But in President Clinton's recent State of the Union speech he too took time out to introduce the Revs. An increasing number of marital therapists believe it is their job to save the relationship rather than simply help each party pursue his or her chosen path. Several people have gone so far as to suggest imposing a waiting period for marriage licenses, modeled after gun laws. And just last week, a group of mostly female state lawmakers in Washington introduced a bill that would require marriage licenses to come with warnings about spousal abuse. I would say, simply, 'Beware.
Marriage is serious business.
That same year, 1.2 million couples agreed, officially, that their marriages could not be saved. Again in 1993, the Bureau of the Census projected that four out of 10 first marriages would end in divorce. Indeed, the number of divorces began soaring in the mid-60s and has declined only slightly since peaking at a little over 1.2 million in 1981. Thus, despite sporadic cheers about falling divorce rates, couples have not gotten much better at staying together - not yet anyway. If the U.S. can get rid of King George, I can get rid of him.