I've detailed before why the concepts of Biblical and traditional marriage are nothing at all like people generally imagine. It turns out that that concept, contemporary heterosexual unions, that people like to term "traditional marriage" is under fire after all. Only it's not "the gayz" or "the liberalz" Christian conservatives have to worry about.
Turns out, what's looking back at them in the mirror might be a better source for concern.
For a new study appearing later this month in the American Journal of Sociology, Demographers Jennifer Glass at the University of Texas and Philip Levchak at the University of Iowa looked at the entire map of the United States, going county by county, to examine where divorces occurred in 2000 and what the characteristics of those counties were. Their work confirms that one of the strongest factors predicting divorce rates (per 1000 married couples) is the concentration of conservative or evangelical Protestants in that county.
Originally spotted at the
Friendly Atheist. Also published to
Rachel's Hobbit Hole on blogger.