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Marriage in the News: Covenant Marriages & Texas Legislation

This seems like some heavy subject material to bring up this morning, but this landed in my inbox and I couldn’t help but bring it up for discussion. Recently, I talked about the proposed marriage license legislation in Nebraska. The legislation proposes that for every couple who goes through 10 hours of marriage education then they would only need to pay $30 for a marriage license and if they don’t take the class, then they’ll need to pay $100 for their marriage license. I thought the idea was worth exploring as a model for its effect on marriage. I still … Continue reading →

Marriage in the News – Bill Will Require Marriage Classes

In a real bit of news today (No April Fool’s Day joke here), Nebraska lawmakers are considering a bill that if approved will encourage couples to take eight hours of marriage related classes before receiving their marriage license. While the state cannot force a couple to take these types of classes nor can they mandate the exact content of them, they can encourage couples to seek out these types of relationship classes from different sources including their clergy, marriage counselors or other types of officials. How would the bill work? Couples who took at least eight hours of relationship and … Continue reading →