Although many people have come to view the 1950s model of marriage, or the breadwinner-housewife model of marriage, as the most traditional, numerous models have existed different marriages in history (Amato, p. 42, 2014; Wade, par. 5, 2012). For example, before the industrialization of the United States there was the institutional model of marriage in which working together was essential to providing for the family. This model of marriage was influenced by traditions, social norms and religion and required spouses to give up their happiness for the success of the marriage. Unlike marriages of the 1950s, institutional marriages were not based primarily on love. Furthermore, in the 1960s and 1970s, the individualistic model of marriage emerged, which places emphasis on love and meeting the psychological needs of the spouse. Because this model of marriage focuses more on the needs of the self, there have been steady increases in nonmarital cohabitation, divorce, and nonmarital fertility (Amato, p. 42, 2014). Additionally, there has been growing acceptance of the idea of ​​same-sex marriage, with 52% of Americans opposing gay marriage in 2006, up from 71% in 1988 (Baunach, p. 346, 2011) . With the June 2015 U.S. Supreme Court ruling making same-sex marriage legal in all fifty states, it will be