IS MARRIAGE BECOMING OBSOLETE?

MARRIAGE IS STILL VERY IMPORTANT IN THIS COUNTRY, BUT IT DOESN'T DOMINATE FAMILY LIFE LIKE IT USED TO. A STUDY BY THE PEW RESEARCH CENTER, IN ASSOCIATION WITH TIME MAGAZINE, HIGHLIGHTS RAPIDLY CHANGING NOTIONS OF THE AMERICAN FAMILY. AND THE CENSUS BUREAU, TOO, IS PLANNING TO INCORPORATE BROADER DEFINITIONS OF FAMILY WHEN MEASURING POVERTY, A SHIFT CAUSED PARTLY BY RECENT JUMPS IN UNMARRIED COUPLES LIVING TOGETHER. BEGINNING NEXT YEAR, THE CENSUS BUREAU WILL PUBLISH NEW, SUPPLEMENTAL POVERTY FIGURES THAT MOVE AWAY FROM THE TRADITIONAL CONCEPT OF FAMILY AS A HUSBAND AND WIFE WITH TWO CHILDREN. IT WILL BROADEN THE DEFINITION TO INCLUDE UNMARRIED COUPLES, SUCH AS SAME-SEX PARTNERS, AS WELL AS FOSTER CHILDREN WHO ARE NOT RELATED BY BLOOD OR ADOPTION. WHY DO YOU THINK IS DRIVING THIS CHANGE IN OUR SOCIETY? JOIN IN FRIDAY, TELL US WHAT YOU KNOW OR THINK. FRIDAY NIGHT NOVEMBER, 19 2010, 10:00 CENTRAL TIME PLEASE TUNE IN ONLINE AT: HTTP://WWW.BLOGTALKRADIO.COM/BIGGIESRADIO OR CALL IN: (347) 826-7579 BIGGIES RADIO: LOVE