A friend of mine is a social worker here in Oregon.  He said 90% of the
social misfits in the program come from good Christian homes.

Guy

----- Original Message -----
From: "Wirt Atmar" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 9:41 AM
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT: Pledge of Allegiance ? Was church and state


> Wayne writes:
>
> > You and me both!  A lot of our tradtional "prudishness" has been
> eliminated,
> >  to the great detriment of our families and our society.
>
> Just to throw a little cold water on an otherwise excellent tirade, if you
> use divorce rates as an indicator of family stability and an adherence to
> family values, you find that as a general trend, the states that pride
> themselves with the highest "Christian" ethics also have the highest
divorce
> rates.
>
>      http://www.divorcereform.org/94staterates.html
>
> Of course, the situation is more complicated than merely that. Those same
> states also tend to have relatively low education rates and higher than
> normal levels of poverty.
>
> Wirt Atmar
>
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