It is been said that the number of weddings is going down globally. Nevertheless, the unions are becoming higher than in the past due to the lack of registers to count legal and common-law marriages. In addition, the youthful experience more freedom than in the past to make their own decisions including the decision to live together and societies are more aware of human rights. These situations have transformed the point of view of societies and government registers of marriages beyond legal systems or sexual orientation. Subsequently, I do not agree with the statement.
National statistics systems have improved their tools to analyze home dynamics. Thus, many common law unions which used to be non-counted by national institutions or authorities, now are being counted. As is shown by CEPAL in 2025, 7 out of 10 countries in Latin America lack official statistic systems to count home dynamics. Therefore, the number of marriages tends to decrease.
The International efforts to empower young populations have risen. As a result, young people could make decisions in their own lives. For example, the actions to empower youth include education in sexual and reproductive rights. According to the United Nations Population Found (UNFPA) 6 out of 10 adolescents consider living with their partner before getting marriage. Hence, the taboo of living out of or illegal marriage is changing among youthful.
In last decades the human rights movements have pushed the recognition of all forms of unions beyond legal marriages. Therefore, this governmental and societal recognition has improved the access and warrantee human rights for everybody including the recognition of unions and marriages. According to the National Council for the Prevention of Discrimination in Mexico 70% of same-sex couples could get married legally in the first year of the promulgation of the law. As a results, weddings registers went up.
In conclusion, marriages are going to increase in the because they are becoming better recognized and respected by the national statistics, governments, and society.