The Georgia Supreme Court is fighting back in the war against divorce by sponsoring a dozen billboards around the state that urge residents to “Get Married, Stay Married.” The billboard space was donated by the Outdoor Advertising Association of Georgia, and paid for by the Georgia Bar Foundation. Every year, nearly 750,000 Georgians get divorced.

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Shock Study Reveals Christians More Likely to Divorce Than Non-Christians
Pro-family groups say study reveals churches’ failure to prepare couples.
by Andy Butcher
An “alarming” report that finds Christians are more likely to divorce than non-Christians has been welcomed as a badly needed “wake-up call to the Church.” The study by the Barna Research Group (BRG) also reveals that atheists are less likely to end their marriage than
born-again believers.
The sobering findings, just released, come from a survey of nearly 4,000 adults by the Calif.-based Christian research organization. They discovered that 27 …

Christian divorces are a greater threat to the sanctity of marriage than the rights being granted for gay unions, according to an article in Focus on the Family’s “Citizen” magazine. “Like radon gas seeping undetected into a home and threatening its inhabitants,” the church has allowed “a phantom leak” that more fundamentally undermines marriage’s health and well-being, says author Glenn Stanton.
Pastors need to recover an understanding of the biblical teaching on marriage, he says, citing the “high-profile marital betrayal” by singer Amy Grant–who earlier this year remarried to singer Vice …