Growing up, I often heard the citations about the growing rates of divorce in America. The divorce rates were growing. At times, it seemed that the divorce rate was higher in the United States than other nations. It seems that I was mislead. The divorce rates in Europe are higher than in the United States.
I can not attribute all of those numbers to affairs, although I am sure that they are a part of that picture. Another part of the picture is that when people marry persons of other faiths, they have three times higher divorce rate than those who marry in their faith. That is stunning news. If something increases your chances of divorce three times, it is worth noting and doing something about.
Although having an affair does not guarantee you a divorce, it certainly weakens the marriage. It seems that interfaith marriages do as well. If you have an interfaith marriage and have an affair…things do not look so good in terms of statistics.
Best Regards,
Jeffrey Murrah
