An interesting thing we have in Arizona: Married couples have the option to get a covenant marriage, whose main effect is to make it harder to get divorced. Instead of no-fault unilateral divorce, a divorce must either be mutual, have proof of wrongdoing (adultery, abuse, abandonment) by one party, or come after an extended separation. Even among conservatives and Christians I know, the vast majority of people have never heard of this; only a few hundred people have them. One of the biggest reasons marriage has declined is that we've ruined the incentives for it. When marriage is easy to dissolve, power in a marriage rests with the person who is more willing to break up. When it's hard to dissolve a marriage, power instead rests with the person who wants the marriage to work. And overall, when divorce is harder, marriages are actually happier, because they provide a greater sense of security and stability for those in them. If we want to encourage a revival of marriage on the right, a good idea would be to start with ourselves: Pastors in Arizona should make couples aware that this option exists, and encourage them to get it. If we think marriage should be for life, we should put some skin in the game to show we mean it.