Here's an interesting little bit of information that came via Mac. Seems that despite all the "sanctity of marriage" hooraw that the Christian right is preaching lately, things aren't so rosy among those who marry in the eyes of God.
In a study conducted by the Barna Research Group, the Christian Right's claim that faith-based marriages have a dramatically higher sucess rate that those of agnostics and atheists has been blown right out of the water. Get this:
According to the Dallas Morning News, a Dallas TX newspaper, the national study "raised eyebrows, sowed confusion, [and] even brought on a little holy anger." This caused George Barna to write a letter to his supporters, saying that he is standing by his data, even though it is upsetting. He said that "We rarely find substantial differences" between the moral behavior of Christians and non-Christians. Barna Project Director Meg Flammang said: "We would love to be able to report that Christians are living very distinct lives and impacting the community, but ... in the area of divorce rates they continue to be the same."