“1/12/2010, 11:58pm EST”
Over the past decade or so, divorce has gradually become more uncommon in the United States. Since 2003, however, the decline in divorce rates has been largely confined to states which have not passed a state constitutional ban on gay marriage. These states saw their divorce rates decrease by an average of 8 percent between 2003 and 2008. States which had passed a same-sex marriage ban as of January 1, 2008, however, saw their divorce rates rise by about 1 percent over the same period.
Red state majority citizens claim to be defenders of traditional marriage, yet they make poorer/less committed marriage choices. This also reminds me that red state majority citizens claim to be defenders of free markets, yet they almost always take more than their fair share of federal subsidy. Does anyone else notice a pattern?
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