GETWED is a socially responsible partnership between Engaged Couples, Marriage Education Providers & Wedding Vendors.  Couples who complete 4 hours of a broadly outlined core curriculum of Marriage Education, taught freely and independently from a Licensed Mental Health Professional or Ordained Clergy of their choice, according to any ideology of their choice, receive SUBSTANTIAL DISCOUNTS within the GETWED network of Wedding Vendors. While 4 hours for one couple in and of itself is not a magic pill, if lots of couples do this, then those 4 hours multiply exponentially and together, we can create a culture of happy, healthy, and successful marriages!

 

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COUPLES

Sign up now as we build our network and take advantage of Pre launch opportunities. By addressing everyday issues on the front end; including money, health, family, communication, intimacy, unmet expectations, conflict resolution, and domestic violence, the horrific lifelong effects of divorce can be prevented on the back end.  Marriage Education prepares you to fulfill your new role as spouse and potentially parent, wherein you will most likely promote education to your kids as a key to success.  The irony here is glaring.  Plus, it’s from a private instructor you choose who teaches from a perspective you choose. You’re only graded on attendance.  A small thing to do for the lifetime of benefits marriage provides!

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MARRIAGE EDUCATION PROVIDERS

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Providers: Sign up now for your FREE listing as we build our network. Marriage rates are at an all-time low, and trending lower, however, if a smaller group of couples become a more successful group, then more people will want to become a part of this group again. It’s akin to repopulating a species on the brink of extinction rather than letting it become extinct!  An exciting ground floor opportunity!!  Additionally, Licensed Mental Health Professionals and Ordained Clergy who offer a great Pre Wedding-Marriage Education class can potentially have lifelong Continuing Education customers. Be at the forefront of groundbreaking change!

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Couples: Coming Soon: Search the map for GETWED Educators in your area.

WEDDING VENDORS

Couples: Coming Soon: Search the map for GETWED vendors in your area.

Vendors: Sign up now for your FREE listing as we build our network. It’s important to be a socially responsible corporate citizen!  Your customers will love you for it!  Ten states already see the value of marriage education, BECAUSE IT WORKS, and offer a discount on the license fee, however, in as much as the average fee is $50, a discount has not been persuasive enough.  Furthermore, and generally speaking, by the time a couple gets a license, even if they want to take advantage of the discount, the education is rushed as they are consumed with the wedding date being right around the corner.   Be the change maker. Be the motivator for couples to become meaningfully educated.

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Couples: Coming Soon: Search the map for GETWED vendors in your area.

Please take a moment to learn about A NEW VERSION of Legislation from the creator of GETWED

 

The Marriage Education Act requires a State to have their Marriage License expire in no less than 365 days rather than the 30 and 60 days most expire in. It also requires Marriage License Applicants to receive information on Marriage Education so they can become motivated and have the time to become meaningfully educated. It also requires incentivizing Continuing Education through tax credits as well as incentivizing employers to promote education as a benefit, which all serve to boost productivity

The Marriage Education Act was born from the notion to amend marriage license laws such that a marriage license be treated as most licenses a state issues and held to a minimal level of required education. Previous unsuccessful attempts were focused on Marriage License Fee Discounts and Waivers as motivation. WATCH EXCITING PRESS COVERAGE which affirmed the value in Marriage Education.

With feedback and valuable input from leading educators, we’re back in the current form presented here and feel a public / private partnership with a focus on expiration date coupled with efforts such as GETWED is a more workable model.

Taxpayers Benefit!

In addition to couples benefitting from Marriage Education as described above, Taxpayers have a vested interest in marriages suceeding. It’s estimated a divorcing couple costs taxpayers approximately $18,000 on average in one way or another and Family Fragmentation in general costs US Taxpayers at least $112 Billion annually.  In a variety of ways, healthier couples contribute more to federal, state, and local coffers while unhealthy ones exponentially drain resources! Additionally, it’s believed divorce negatively impacts a couple’s finances by roughly $15,000 each person.  Cohabitating couples break up at higher rates than married couples and likewise these breakups have a greater potential to have a net negative rather than positive effect on public finances.  Taxpayers have an interest in these couples seeing the value in marriage and similarly learning how to succeed at it.

WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT NOW! SIGN THE PETITION…. SPREAD THE WORD…

Votes – Names, are what elected officials listen to.

 

I support my State’s Marriage License expiring in no less than 365 days and Marriage Education Promotional Material being given to Marriage License Applicants, and incentivizing couples to receive continuing education, and incentivizing employers to promote marriage education as a benefit.