State with lowest divorce rate...legalized gay marriage.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by NirvanaMan

It is quite misleading if the title of the thread is apparently off-limits for comment which is what I got scolded on.

But your comments had nothing to do with what the title said. The title of the thread says nothing about gay marriage leading to less divorce. It says that Massachusetts has the lowest divorce rate and legalized gay marriage, which is a fact.

[innerSpaceman]

You shouldn't have been chided. That wasn't the fault of the thread starter, but the chider she married.

[Ghoulish Delight]

He most certainly should have been chided because he was responding to an implication that was made neither in the thread title nor the article.

[NirvanaMan]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

It says that Massachusetts has the lowest divorce rate and legalized gay marriage, which is a fact.

And there is no implied correlation in the juxtaposition of the two?

Honestly?

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by NirvanaMan

And there is no implied correlation in the juxtaposition of the two?

Honestly?

There is and implication, but no the one you leaped to. The implication I read in the title, and that was expressed in the article, is that it's ridiculous that the loudest voices for "family values" produce the highest divorce rates. It shines a pretty glaring spotlight on the argument against gay marriage being the sanctity of marriage when, at least form a population-statistics perspective, the people who are for gay marriage seem to have a much better handle on the sanctity of marriage than those that are against.

Nowhere do I see an implication that gay marriage itself is the cause of the lower divorce rate.

[Gemini Cricket]

Mmm. Baked potato with sour cream and chides. Mmmm.

[NirvanaMan]

Well, to me it reads like the 5pm news tease: "Something you have in your kitchen may kill you".

Maybe the intent wasn't there to link the two together, but I can't see how you can't see that one who reads "State with lowest divorce rate...legalized gay marriage." followed by a link that says "surprise surprise" could prompt a response to the tease.

[SacTown Chronic]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

There is and implication, but no the one you leaped to.

The grammar thread is that way >

[innerSpaceman]

He typos in a Ricky Ricardo accent.

[wendybeth]

When I read the thread title and link, my first thought was that there was a tie between liberal viewpoints and reduced divorce rates, and subsequent reading kind of points in that direction. Obviously, most people who support gay marriage tend to be of a more liberal mindset than, say, Pat Robertson supporters. Perhaps the Family Values people need to start valuing the families they currently have, rather than seeking out new ones.