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Religions > Atheism |
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"Fredric L. Rice" |
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10 Nov 2005 04:55:18 AM |
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Bible Belt Leads U.S. In Divorces |
Bible Belt Leads U.S. In Divorces
Aside from the quickie-divorce Mecca of Nevada, no region of the United
States has a higher divorce rate than the Bible Belt. Nearly half of all
marriages break up, but the divorce rates in these southern states are
roughly 50 percent above the national average.
According to federal figures:
* Nationally, there were about 4.2 divorces for every thousand
people in 1998.
* The rate was 8.5 per thousand in Nevada, 6.4 in Tennessee, 6.1 in
Arkansas, 6.0 in Alabama and Oklahoma.
* Of southeastern states, only South Carolina's rate of 3.8 was
below the national average.
* By contrast, the divorce rate is less than 3.0 in Connecticut,
Massachusetts and New York.
Why so many divorces in the Bible Belt?
Experts cite low household incomes (Oklahoma ranks 46th and Arkansas
47th), and a tendency for couples to marry at a younger age than in many
other states.
Religion may play a role, since some of the lowest divorce rates are in
northeastern states with relatively high household incomes and large
numbers of Roman Catholics whose church doesn't recognize divorce.
Bible Belt states, in contrast, are dominated by fundamentalist
Protestant denominations that proclaim the sanctity of marriage but
generally do not want to estrange churchgoers who do divorce.
No state has been more embarrassed by the divorce problem than Oklahoma.
Over the past few months, Gov. Frank Keating has enlisted clergymen,
academics, lawyers and psychologists in a campaign to reduce the divorce
rate by a third within 10 years. In neighboring Arkansas, state
officials hope to halve the divorce rate by 2010.
Source: David Crary, "Bible Belt Leads U.S. in Divorces," Associated
Press, November 12, 1999.
For more on Divorce http://www.ncpa.org/pd/social/social2.html
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| User: "Desertphile" |
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| Title: Re: Bible Belt Leads U.S. In Divorces |
10 Nov 2005 09:31:51 PM |
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No state has been more embarrassed by the divorce problem than Oklahoma.
Divorce is now a "problem?" In many cases divorce is the best solution
to a problem: incest, domestic violence, etc.
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| User: "Jude _ Alexander" |
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| Title: Re: Bible Belt Leads U.S. In Divorces |
11 Nov 2005 06:31:21 PM |
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"Desertphile" <desertphile@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1131658311.343769.139610@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
No state has been more embarrassed by the divorce problem than Oklahoma.
Divorce is now a "problem?" In many cases divorce is the best solution
to a problem: incest, domestic violence, etc.
Well, they mean problem is that people are giving up on their commitment.
When children are involved, it's definitely a sad day when their parents can
not longer abide one another. It would have been better if they could get
along and finish their parenting without putting themselves first.
However, I'm in agreement that if there is abuse, incest and such, the
marriage SHOULD end and end as soon as possible.
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