Perspective: How wedding faith and marriage boosts both – By Hanna Seariac (Deseret News) / Feb 25, 2023
Marriage and religiosity are both in decline. But improving rates of one can help raise the other
Instead of hearing wedding bells ring, lately there’s been a funeral dirge for the institution of marriage. With marriage rates hitting historic lows in recent years (and recovering only slightly), romance seems dead. While the reasons for this are multifaceted, we can’t ignore how religiosity is plummeting simultaneously.
Religious “nones” — those who have no religious affiliation — are trending toward the majority. Similarly, the marriage rate is below 50% for U.S. adults, and younger generations are less inclined toward marriage, according to studies.
There’s a statistically significant overlap between the religious nones and the unmarried. Pew Research found that religious nones were more likely than the general public to be unmarried while the religiously affiliated (especially Latter-day Saints and Presbyterians) are more likely to be married. Religiosity increases the likelihood of marriage, according to a landmark longitudinal study published last year.
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