Is porn a threat to marriage? The GOP thinks so...

"Hmmm. I find it funny that Southern Evangelicals Bible Thumpers have the highest divorce rate in the USA yet want to define "Family Values" to the rest of us."

Like porn they know it when they see it! "It's do as I say; not as I do" mentality.
I've watched porn from a very young age and had amazingly normal sex for many years...my EXPERIENCES lead me to try and desire kinky sex and I haven't noticed any brain remapping going on. I desire plain old vanilla sex just as much as I ever did. The same things that got me off as a young adult get me off as an older adult. less

My reply to this good article by Taboo. Why does ONE person in the new "Moral Majority" get to determine what "normal sex" is?

I don't even know what they mean by that. I can imagine; a woman (as "normal sex" is probably only sex with a man and a woman) lying on her back, and a man lying on top. Two minutes of thrusting, internal ejaculation and.... you're done!

I LOVE that Romney has accepted money from Friend Finder!

Does this Trueman have proof for her "brain mapping" stuff? My guess is either not, or a completely different study (which has nothing to do with the subject) was hijacked to serve the purposes of the Far Right GOP. gag

Hmmm. I find it funny that Southern Evangelicals Bible Thumpers have the highest divorce rate in the USA yet want to define "Family Values" to the rest of us.

My Man and I watch porn, and we've been together for decades, neither of us have been divorced, and we have regular satisfying sex, and, he watched porn (when he could get it) when he was younger, too.... do we have "normal sex?" I don't know what that is. I get to come, so my guess whatever WE do wouldn't be considered "normal" by the Far Right Evangelicals. less

Sure, the Barna Study is one of the most recent. Of course, the numbers change when people redefine what "Evangelical" ; ; ; ; means. Some Evangelicals don't accept other Evangelicals as "true" and put them into different groups, which can "change" the stats in their favor. Typical.

But, here's the lowdown.

QUOTE from the Barna Study

Denomination (in order of decreasing divorce rate)

% who have been divorced
Non-denominational (Evangelical) ** 34%
Baptists 29%
Mainline Protestants 25%
Mormons 24%
Catholics 21%
Lutherans 21%

** Barna uses the term "non-denomination al" to refer to Evangelical Christian congregations that are not affiliated with a specific denomination. The vast majority are fundamentalist in their theological beliefs.

Barna's results verified findings of earlier polls: that conservative Protestant Christians, on average, have the highest divorce rate, while mainline Christians have a much lower rate. They found some new information as well: that atheists and agnostics have the lowest divorce rate of all. George Barna commented that the results raise "questions regarding the effectiveness of how churches minister to families."

END QUOTE

It is also been proven that Southern states have higher divorce rates in the country, much higher than Midwestern or New England states.

A data search done by Cindy Hsu, Esquire showed:

In order from highest to lowest divorce rates:

1) Oklahoma
2) Arkansas
3) Alaska
4) Alabama
5) Kentucky
6) Nevada
7) Mississippi
8) Georgia
9) Tennessee
10) Arizona

Southern states have a divorce rate of 10.2 per 1,000 men and 11.1 per 1,000 women, according to the Census Bureau. The national average is 9.2 for men and 9.7 for women. (And if the state rate is about 11%, but Evangelicals are divorcing at around 34%, they are making up the lion's share of divorces overall.)

From a story from CNN and the Census Bureau: A Census Bureau report released Thursday found that men and women in the Southern United States have the highest rates of divorce in the country, while men and women in the Northeast have the lowest. less

Sure, the Barna Study is one of the most recent. Of course, the numbers change when people redefine what "Evangelical" ; ; ; ; means. Some Evangelicals don't accept other Evangelicals as "true" and put them into different groups, which can "change" the stats in their favor. Typical.

But, here's the lowdown.

QUOTE from the Barna Study

Denomination (in order of decreasing divorce rate)

% who have been divorced
Non-denominational (Evangelical) ** 34%
Baptists 29%
Mainline Protestants 25%
Mormons 24%
Catholics 21%
Lutherans 21%

** Barna uses the term "non-denomination al" to refer to Evangelical Christian congregations that are not affiliated with a specific denomination. The vast majority are fundamentalist in their theological beliefs.

Barna's results verified findings of earlier polls: that conservative Protestant Christians, on average, have the highest divorce rate, while mainline Christians have a much lower rate. They found some new information as well: that atheists and agnostics have the lowest divorce rate of all. George Barna commented that the results raise "questions regarding the effectiveness of how churches minister to families."

END QUOTE

It is also been proven that Southern states have higher divorce rates in the country, much higher than Midwestern or New England states.

A data search done by Cindy Hsu, Esquire showed:

In order from highest to lowest divorce rates:

1) Oklahoma
2) Arkansas
3) Alaska
4) Alabama
5) Kentucky
6) Nevada
7) Mississippi
8) Georgia
9) Tennessee
10) Arizona

Southern states have a divorce rate of 10.2 per 1,000 men and 11.1 per 1,000 women, according to the Census Bureau. The national average is 9.2 for men and 9.7 for women. (And if the state rate is about 11%, but Evangelicals are divorcing at around 34%, they are making up the lion's share of divorces overall.)

From a story from CNN and the Census Bureau: A Census Bureau report released Thursday found that men and women in the Southern United States have the highest rates of divorce in the country, while men and women in the Northeast have the lowest. less