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IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CARTOON COUPLE FRONT NATIONAL MARRIAGE WEEK 2002
10 17 February 2002
Specially created cartoon couple Jon & Japonika are set to be the stars of National Marriage Week when it is celebrates its sixth anniversary in February 2002. The event, which once again receives widespread support from top national figures, the Lord Chancellor's Department and many other leading organisations, runs from 10 17 February 2002. The focus of this year's event, which is expected to be bigger than ever, is to motivate and empower people to support marriage in their community and to promote marriage as an important basis for stable family and community life.
Richard Kane, founder of National Marriage Week and director of the Futureway Trust explains: "People are free to choose how and with whom they wish to live thank goodness. However, our eagerness to be inclusive and contemporary shouldn`t silence the well researched and proven case that marriage is very good for loving couples. Marriage Week is a great opportunity to celebrate love and dispel some of the old fashioned myths which surround even the most modern of marriages".
Spearheading this year's pro-marriage campaign is a specially commissioned book based on the cartoon couple entitled "A Year in the Life of Jon & Japonika". The 80-page illustrated book, written by award-winning author Clive Price, tells the story of a post-modern couple who, through their own experiences, reveal the truth behind seven commonly held marriage myths. Priced at £4.95, it will be published to coincide with the launch of National Marriage Week.
National Marriage Week's popularity has grown over the years with Prime Ministers and top MPs, archbishops and religious leaders, sports personalities and celebrities helping to promote marriage by identifying with the event.
Visit www.nmw.org.uk and the Jon & Japonika website www.jonandjaponika.com
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