The marriage gap

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Republicans control 49 of the 50 districts with the highest rates of married people.

Democrats represent all 50 districts that have the highest rates of adults who have never married.

The political tug-of-war is between people who are married and those who have never been.

The “never married” group covers a variety of groups who form the Democratic base: young people, those who marry late in life, single parents, gays, and heterosexuals who live together.

http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/...strip27.art.htm

[Mirorgate 0]

So if you marry you must convert...?? or if you divorce or are gay.. you have to convert??

My wife's gonna freak... she hates american politics

[Fandango 1,439]

Churchill is credited as once saying "If you're not a liberal when you're 25, you have no heart. If you're not a conservative by the time you're 35, you have no brain." so maybe it's that marriage coincides with growing older? lol

[Alex+R 0]

Hm. When people get married and live somewhere with lots of other married people like a suburb, they get comfortable. Can't be bothered with thinking when you've got to get yellow ribbon stickers for your SUV.

That's how it looks in my parents' neighborhood anyway.

PS this is in response to the "Republican" identification, not conservative.

These days that party seems to represent a whole host of ideas that have nothing to do with conservatism.

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Hm. When people get married and live somewhere with lots of other married people like a suburb, they get comfortable. Can't be bothered with thinking when you've got to get yellow ribbon stickers for your SUV.

That's how it looks in my parents' neighborhood anyway.

PS this is in response to the "Republican" identification, not conservative.

These days that party seems to represent a whole host of ideas that have nothing to do with conservatism.

Married. Live in the burbs. bothered to think all the time. no SUV, no yellow ribbon since buying one doesnt support jak but the seller. not republican either.

[Ban Hammer 13,352]

Churchill is credited as once saying "If you're not a liberal when you're 25, you have no heart. If you're not a conservative by the time you're 35, you have no brain." so maybe it's that marriage coincides with growing older? lol

oh steven

[Jenn! 918]

Churchill is credited as once saying "If you're not a liberal when you're 25, you have no heart. If you're not a conservative by the time you're 35, you have no brain." so maybe it's that marriage coincides with growing older? lol

oh steven

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...st&p=470298

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

And heathen, blue Massuchesetts has one the lowest divorce rates (if not hte lowest). Red states have some of the highest. Go figure.

I think when Churchill said that George W. Bush had not yet been born.

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And heathen, blue Massuchesetts has one the lowest divorce rates (if not hte lowest). Red states have some of the highest. Go figure.

I think when Churchill said that George W. Bush had not yet been born.

blue states... red states... whats with all the labels?

also.. have a link that proves "red" states have a higher divorce rate than the coasts??

[Fandango 1,439]

Churchill is credited as once saying "If you're not a liberal when you're 25, you have no heart. If you're not a conservative by the time you're 35, you have no brain." so maybe it's that marriage coincides with growing older? lol

oh steven

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...st&p=470298

Lol Jenn, I thought that was funny thx for reminding me

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

I don't really care much for these labels but a lot of people here do.

Anyway, you don't have to look too hard to find it:

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial..._family_values/

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

http://www.sullivan-county.com/bush/divorce.htm

http://www.newsreview.com/chico/Content?oid=oid%3A32820

[homesick_american 1]

Married. And a Democrat. Boo-yah.

[Ban Hammer 13,352]

Churchill is credited as once saying "If you're not a liberal when you're 25, you have no heart. If you're not a conservative by the time you're 35, you have no brain." so maybe it's that marriage coincides with growing older? lol

oh steven

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...st&p=470298

are you saying you're out of midol?

[Alex+R 0]

Hm. When people get married and live somewhere with lots of other married people like a suburb, they get comfortable. Can't be bothered with thinking when you've got to get yellow ribbon stickers for your SUV.

That's how it looks in my parents' neighborhood anyway.

PS this is in response to the "Republican" identification, not conservative.

These days that party seems to represent a whole host of ideas that have nothing to do with conservatism.

Married. Live in the burbs. bothered to think all the time. no SUV, no yellow ribbon since buying one doesnt support jak but the seller. not republican either.

Yeah, my folks think like you do there. But on their whole street there are only 2 other non-Repubs, out of 20 houses.

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But on their whole street there are only 2 other non-Repubs, out of 20 houses.

LOL I live in Democrat-occupied territory, central New Jersey. I don't think most people here even believe the Republican party exists. The GOP out here is just a scary myth, a scary story kids tell each other during slumber parties.