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Fighting Poverty With an 'I Do' By Nancy Cambria St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Wednesday, Dec. 19 2007 Pastor Clyde Crumpton says he knows a path that will lead his community out of poverty: a walk down the wedding aisle to a happily-ever-after that has eluded many of the nation's African-Americans. "I'm committed to marriage because we really have to change some of these things in our community," he says to a nodding audience of about 10 inside New Sunny Mount Baptist Church, a stately brick haven in the Mark Twain neighborhood. With African-American marriage rates registering well below those of other races and fears that too many of its young are being lost to poverty and crime, not the altar, they have come to Crumpton to learn how to find and love the right person forever. more »

MARRIED ADULTS ARE HEALTHIEST A report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests that married adults are healthier than divorced, widowed or never married adults.   The report, "Marital Status and Health: United States, 1999-2002," was based on interviews with 127,545 adults aged 18 and over as part of the National Health Interview Survey, conducted by CDC‚s National Center for Health Statistics.   The study looked at health status and limitations, health conditions, health related behaviors according to marital status and also by age, race/ethnicity and socioeconomic factors such as education and poverty status.   more »

THE NATIONAL MARRIAGE PROJECT from Rutgers University The National Marriage Project provides research and analysis on the state of marriage in America and educates the public on the social, economic and cultural conditions affecting marital success and child wellbeing. Find out more about this organization and read several informative articles: "Ten Important Research Findings on Marriage and Choosing A Marriage Partner," "The Marrying Kind: Which Men Marry and Why," "The State of Our Unions: The Social Health of Marriage in America" more »

TEN TIPS FOR A HEALTHY MARRIAGE LEARN to communicate effectively MAKE TIME for each other Fight FAIR Make a COMMITMENT to your relationship Express APPRECIATION Maintain a sense of HUMOR Learn to COMPROMISE Practice FORGIVENESS Keep ROMANCE alive TAKE TIME for yourself Taken from LifeCare: Life Event Management Services