Source: Sex and the State
by Cathy Reisenwitz
“Heritage authors claim that the fact that Americans have gotten less religious in recent decades is part of the ‘family crisis’ they’re ostensibly trying to correct. The authors claim, ‘The data are strong that religious people are more likely to get married, marry earlier, divorce less, have more children, and beneficially influence their children’s social development.’ But that, or at least the divorce part, is patently and obviously false. Problem number one with that claim is that the divorce rate has decreased in recent decades. Those same decades, actually, in which religiosity was declining. Hmmmm. The second problem with that claim is that the divorce rate has actually declined among Americans in the top-half of the income and education distribution. Most divorces are among bottom-half folks, who are, if anything, on average more religious than top-halfers.” (01/19/26)
https://cathyreisenwitz.substack.com/p/no-heritage-religion-doesnt-prevent