New York Times columnist Charles Blow doesn’t like marriage. “I have been married. I no longer am. I do not see remarriage in my future,” Blow writes. “I am also keenly aware of the nudging of those around me, who are married or aspire to be and who falsely assume that an eventual marriage is the only way to be truly happy and whole, to have completed the checklist of life. I rebuke all of that.”

Blow’s column goes on to celebrate the recent decline of marriage, noting, “we are nearing a time when there will be more unmarried adults in the United States than married ones.” With this transition coming, Blow says, it is time “to start asking ourselves whether it is fair and right to continue to reward and encourage marriage through taxation and policy.”