Let me begin by making a statement that all of you either do know or should know. That is, the institution of marriage is in big trouble in America. The number of Americans getting married has dropped to a 40 year low, and "I do" has been replaced with "I won't" or "I no longer will."

A study by Rutgers University National Marriage Project found that Americans have not given up on marriage as an ideal, but there has been a catastrophic drop since 1960 in the number of couples who actually walk down the aisle and get married.1

Just consider the following:Over the last four decades Americans have become less likely to marry, and fewer of those who do marry have marriages they consider to be "very happy."

The Annual number of marriages per 1,000 unmarried women declined more than 1/3 from …