In Muskingum County in 2009, 629 couples tied the knot — far fewer than in the 1990s. In 1990, 759 couples received marriage licenses.
The county’s numbers follow a national trend. In the 1990s, the rate of marriages was nine per 1,000 residents. In recent years, it has been around seven, according to data from the Ohio Department of Health.
Muskingum County’s population was 85,087 in 2008, an increase of 3,019 since 1990.
Perry and Morgan counties have seen similar trends. In 2009, 204 couples got married in Perry County, compared to 249 in 1990.
We’ll try to help out. I am officiating at my Godson’s wedding in Cleveland this summer. Should anyone have a similar desire to boost the Ohio stats, please be advised that Ohio requires that all marriages be performed by someone licensed by the State. You can get your very own Ohio Marriage Officiant’s License for $10 and a letter from your bishop.
Well, the problem is that marriage is that thing for same sex couples to do now. Heterosexual couples…well, they can just live together. Who needs the state of the Church to butt into their lives? Kids? So what!
Sad, sad times. Now I see why the Scriptures talk about 7 women asking one man to give them his name.
“And in that day
seven women shall take hold of one man,
saying,
We will eat our own bread,
and wear our own apparel:
only let us be called by thy name,
to take away our reproach. ”
Isaiah 4:1.
Ohio passed a Constitutional amendment in 2004 aimed at preserving marriage as one man and one woman. Guess it did not work in terms of preserving opposite sex marriage now that it has been on the books for five years.