marriage

Our society is experiencing a growth in inequality on many fronts.

The disparity between "haves" and "haves-nots" is on the rise. More and more people find themselves without jobs, or with dead-end jobs that lack a living wage or a sense of meaning.

Fewer young people are receiving an education that will open up a purposeful future.

And, in the midst of these growing disparities in our society, many in the state of Iowa are determined to perpetuate a gross inequality between heterosexuals and the gay and lesbian minority.

A recent Time Magazine/Pew Research Center Poll revealed 39 percent of respondents indicated they felt marriage is becoming obsolete. In a similar poll in 1978, just 28 percent agreed with that sentiment.

When the current poll separated out opinions based on the respondent’s education, we discovered of the college educated only 27 percent believed marriage was no longer important.

For those with only a high school education or less, 45 percent believed marriage was obsolete, and the number was 44 percent among African-Americans and those people who are between the ages of 18 to 29.