WE MUSTN’T LOSE GEN Z TO THE ANTI-MARRIAGE LIE

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Nearly half of young adults now believe that monogamy is “outdated”.

That’s the extraordinary claim from a UK survey reported by Rayden Solicitors. According to their research, 42% of 18-24 year-olds think lifelong faithfulness to one partner is no longer a “realistic” goal in modern relationships.

It’s a deeply troubling statistic.

This isn’t just youthful rebellion. Young people today are growing up surrounded by broken homes, taught questionable ideology in schools, and bombarded with online messages that mock commitment, marriage and even biological reality. No wonder confusion reigns.

A 2023 Newsweek report found a similar result, stating that “two in five young adults – Gen Z and millennials – view marriage as outdated”. But it only surveyed unmarried people in relationships – excluding married and single individuals. Predictably, the results were skewed.

The idea that monogamy and marriage are outdated is dangerous nonsense. The facts say otherwise. Time and again, the social science shows that lifelong, monogamous, man-woman marriage is best for adults, best for children and best for society. It fosters stability, health, prosperity, and happiness like no other arrangement. It makes a nation great!

So when surveys like this gain traction, we take it seriously. Because what the next generation believes about marriage matters. It shapes the future.

If we don’t act now, we risk losing an entire generation from the benefits that flow to individuals and to society from real marriage. That’s why C4M exists: to speak out clearly, to challenge misleading narratives, and to rebuild a culture of marriage. That’s why we write to you each week. And that’s why I spend much of my time travelling the length and breadth of the country, encouraging people to invest in their own marriages, and to stand up for real marriage.

I believe it’s the issue that underpins almost all others.

As these stories gain media attention, there is both danger and opportunity. Danger, because false ideas take root quickly. Opportunity, because when people see just how far society is drifting, they become more open to the truth.

We need to seize this moment. To double down. To push back harder. And to show, with reason and evidence, that marriage still matters.