Family Law

Cultural Tolerance For Divorce Continues to Rise

By Robert L. Mues

Seventy percent of Americans now believe that divorce is ?morally acceptable,? according to a recent poll conducted by Gallup?s 2008 Values and Beliefs survey. This figure represents an 11 percent increase from just 7 years ago and a 5 percent increase from 1 year ago. Only 22 percent of Americans said they believed divorce was ?morally wrong.? Interestingly, divorce was the only ethical issue of the 16 issues measured in the survey where opinions significantly changed over the past year. The survey was conducted by a telephone sampling of 1,017 adults in the US, aged 18 or older, from May 8-11,2008. To read the entire survey results, click here.

Full post as published by Ohio Family Law Blog on July 21, 2008 (boomark / email).