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To: LPS5 who wrote (7230)	7/12/2004 2:18:50 PM
From: Rock_nj	Respond to of 20039

Fair enough. I seem to recall the USA Today story detailing the situation in a couple of states like TX and OK, which is probably why I thought they were talking southern states. Sociologists were trying to figure out the reason why certain states had higher divorce rates, and the one correlation they found was per capita income. Which doesn't really surprise me, a marriage can be really good until the money gets tight and it starts bringing out underlying problems that lead to divorce. I think the main point is that there are others threats to marriage, gay marriage not being a very high one, or not one at all, which is why it's interesting that the conservatives are pushing the Defense of Marriage Act. If they want to perserve marriage, perhaps strengthening family incomes would be a more sound policy, than attacking gays who wish to join the rest of society in marriage. I got married last fall, and I don't see gay marriage as threatening my marriage at all. Inlaws meddling and money are the two biggest potential threats, which is probably usually the case.