{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/35669120-6056-4c38-8f33-80df7112e8df/69f340808466468ab0bfdd28?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"\"Ugly ideological baggage\": Why I will never get married - The Saturday Story ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61ba0e441a8cbeb3393cf13c/1777550166581-44e80591-faac-4805-be3b-d467c2e2f2df.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Marriage rates are at their lowest since 1850, and it's predicted by 2050 just 3 in 10 of us will have tied the knot. Cohabiting is now the fastest-growing family type in the UK. So what’s happening? Feminism, atheism, a mistrust of state intervention, or just an old fashion 'trend' dying out? And should cohabiting couples get the same rights as married ones?</p><p><br></p><p><em>This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: </em><a href=\"http://thetimes.com/thestory\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>http://thetimes.com/thestory</em></a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Read by:</strong></p><ul><li>Hannah Betts, features writer, The Times.</li><li>Will Roe, executive producer, The Story.</li></ul><p><strong>Producer:</strong> Dave Creasey.</p><p><strong>We want to hear from you - email:</strong> <a href=\"mailto:thestory@thetimes.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">thestory@thetimes.com</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Read more: </strong><a href=\"https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/sex-relationships/article/marriage-arguments-against-and-for-comment-0pj0k7mrh\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Why I will never get married</a></p><p><strong>Photo: </strong>Robert Wilson for The Times Magazine</p>","author_name":"The Times"}