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According to data from the U.S. Census Bureau and the National Center for Health Statistics, the divorce rates in states that were won in the November presidential election by Senator John Kerry are almost systematically lower than in states won by President George W. Bush.  The pattern is similar to findings from a research study in which “born again” Christians were found to have higher rates of divorce than those who did not describe themselves as “born again.”



Massachusetts had the lowest divorce rate in 2003, 2.4 per 100,000 inhabitants, and has a state law allowing for same-sex civil unions. Texas has a divorce rate of 4.1 per 1,000.
The states with the highest divorce rates are Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Texas. The states with the lowest divorce rates are: Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont. Every one of the high divorce rate states went for Bush. Every one of the low divorce rate states went for Kerry. The “Bible Belt” divorce rate is roughly 50% higher than the national average.
Voters in Kentucky, Mississippi and Arkansas overwhelmingly supported amendments to their state constitutions to ban gay marriage.  These three states had some of the highest divorce rates in 2003. The divorce rate was 10.8 per 100,000 married people in Kentucky, 11.1 per 100,000 in Mississippi and 12.7 per 100,000 in Arkansas.


Barbara Dafoe-Whitehead, co-director of the National Marriage Project, suggests that conservative states may have higher divorce rates because of regional religious differences.  Whitehead states, “If your family or religious culture urges you not to have sex before you get married, then one answer is to get married, and then you’re more likely to divorce.”

so much for traditionalismul si moralitatea republicanilor...

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