America is tied in knots about tying the knot

Published November 13, 2020 4:00am ET



Trends on marriage in America appear to have become one of those (Champagne) glass-half-full propositions.

The empty part of the glass is a continued decline in the rate of people marrying in the first place. The full part of the glass is that once people marry, they are less likely to divorce than at any time in half a century.

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