Resources on this page will help you to find out more about marriage.

PACIFIC NORTHWEST

• KUOW: Marriage in Washington State - This is a public radio discussion on marriage and how it is shaped by living in the Pacific Northwest. Specific issues covered are same-sex marriage, cohabitation, planning for success in marriage, polyamory, as well as immigration and marriage. These stories are largely personal and local not a lot of law is discussed here.(Podcast)

COUNSELING AND EDUCATION ON MARRIAGE

• American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy - The national organization of therapists who specialize in marriage and family therapy.
• National Healthy Marriage Resource Center - The NHMRC is "a clearing house for high quality, balanced, and timely information and resources on healthy marriage."
• National Marriage Project - This project, hosted by the University of Virginia, is a great place to find studies, reports and theories about sociological issues that affect marriages today.

SOCIETY

• The PEW Forum on Religion & Public Life - There is some great information on this site relating to society and marriage because it is both a social and religious issue in our country.
• Traditional Values Coalition - This is the main website of an organization that works to define marriage, family and law on a specific set of values centered around fundamental Christian teaching.
• Alternatives to Marriage Project - This website is mostly about polyamory and how people of this lifestyle choose to experience their relationships both inside and outside the conventions of marriage. This is a nice place to find out about legal issues facing people who choose not to marry.

SAME SEX MARRIAGE

• National Black Justice Coalition - The NBJC also supports gay and lesbian rights, so this is a great place to go to find out about same-sex marriage issues.
• PEW Forum on Gay Marriage and Homosexuality - There are some really interesting reports on how religious organizations deal with the issue of gay marriage, PEW has some of the best.
• Human Rights Campaign: Marriage & Relationship Recognition - On this page a leading advocacy group discusses the issue of same sex marriage.

HISTORY OF MARRIAGE

• San Francisco 1906 Earthquake Marriage Project - One response to the 1906 major earthquake in San Francisco seems to have been new marriages. This site explores the idea that one response to major disaster is love.
• Studies in Scarlet: Marriage in the US & UK, 1815-1914 - Studies in Scarlet is a collection of court case studies related to marriage and sex. It's a great place to find out what our courts have ruled considering marriage.

INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE

• FindLaw: The Fortieth Anniversary of Loving v. Virginia - Loving v. Virginia is the court case that ended prohibitions against same sex marriages. This article discusses the legacy of the case and how it affects marriage today.
• Loving Day - Loving Day is a celebration of the anniversary of Loving v. Virginia, the court case that helped legalize interracial marriage. This is a great place to get educated on issues facing interracial couples.

MARRIAGE, CHILDREN, FAMILY

• National Resource Center for Permanency and Family Connections - Hunter College's School of Social Work has developed a nice list of articles on how fathers are necessary in children's well-being.
• Focus: The Institution for Research on Poverty - There are some great articles on this page about how marriage affects poverty levels.
• It's Great to Wait -Florida's Department of Health sponsors this website, which explains to teens why waiting until marriage to have sex is a great idea.

TRADITIONS

• Jewish National and University Library: Ketubbot Digitization Project - Ketubbot are legal documents given by Jewish men to their brides. They are meant to provide for the wife's financial well-being in the case of death or divorce.
• Religion and Ethics: Arranged Marriages - This is a transcript of a June 1999 show on arranged marriages in the Orthodox Jewish faith.

DIVORCE

• DivorceNet - DivorceNet claims to be the net's biggest source of information on divorce. Mostly this is a great place to find general advice on divorce.
• Smartmoney article: Supporting the Ex Husband - This brief and one-sided article discusses how one woman supported her ex-husband after the dissolution of their marriage.

MARRIAGE AND WORK

• Preparing for a Career in Geosciences: Dual Career Couples - What happens when you decide to marry someone in the exact same career as you? This article provides great advice and case studies on married people who work in the same field.
• Smartmoney article: Supporting the Ex Husband - This brief and one-sided article discusses how one woman supported her ex-husband after the dissolution of their marriage.