"Food Snob®" > wrote in message
...
> Earlier, on Diane Rehm, the guest said that the 10 states with the
> highest divorce rates all voted Republican for president in 2004. I
> came home and looked it up. It was the top 14, not just ten.
>
> Here are the numbers:
>
>
> 2004/2005 divorce rates
>
> NV 6.4/7.7
> AR 6.3/6.0
> WY 5.3/5.3
> AK 4.8/5.8
> ID 5.1/4.9
> TN 5.0/4.6
> KY 4.9/4.5
> FL 4.8/4.6
> WV 4.7/5.1
> AL 4.7/4.9
> NM 4.6/4.6
> MS 4.5/4.5
> CO 4.4/4.4
> AZ 4.2/4.1
>
>
> "When conservatives speak of family values, they are not talking about
> Mom & Dad, Bud, Sis, Aunt Betty, Gramps, Rover & Fluffy.
> No, they are using 'family' in the sense of *She's in a family way*.
> In other words, someone, somewhere, is having some kind of sex that
> the conservatives don't approve of, and the conservatives want them to
> stop!"
>
> The Republican Party. The party of family values.
>
> --Bryan

Do teenage pregnancy rates follow a similar pattern?

On May 28, 11:29*am, "graham" > wrote:
> "Food Snob®" > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
>
>
> > Earlier, on Diane Rehm, the guest said that the 10 states with the
> > highest divorce rates all voted Republican for president in 2004. *I
> > came home and looked it up. *It was the top 14, not just ten.
>
> > Here are the numbers:
>
> > * *2004/2005 divorce rates
>
> > NV 6.4/7.7
> > AR 6.3/6.0
> > WY 5.3/5.3
> > AK 4.8/5.8
> > ID 5.1/4.9
> > TN 5.0/4.6
> > KY 4.9/4.5
> > FL 4.8/4.6
> > WV 4.7/5.1
> > AL 4.7/4.9
> > NM 4.6/4.6
> > MS 4.5/4.5
> > CO 4.4/4.4
> > AZ 4.2/4.1
>
> > "When conservatives speak of family values, they are not talking about
> > Mom & Dad, Bud, Sis, Aunt Betty, Gramps, Rover & Fluffy.
> > No, they are using 'family' in the sense of **She's in a family way*.
> > In other words, someone, somewhere, is having some kind of sex that
> > the conservatives don't approve of, and the conservatives want them to
> > stop!"
>
> > The Republican Party. *The party of family values.
>
> > --Bryan
>
> Do teenage pregnancy rates follow a similar pattern?

I don't know, but the guy did say that as years go by, the unwed birth
rates are more due to cohabiting couples getting pregnant than was the
case.

--Bryan

Bobo Bonobo® wrote:

> I don't know, but the guy did say that as years go by, the unwed birth
> rates are more due to cohabiting couples getting pregnant than was the
> case.


FWIW, my politics would be liberal, and my three brothers would be a
little more conservative than I am. I just celebrated my 36th
anniversary. My two older brothers have been married a for 38 and 39
years. The younger one married later in life and is coming up on his
18th anniversary. None of us have been divorced. Only the oldest attends
church, though not frequently. There are no unmarried mothers in the
family and no out of wedlock children. My wife and I lived together for
more than a year before marrying.