Click here. The Family Research Council comments:
In a world where marriage seems less binding than a cell phone contract, it's no surprise that divorce tops the list as the most "morally acceptable act" in Gallup's annual "Cultural Tolerance" survey. More Americans consider divorce acceptable (70 percent) than ever before, say researchers, who asked 1,000 people to rank 16 social taboos. The percentage of respondents who have no ethical qualms about ending their vows has jumped 11 percent in the last seven years. To give an indication of how inured society is to family breakdown, more people would condemn buying or wearing fur (39 percent) than filing for divorce (22 percent). Although young people held marriage to a higher standard in previous surveys, this poll showed that the value of the institution is eroding quickly in the next generation. If the country can't understand the importance of marriage, then how will we preserve it? . . .