44 percent find marriage 'unnecessary'
Jeff Johnson
OneNewsNow.com
January 7, 2008

Half of Americans 20 to 69 years of age believe marriage is not necessary -- according to a new study.

Zogby International and AOL surveyed more than 7,000 Americans in that age bracket and found 44 percent who said marriage is not necessary in order to have a committed, fulfilling, life-long relationship. Mike McManus, president of Marriage Savers -- a group that works to help churches reduce divorce rates, finds that number shocking.

"People who are married live longer, they're healthier, they're happier; they're wealthier," he points out. "A man who's single, for whatever reason, will live ten years less than a married man; a woman, about four years less." the rest image