The ABA Journal reports:
A Georgia Supreme Court commission is so concerned about the impact of broken families that it is sponsoring a dozen billboards throughout the state with the message “Get Married, Stay Married.”
Georgia Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears told the Fulton County Daily Report that she hopes the billboards will help bring down divorce and crime rates, and push fathers to stay involved in their children’s lives . . .
GetMarriedStayMarried.org:
Every year, nearly three quarters of a million Georgians get divorced, and almost four out of every 10 babies in this state are born outside of marriage. Of course, many hardworking single parents do an excellent job of raising their children. However, we cannot ignore the substantial body of research revealing that when adults fail to build lasting, stable marriages, children suffer – children of divorced and of never-married parents suffer disproportionately from emotional and physical illness; more of them drop out of school and fewer attend college; they earn less income; they develop more addictions to drugs and alcohol; and they are more likely to engage in violence or suffer it in their homes. Moreover, a recent report on the taxpayer costs of divorce and unwed childbearing estimated that cost to taxpayers of family breakdown in Georgia exceeds nearly $1.46 billion a year . . .
