The Changing Face of Marriage

The Church has ingrained in the minds of Catholics that marriage is between and man and a woman. Traditionally, media and the world were trained to think the same way. However, recently, there have been changes in media to incorporate new types of relationships. For example, in the show Modern Family, a gay couple is shown, and so is a couple with an older husband and a younger wife. The changing structure of marriage in today's society has many pros and cons. This may include pros in the form of accepting everyone in society. However, many conservatives see cons in that it is breaking tradition. 

But the main change in marriage not involved with sexual orientation is the change in breadwinning and salaries. Recently, the marriage roles have reversed women have become the breadwinners. Women's salaries have increased and men have begun to take on roles of a stay-at-home-dad, making this a new norm. 

The Pew Trust from 2010 say that those with a college degree are less likely to experience divorce and multiple marriages than those without a college degree. I am not quite sure of the correlation in this context, but maybe the marriages of those with degrees are more likely to work on saving a marriage, or taking time in those that they may choose as a spouse. 

Parents are called to teach the catholic faith to their children, which is what can be defined as the domestic Church. I hope to one day establish the domestic church in my household.