Marriage

As a native of northwest Montana, I haven’t had much experience traveling on the eastern side of the state. This past weekend, however, I found myself driving to a wedding in a (very) rural area outside of Billings. To give you an idea of the remoteness of the wedding location, consider this: I had to drive 16 miles down a single-lane dirt road to get to the ceremony ...

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The Montana Republican Party is ending its call to make homosexuality acts illegal, but reinforcing its opposition to gay marriage. The changes came over the weekend at the party's convention in Missoula. The GOP had held the position seeking to criminalize homosexuality since a 1997 Montana Supreme Court case striking down similar state laws...

Leave it to an Englishman to make the 2012 Olympic torch run one of the cutest moments in the history of the games.

Divorces are never pleasant, but Jim Halfens, an entrepreneur from the Netherlands, is trying to ensure they’re at least less complicated. He’s masterminded a concept called Divorce Hotel, in which couples check in, spend a few days with negotiators and lawyers, and leave with divorce papers in hand.

Normally, we openly laugh at couples who go out of their way to dress alike. But there’s something impossibly adorable about this elderly couple who’s worn matching outfits every day for the past 35 years.

Usually when a person is graduating from college, she’s thinking about what kind of job she’ll get after school. This woman gets a surprise offer during graduation and suddenly has a different job to think about — the new and unexpected job of planning her wedding.

Peggy Marie Pence Schuster and Henry O. Freund first felt a spark between them back in 1950 when the pair attended Southwestern of Memphis (now Rhodes College). They exercised their young love by sitting next to each other in class and attending school events together. But like many college sweethearts, their romance didn’t make the jump into the real world. Soon after graduation, Marie married so

There is a growing trend among America’s married couples that appears to be gaining ground as a result of a challenging economy and unsettled job market. That trend is the commuter marriage. But what is it?

Fifty-two percent of Americans over the age of 18 are married. This is down from 57 percent a decade ago. Perhaps the decline has to do with the fact that many young people don’t believe having a successful marriage is one of the most important parts of their life.

People are marrying themselves, should the United States make it official?