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Can We Blame the Nones for America's Marriage Crisis?

In 1972, 85% of Americans had been married. Today it's 70%. Here's what's really driving the decline.

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Ryan Burge
Mar 23, 2026
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A couple of months ago, the Heritage Foundation released a report entitled Saving America by Saving the Family: A Foundation for the Next 250 Years. You can probably guess the contents of said report from just the title, but to summarize: people aren’t walking down the aisle that much anymore, and that’s pretty much bad for everyone. They start by going…

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