November 10, 2004
Here in New England
This editorial by William V. D'Antonio from the Boston Globe has been flapping around on my desk since Halloween. Among other things, D'Antonio found that Massachusetts has the lowest divorce rate in the nation, and that born-again Chrisitians have the highest. A little excerpt for those of you who didn't feel like clicking:
"For all the Bible Belt talk about family values, it is the people from Kerry's home state, along with their neighbors in the Northeast corridor, who live these values. Indeed, it is the "blue" states, led led by Massachusetts and Connecticut, that have been willing to invest more money over time to foster the reality of what it means to leave no children behind. And they have been among the nation's leaders in promoting a living wage as their goal in public employment. The money they have invested in their future is known more popularly as taxes; these so-called liberal people see that money is their investment to help insure a compassionate, humane society. Family values are much more likely to be found in the states mistakenly called out-of-the-mainstream liberal. By their behavior you can know them as the true conservatives. They are showing how to conserve family life through the way they live their family values."
Sadly, smug won't get us anywhere, but then again, neither did the facts .
Photo note: AND we have the finest fall foliage, which is an excuse to publish this trite, oft seen, but beautiful shot.
Posted by Dakota at November 10, 2004 09:21 AM