It may not always work out, but they do it again. And again,'' the governor said last week as he sat with Jackie in the Governor's Mansion. Many have sponsored child-care initiatives and resolutions to encourage fathers to take more responsibility for their children. D.C. Perhaps that is because making marriage a state affair carries some political risk, says Theodora Ooms, executive director of the Family Impact Seminar, a Washington, D.C., think tank. Some see marriage as a private matter, and nothing for the state to dabble in.
Communities are more stable with a high number of married couples.
Caring is one thing. Endorsing a certain style of marriage is quite another, and that is something Ooms and others warn against. The list of speakers for Utah's marriage conference suggests a heavy slant toward LDS values and conservative theories about marriage. The Leavitts bristle at the suggestion that the seminar might exclude certain segments of society. She adds that the evening's discussion will highlight Marriage Encounter, the Catholic Church's longtime marriage enrichment program.