Selling Couples On Marriage ; Religious Groups Provide Tools to Create, Foster Strong Unions Series: Second of Four Parts
The Washington Times › December 28, 2006
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Second of four parts.
The lesson would be how to keep "the fire burning," Nisa Muhammad told nine couples at her Tuesday night marriage class in the District.See the full content of this document
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Selling Couples On Marriage ; Religious Groups Provide Tools to Create, Foster Strong Unions Series: Second of Four Parts
"I need this session," said Rossalyn Parks, whose boyfriend had yet to arrive or call with an explanation. She was on fire, all right.
All nine couples were black, and most live in low-income neighborhoods in the District or Prince George's County.Mrs. Muhammad's "Wedded Bliss" program, which will receive $1.3 million in federal money over the next four years, is aimed at helping black couples."We've kind of bought into the hype that marriage doesn't matter .. in the culture, the music, the movie, on TV," said Mrs. Muhammad, a 49-year-old mother of five who was divorced after 12 years and remarried last year....See the full content of this document
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