The Briefing 10-02-14

1) Data shows marginalization of marriage to matter of status, not expectation

Record Share of Americans Have Never Married, Pew Research Center (Wendy Wang and Kim Parker)

The American family is a myth: Why our national moral panic must stop, Salon (Brittney Cooper)

The American Family Is Making a Comeback, The Atlantic (Michael Wear)

2) Millennial women more conservative in own marital decisions than in politics

 For millennial women, ‘the one’ must have a steady job, Washington Post (Catherine Rampell)

3) In 25 years since first legalization of same-sex unions social perception changed radically

This Is How Much More Popular Same-Sex Marriage Is Today Than in 1989, Time (Sam Frizell)

 For first time, census data on married couples includes same-sex spouses, Pew Research Center (D’Vera Cohn)

4) Rise of jihad brides reveals need of family for stable society

Mother of 15-year-old ‘jihadist’ Yusra Hussien says her ‘heart is torn’ as she pleads with her to ‘please come home’, The Telegraph (Gordon Rayner)

Islamic State recruiting women to ‘have kids and cook’, Los Angeles Times (Raja Abdulrahim)

5) Secret Service director resignation reveals eccentricity of Washington politics

Secret Service Director Resigns in Scandal Over Security Lapses, New York Times (Michael S. Schmidt and Michael D. Shear)