Marriages Up, Divorces Down in Iowa because of Marriage Equality

• metta
  
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  Jul 24, 2010 4:19 PM GMT

  Marriages Up, Divorces Down in Iowa because of Marriage Equality
  
  http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/news/state-and-regional/iowa/article_62ed7fd0-96ab-11df-bfc8-001cc4c03286.html

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• trackrocks
  
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  Jul 24, 2010 4:45 PM GMT

  In so many ways this makes me want to move back home to Iowa!!!!

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  Jul 24, 2010 6:58 PM GMT

  Well, the so-called "family" organizations should be thrilled about this news. I'll be looking for their press releases...

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  Jul 24, 2010 7:12 PM GMT

  Gay & lesbian couples are getting married and would naturally contribute to the upswing in Iowa, but I can't see a relationship regarding divorce. The yearly divorce numbers would instead seem to track with the failing economy, and predate the Iowa court ruling.
  
  It seems more likely, as noted in the article, that divorce can be an expensive, not to mention financially risky path to take in the middle of a major recession, at least for the average couple. Not the time to take chances and upset the status quo.

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• DCEric
  
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  Jul 24, 2010 8:47 PM GMT

  Correlation =/= Causation

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• EricLA
  
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  Jul 25, 2010 12:02 AM GMT

  I think there were similar findings in Massachusetts following the passage of Marriage Equality there. Statistics seem to prove we're not a threat to marriage after all.

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• metta
  
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  Jul 25, 2010 1:52 AM GMT

  Divorce Rates 2002:
  
  http://www.statemaster.com/graph/lif_div_rat-lifestyle-divorce-rate
  
  
  
  District of Columbia: 2.4
  Massachusetts: 2.5
  Georgia: 2.5
  Illinois: 2.9
  North Dakota: 3
  Iowa: 3.1
  Minnesota: 3.1
  Pennsylvania: 3.1
  Rhode Island: 3.2
  Wisconsin: 3.2
  South Dakota: 3.3
  Connecticut: 3.3
  Maryland: 3.4
  South Carolina: 3.4
  New Jersey: 3.4
  New York: 3.4
  Delaware: 3.5
  Kansas: 3.6
  Nebraska: 3.6
  Hawaii: 3.7
  Michigan: 3.8
  Texas: 3.9
  Ohio: 4
  Missouri: 4
  Montana: 4
  Utah: 4.1
  Vermont: 4.2
  Virginia: 4.2
  California: 4.3
  New Hampshire: 4.3
  New Mexico: 4.4
  North Carolina: 4.5
  Maine: 4.6
  Washington: 4.6
  Oregon: 4.6
  Alaska: 4.6
  Arizona: 4.7
  Colorado: 4.7
  Mississippi: 4.9
  Tennessee: 5.1
  Florida: 5.1
  West Virginia: 5.2
  Kentucky: 5.2
  Idaho: 5.3
  Alabama: 5.4
  Wyoming: 5.4
  Arkansas: 6.2
  Nevada: 7.1
  

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  Jul 25, 2010 2:16 AM GMT

  DCEric saidCorrelation =/= Causation

  
  
  I want two brass knuckles. One stamped Correlation the other stamped Causation.
  
  Before Johnny Law takes me down I hope to beat this truth into the faces of journalists.

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