court ruling, over ten percent of of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) adults in the United States were reported to be married to a same-sex spouse, according to Gallup. Prior to the Supreme Court's decision, that number was a little under eight percent. Gallup also estimates that, as of 2017, 61 percent of same-sex, cohabiting couples residing in the U.S. have since married, which is a 38 percent increase pre-ruling. The marriage rate is back on the decline
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Even with more same-sex marriages occurring since 2015, the overall marriage rate is declining at a rapid pace, and has since 1970. The U.S. marriage r