Bible Belt: leads in divorces, murders, teen pregnancy, and STD infection rates.

[Dauphin]

One of your links also posits that the rates are as such because.

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.

Does this mean the statistics are based on recognition of divorce by the religious bodies and not by the state?

And doesn't this contradict your point that Evangelicals are anti-divorce (on a comparative scale)?

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Dauphin
Except that link doesn't appear to work. At least not for me.

Works great for me.

http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_dira.htm

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Tuberski


So, you are a closet Bush backer?

ACK!

There is a difference between pointing out criminal misconduct of politicians and whining how you just don't like icky homo-gays.