By Stan Guthrie
Time magazine, knocked off its perch as one of the world’s most respected purveyors and interpreters of the news, is trying to stay relevant in the new media world. Perhaps that is the simplest explanation for its latest cover story, “Who Needs Marriage? A Changing Institution.” The piece plays off of the latest study of the Pew Research Center, “The Decline of Marriage and Rise of New Families.” In the article, Time editor-at-large and author Belinda Luscombe produces this remarkable sound bite: “The Pew survey reveals that nearly 40% of us think marriage is obsolete.”