https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to divorce en https://religiondispatches.org/2017/05/17/irony-really-dead-gop-plans-send-adulterous-third-wife-serial-philanderer-ambassador The Republican Party has maintained a death-grip on protestations of moral authority on matters of sexuality for most of my adult voting life. Since the Reagan administration we have seen a party that has consistently hoodwinked voters with its assurances… Wed, 17 May 2017 01:15:47 EDT Patricia Miller f46cf2d6-6844-4a7e-9f89-1f2736bb7441 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/11/25/will-popes-african-tour-change-attitudes-divorce-and-lgbtq-among-african-catholics Today, Pope Francis arrives in Nairobi, Kenya. After two days in Kenya, he will travel to Uganda, and then to the Central African Republic. The Pope’s message of care for those on the margins and his consistent focus on poverty… Wed, 25 Nov 2015 05:08:45 EST Kaya Oakes 9c165716-f7f4-495b-8147-3473d702dbff https://religiondispatches.org/2015/10/19/god-hates-nags-why-gods-name-westboro-protesting-kim-davis Members of the infamously anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) arrived in Morehead, Kentucky today to picket the Rowan County courthouse, workplace of Kim Davis, the county clerk and “religious liberty” martyr who rose to fame by refusing to issue marriage… Mon, 19 Oct 2015 12:21:13 EDT Rebecca Barrett-Fox ea08a479-b5f0-4802-b5ce-17278ede543d https://religiondispatches.org/2014/12/03/divorce-rate-falling-shouldnt-mean-sky-isnt Claire Cain Miller of the New York Times Upshot blog dismantles the myth of the 50% divorce rate (emphasis mine): It is no longer true that the divorce rate is rising, or that half of all marriages end in divorce… Wed, 03 Dec 2014 08:57:46 EST Sarah Posner 214f5022-8b1e-4f47-b487-7fc0b15dd25a https://religiondispatches.org/2014/10/06/pope-calls-out-bad-shepherds-conservatives-prepare-fight-change Just a day before gay marriage in the U.S. received a significant boost from the Supreme Court, the much-anticipated Extraordinary Synod on the Family opened in Rome yesterday with Pope Francis pointedly criticizing “bad shepherds” who seek money and power… Mon, 06 Oct 2014 05:03:45 EDT Patricia Miller 4ef20a90-2727-4fb8-bb5c-545434874364 https://religiondispatches.org/2014/07/18/problem-church-history-opponents-divorce Change is afoot in the Catholic Church’s handling of divorced people who have sex within subsequent marriages. Long a point of lay dissent and inconsistent practice, at least in democratic capitalist societies, the teaching on divorce is facing renovation at… Fri, 18 Jul 2014 04:05:34 EDT Benjamin Dueholm fcfa51cb-4efb-4743-92b2-6b49f2f1c00c https://religiondispatches.org/2013/10/15/why-60k-and-torture-beats-changing-divorce-law The holy work-around. Tue, 15 Oct 2013 06:40:23 EDT Rob Shryock 7b15e937-2c61-4697-9e46-2bbb5f195535 https://religiondispatches.org/2011/12/04/eddie-long-takes-break-new-birth-pulpit Accused of sexual abuse, and with wife seeking divorce, scandal-ridden pastor steps aside. Sun, 04 Dec 2011 09:40:11 EST Anthea Butler 920f9ef1-6849-4088-91a4-2211d322192f https://religiondispatches.org/2011/09/20/diagnosing-robertsons-alzheimers-statement A “brain expert” questions the televangelist’s mental health. Tue, 20 Sep 2011 04:23:01 EDT Sarah Posner 7a0ba6ee-c1e6-46d1-a7c1-512bccf19fc1 https://religiondispatches.org/2010/12/28/pope-heterosexual-marriage-makes-europe-europe In the Pope’s words, the current debate over state-sponsored heterosexual marriage is ultimately a question that concerns the European identity itself. The stakes, then, could scarcely be higher. Tue, 28 Dec 2010 11:44:58 EST Louis A. Ruprecht 