Family

A Gallup Poll determined that the majority of Americans believe divorce, gambling, and premarital sex "pass the test of moral acceptability." (Gallup Poll, Lydia Saad, "The Cultural Landscape: What's Morally Acceptable?" June 22, 2004)

"Divorce is more common among "born-again" Christians than in the general American population. Only 6 percent of evangelicals tithe. White evangelicals are the most likely people to object to neighbors of another race. Josh McDowell has pointed out that the sexual promiscuity of evangelical youth is only a little less outrageous than that of their nonevangelical peers." (Ronald J. Sider, "The Scandal of the Evangelical Conscience, Why don’t Christians live what they preach?"; Books & Culture, January/February 2005)

"In a 1999 national survey, George Barna found that the percentage of born-again Christians who had experienced divorce was slightly higher (26 percent) than that of non-Christians (22 percent)." (See also George Barna and Mark Hatch, Boiling Point: It Only Takes One Degree, Regal, 2001, p. 42.; See Books & Culture.)