Marriage Foundation: Championing stable committed relationships for the long-term benefit of families – especially children

Advocate

To advocate the advantages of marriage

Challenge

To challenge the social injustices of family breakdown

Demonstrate

That marriage is modern, and the best arrangement for all couples

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Our new report summarises the findings of Dr Harry Benson’s PhD thesis. You can download the full thesis via this link The benefits of marriage have been systematically underestimated in academic research and public policy. This is the central finding of my PhD thesis, recently completed at the University of

May I wish you a very happy Marriage Week, running up to Valentine’s day. This is a particularly good time to think about marriage and celebrate the most successful mechanism in human history for helping couples to raise families. This week The Times has been running a story about the

Press release The Marriage Foundation is deeply concerned at the Government’s plans that further downgrade the importance of marriage, by extending inheritance and other rights to cohabitees, while failing to do anything to promote its benefits. Dr Harry Benson, PhD, research director of the Marriage Foundation, commented: “Has the Government

Our Research

Our new report summarises the findings of Dr Harry Benson’s PhD thesis. You can download the full thesis via this link The benefits of marriage have been systematically underestimated in academic research and public policy. This is the central finding of my PhD thesis, recently completed at the University of

Our Blog

May I wish you a very happy Marriage Week, running up to Valentine’s day. This is a particularly good time to think about marriage and celebrate the most successful mechanism in human history for helping couples to raise families. This week The Times has been running a story about the

Our Updates

Press release The Marriage Foundation is deeply concerned at the Government’s plans that further downgrade the importance of marriage, by extending inheritance and other rights to cohabitees, while failing to do anything to promote its benefits. Dr Harry Benson, PhD, research director of the Marriage Foundation, commented: “Has the Government