TV crews came knocking on Lenawee County doors. Sheridan was portrayed by many as a hyperconservative tyrant, overstepping his legal bounds by writing his own law. Groups like the ACLU and Freedom From Religion coiled, ready to strike at the first whiff of a lawsuit. Since then however, it has become clearer that the community marriage policy is strictly voluntary, and that no law has been passed in this county, or in the state, mandating premarriage preparation. The truth is that many Lenawee County couples have benefited from premarriage education, including Jamie and Kelly Nash of Tecumseh.
People take classes to improve their skills related to their career.
Yes, if you remove from the divorced list those who avoided premarriage preparation by traveling outside the county to obtain their marriage licenses. No, if you factor them into the overall number of divorces filed here. It ought to be a clear signal to couples wishing to marry that those who haven't taken the premarriage education courses are already divorcing. To be fair not all couples who invest themselves in premarriage education stay married. But the success rate is far greater for those who do than for those who don't.