What are you doing on March 28? If you’re not too booked, come celebrate Black Marriage Day right here in the nation’s capital! I just might show up myself to get a few quotes for an article.
The woman who conceived of the idea writes for the Nation of Islam’s newspaper and is most likely a member, but whatever encourages men to marry the mother of their children, I’m all for it.
It was while doing research on a fatherhood story she discovered the 1999 Morehouse Research Institute document Turning the Corner on Father Absence in Black America. In this publication, Ms. Muhammad read that married men make more money than single men. That statement intrigued her to explore further. She asked herself, “Does anyone else know this?â€
That was the beginning of her quest to unearth a wealth of knowledge about the benefits of marriage.
Hey, every little bit helps.
