Why do "Christian" states have the highest divorce rate but the "gay marriage" state (MA) has the lowest?

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"Kentucky, Mississippi and Arkansas...voted overwhelmingly for constitutional amendments to ban gay marriage. But they had three of the highest divorce rates in 2003.

The lowest divorce rates are largely in the blue states: the Northeast and the upper Midwest. And the state with the lowest divorce rate was Massachusetts."

The answer, in my mind has everything to do with economics, education, and marriage age and nothing to do with gay marriage.

But does this not show that America has room multiple family types with differing "family values"? Isn't the freedom for my family to decide it's own values (and your family to decide its own) what liberty is about?

@ Lojique: Supposedly, listening to many Christians, America is a "Christian Nation". I use Christian States as synonym for Bible Belt States.

Answer 1

Because the original marriage covenant is from God and the devil always imatates,and the gay marriages are from his program and he is not going to bother anything he already has under his control,God made one man for one woman and thats that and the devil cannot stand anything God made so he attacks marriages anyway he can,and on top of that people do not ask God who there marrieage partner is and they end up picking someone on their own and thats a mess.

Answer 2

As a Kentucky resident, I can say that Kentucky, Mississippi and Arkansas have many more homosexuals than other states. The high number of homosexuals giving off 'gay rays' that actually breakdown traditional society and marriages has, of course, lead to the inflated divorce rates. We tried moving them to California but more of them seem to born everyday. I mean what's a cow to do?

Answer 3

I've always wondered what a member of the gay community will say about the "freedoms" and "rights" of their neighbor who suddenly decides he wants to exercise his "rights" as an American citizen by having wild, passionate sex with his poodle in his front yard while shouting obscenities.
I mean, who is the government to tell this man that he can't have sex with his dog in his front yard? If you don't like it, don't look at it right? It's not your lifestyle, and if he wants to parade down the street naked with his poodle or cover his house in feces, what business is that of yours?
It's none of your business, just cover the children's eyes and ears if you have to walk past.

Oh, and by the way, if gays can get married, then I want to be able to get a student loan from the United ***** College Fund (i'm white but hey, why should they discriminate against me just because I'm white?)
Maybe everybody should be entitled to everything, regardless of race, age, color, sexual preference, religion..

Just give everybody everything they ever wanted. I want all the religious holidays off, I want all licenses and certifications and discounts and bonuses and grants. If other people can have them, I want them too. Who cares if that degrades the value of stuff -- IT"S MY RIGHTS!!!

Yeah, that'll make the world a better place for sure..

Answer 4

What exactly are "family values" anyway? Whose family? If you look at the bible, it's pretty hard to find a family that wasn't dysfunctional in some way. The very first "family" had one brother killing another. Jacob and Esau. Joseph and all his loving brothers. The triangle of Abraham, Sarah, and Hagar. Lot and his daughters, not to mention that salty wife of his.

So, biblical family values? What's that?

Answer 5

Because the issue has nothing to do with religion, equality, marriage's "sanctity", or any of the other fluff tripe the anti-gay side have served up as their reasoning.

It is about keeping gays as 2nd class citizens who are accepted as long as they accept "their place" in our society as an oddity that can never have any semblance of a normal life.

I mean we heterosexuals have tarnished and degraded the concept and meaning of marriage for so long that we are jealous of anyone who wants to use it as well.

Answer 6

From my perspective the freedom to decide your family's values is everything. I think when people want too many restrictions placed on how others live their lives it also has an impact on their families as well even if they don't see it that way. Namaste!

Answer 7

I assume its because more people in MA marry for love than in the other states, who tend to marry out of a sense of religious or moral obligation

Answer 8

Massachusetts is BOTH a primarily Christian state (in terms of general population) and a liberal, pro-homosexual state (in terms of goverment officials). So what's your point?

Answer 9

Well it's hard to have a good marriage when you have abandoned rational thinking and serve a religion.

Marriage is about honesty and reality. Christianity is about magic and idealisation.

Answer 10

I agree based on the economics, education, and age of marriage statement you made.