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Unhappy Myth? Millennials Pop the Question on Marriage

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A big question many Millennials are asking is, "Should I have hope for marriage?"

There are so many depressing statistics about divorce circulating, sometimes even from the pulpit, that the generation often questions if a happy marriage is even possible.

Best-selling author Shaunti Feldhahn says divorce isn't the greatest threat to marriage. Discouragement is.

In her book, The Good News About Marriage, Feldhahn debunks several myths about marriage, including the myth that most marriages are unhappy and 50 percent of them end in divorce, even in the church.

The truth is most marriages are happy. Among first-time marriagesl about 20-25 percent end in divorce on average and the divorce rate among those active in their church is 27 to 50 percent lower than among non-churchgoers.

Feldhahn spoke with CBN News Reporter Caitlin Burke about what this means for the Millennial generation. Click play for more.

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Caitlin Burke serves as National Security Correspondent and a general assignment reporter for CBN News. She has also hosted the CBN News original podcast, The Daily Rundown. Some of Caitlin’s recent stories have focused on the national security threat posed by China, America’s military strength, and vulnerabilities in the U.S. power grid. She joined CBN News in July 2010, and over the course of her career, she has had the opportunity to cover stories both domestically and abroad. Caitlin began her news career working as a production assistant in Richmond, Virginia, for the NBC affiliate WWBT