Monday, January 20, 2014

Marriage and divorce

A couple of odd stories about marriage, divorce and religion:

Utah polling indicates that in the space of a mere 10 years the State has gone from aggressively against same sex marriage to a 50/50 "meh" attitude.   

While I am still completely unconvinced about gay marriage, it is polling like this in Western countries which makes me think it is inevitable and not worth fretting about.   I suspect it will come in and be an option taken up by fewer and fewer couples over time anyway.

An American study indicates it's not good for your marriage to even live near a bunch of conservative Protestants:
Divorce is higher among religiously conservative Protestants – and even drives up divorce rates for other people living around them, a new study finds.

1 comment:

John said...

Come on Steve, you know that gay marriage will lead to the ruination of society.:) Sometime ago I came across studies which indicate in the under 30's there is much less resistance to gay marriage than over 30's. My personal view is "meh".