2383022a-a1a8-40b9-aaa4-fc2e53f4b233 https://religiondispatches.org/2010/10/05/conservative-christians-finally-get-serious-about-divorce Are some beginning to recognize there’s nothing to fear from same-sex marriage? Tue, 05 Oct 2010 11:48:34 EDT Candace Chellew-Hodge 70cb29b3-af86-40f2-ae8e-252e86f5b95f https://religiondispatches.org/2010/09/16/religion-morality-and-death-american-soap-opera This week, the world will stop turning; or at least it will for the daytime soap opera “As The World Turns,” which officially ends after 53 years. But if we remember the soap opera solely as a torrid celebration of sexual transgression—or as a frivolous time-waster for bored housewives—we miss understanding something crucial about the relationship between popular culture and morality. Thu, 16 Sep 2010 07:08:02 EDT Katy E. Shrout ce9b3e9c-7613-472a-ac36-b8e719ee1b2c https://religiondispatches.org/2010/07/19/will-california-outlaw-divorce A new ballot initiative proposes just that. Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:11:54 EDT Candace Chellew-Hodge 8ff6fb83-ead5-4e05-8657-57c5ffac071e https://religiondispatches.org/2010/02/22/benny-hinn-cant-heal-his-marriage Notorious healing televangelist faces divorce. Mon, 22 Feb 2010 06:15:08 EST Anthea Butler 776eef49-ce4a-49b5-8e1c-8c3c49122476 https://religiondispatches.org/2009/12/03/want-save-marriage-ban-divorce Jesus was pretty clear about divorce: it’s a sin. If you live in California you can sign a petition to make it illegal — and see how it feels to try to step on the civil rights of others. Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:17:42 EST Candace Chellew-Hodge 60b0f061-f3e0-4c47-b374-8835835b490f https://religiondispatches.org/2009/09/30/roman-polanski-gays-and-bible When the director Roman Polanski sexual assaulted a 13-year-old, was it only US law he violated? Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:44:59 EDT Daniel Schultz 7f8c1a53-b01c-417f-a72d-0e260b30f3c2 https://religiondispatches.org/2009/07/03/marriage-savers-lobbies-repeal-no-fault-divorce With its new Reform Divorce site, a Men’s Rights Activist group intends to lobby for two new radically conservative divorce provisions. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:36:57 EDT Kathryn Joyce c2cf3c85-0101-400c-b4dd-0de9b1cdcad6 https://religiondispatches.org/2009/06/18/biblical-battered-wife-syndrome-christian-women-and-domestic-violence Although Rick Warren’s Saddleback church teaches women that physical abuse is not grounds for divorce, there is a growing literature for evangelical women—by their peers—that shows women how to get out of an abusive marriage, while remaining in the church. Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:35:30 EDT Kathryn Joyce 3163aafd-1bd0-433e-b6dd-da89030a9614 https://religiondispatches.org/2009/06/17/santa-killer-death-imitating-art When Bruce Pardo, dressed as Santa Claus, murdered friends and family on Christmas eve he was acting out a tragic bit of ceremonial violence, and borrowing an ironic and horrifying role from film and comics. Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:29:45 EDT Jonathan Fast 41f0452b-cd62-4911-ba5b-ee43a316798a https://religiondispatches.org/2009/05/13/evangelicals-gays-we-have-nothing-you Tony Campolo admits that evangelical Christianity offers little to a lesbian or gay Christian—except loneliness, maybe. Wed, 13 May 2009 08:12:35 EDT Candace Chellew-Hodge e3306cc3-bb5f-470c-b147-8ff8b4ba2a1a https://religiondispatches.org/2009/03/20/egyptian-fatwa-gives-neighbors-right-dissolve-marriages Worried about what the neighbors think? Egyptians now have a serious reason to. Fri, 20 Mar 2009 04:15:17 EDT Fatemeh Fakhraie 1b6c80ee-f960-44ec-b5f7-9b436c84d5a4