Are Evangelicals Bad for Marriage?

National Review ^ | 07/25/2014 | Maggie Gallagher

[Roman_War_Criminal]

+ 1 million

We’re shooting ourselves in the foot by playing that game. There are plenty of Catholics who are Saved by the Holy Blood of Jesus, same with “Evangelicals”.

Apostasy runs very deep in BOTH camps.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Isn’t it time to drop this Catholic VS Evangelical feud?

Absolutely. For soon the night is coming when no man may work.

Pope Francis apparently gets this. Witness his recent meetings with James Robison and other prominent Evangelicals.

The vast majority of the time I notice my Parish Priest and an Evangelical preacher on television are delivering the same message.

[ealgeone]

Really? That's great, because the article's answer to the question, "Are Evangelicals bad for marriage?", amounts to, "No, it's a lot more complicated than that." ... As you would know, had you read more than the title.

btw...i did read the article.

[Salvation]

These numbers are false.

[Salvation]

8 out of 10 white Protestants voted for Romney...95% of black Protestants voted for Obama...

[Salvation]

**Isn’t it time to drop this Catholic VS Evangelical feud?

Agreed.

[Salvation]

I think it’s the volume of articles — not the articles themselves.

[Salvation]

From that link:

“”First-time marriages: probably 20 to 25 percent have ended in divorce on average,” Feldhahn revealed. “Now, okay, that’s still too high, but it’s a whole lot better than what people think it is.””

[polymuser]

Dad .. it's just not that important to us.

Yep. Neither is hard work, political awareness, community involvement or morality.

[Rashputin]

We’re in a society that’s more corrosive than anything since the debauchery of Rome. That’s what’s “Bad for Marriage”. Which group is worst and how some self-idenfied as “Whatever” votes is just BS to help that corrosive society divide and conquer the holdouts who try to live their faith instead of going along to get along.

[SeekAndFind]

[defconw]

I and othe white Catholics worked really hard to push Bush over the line. I got in a fight of sorts with an old man in the Church parking lot over my Bush t-shirt. :)

[Salvation]

**Many of these North East Liberals are just Catholic by affiliation and don’t attend Mass. Or if they do, they’re just the Christmas and Easter types.

A married couple that attends Mass regularly is way more likely to be pro life, pro children, and conservative, even in Massachusetts. I’ve seen it. I have lots of Irish friends named Sullivan and Murphy that have 4 kids and attend Mass regularly. My sons get frustrated some times when they can’t play with their friends because these kids are at CCD.

And believe it or not, there are many families like mine that have 3 or more kids but no religious affiliation at all and still vote conservative in all issues.**

Source for your assertions of lumping all Catholics into this one bucket, please.

[avenir]

The feud is doctrinal, wherefore it has persisted. Internet forums tend to be nasty and brutal. FR is heavy on the Catholic side (from what I can tell). I like hearing the issues aired out. One can learn to filter out the huffing and puffing.

[knarf]

They have the hard work down pat.

[ealgeone]

8 out of 10 white Protestants voted for Romney...95% of black Protestants voted for Obama...,

And I'd vote for Romney again over Obama any day of the week.

[ealgeone]

These numbers are false.

Which ones??

[strider44]

I didn’t lump Catholics into one bucket. I said there are generally 2 types where I’m from. Easter and Christmas Catholics and more devout weekly Mass Catholics. My “source” is over 40 years of living in and around large Irish and Italian Catholic families. IMHO, the families that go to Mass more often are more conservative. Obviously, you are free to disagree.

[Mrs. Don-o]

Article? There was an article connected to that headline?

[Tax-chick]

I thought I read one, but it was early in the morning. Maybe I was dreaming.