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Even if brides and bridegrooms in Leavenworth, Kan., believe they're ready to say 'I do,' the preachers in town have banded together to say 'No, you don't.' Statistics show that the town has an unusually high divorce rate of 80%. The Rev. Randall Terrill uncovered that statistic recently. Now, he and 14 other clerics are refusing to marry couples unless they have been through months of counseling. The preachers are calling it a 'community marriage policy,' which is designed to lower Leavenworth's divorce rate. Terrill says the same kind of counseling has worked in other towns. In Modesto, Calif., the divorce rate dropped by 40% after a similar policy was implemented...
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