by Betsy VanDenBerghe and Alan J. Hawkins A few weeks ago, at a professional conference for marriage and relationship educators in Washington, DC, a speaker asked, “What can we do to make marriage cool again?” to which Alan responded, “Get Taylor and Travis to put a ring on it.” This wasn’t (exactly) a joke, but a reflection of the desperation pro-marriage advocates feel with U.S. marriage rates tanking, and demographers estimating that one-third of young adults will never ma...
