LDS Sanctity of Marriage -AND- Divorce

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The permanence of marriage:

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) greatly values marriage and abhors divorce:

• "Christ's ideal pertaining to marriage is the unbroken home, and conditions that cause divorce are violations of his divine teachings. Except in cases of infidelity or other extreme conditions, the Church frowns upon divorce." President David O. McKay 1

• "President Spencer W. Kimball said that relatively few divorces are justifiable. He also told members that divorce frequently results from selfishness and other sins of one or both spouses." 2
Couples in the LDS Church experience a very strong social pressure to stay married -- particularly in Utah and other areas of North America where there is a large concentration of fellow believers.


The permanence of marriage:

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) greatly values marriage and abhors divorce:

• "Christ's ideal pertaining to marriage is the unbroken home, and conditions that cause divorce are violations of his divine teachings. Except in cases of infidelity or other extreme conditions, the Church frowns upon divorce." President David O. McKay 1

• "President Spencer W. Kimball said that relatively few divorces are justifiable. He also told members that divorce frequently results from selfishness and other sins of one or both spouses." 2
Couples in the LDS Church experience a very strong social pressure to stay married -- particularly in Utah and other areas of North America where there is a large concentration of fellow believers.


Divorce rates:

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Overall, the Mormon divorce rate appears to be no different from the average American divorce rate. A 1999 study by Barna Research of nearly 4,000 U.S. adults showed that 24% of Mormon marriages end in divorce -- a number statistically equal to the divorce rate among all Americans. 5 Members of non-denominational churches (typically Fundamentalist in teaching) and born-again Christians experience a significantly higher divorce rate; Agnostics and Atheists have much a lower rate. 6 More info.

http://www.religioustolerance.org/lds_divo.htm