Last week Newsweek ran an article about how the fundamental Christian's are having a hard time staying out of divorce court. The rate of divorce among fundamental Christians is significantly higher, Lisa Miller says, than the national average.

Yet of course, the Smart Marriages coalition and the anti gay marriage activists all claim marriage as their highest value. So why is it if this is the highest value for this group, that their marriages fail?

Not being a part of a fundamental Christian group myself I can only conjecture. But I do believe its a failure of learning, not values.

Christians are often caught in a belief system that does not allow them to seek help outside the church. The church provides counseling of course, but a "Christian Counselor" does not have to be licensed or even have any kind of degree, they simply have to have a reputation as a Christian.

Simply being a Christian Counselor does not necessarily give a person the ability to help people negotiate the difficult task of making healthy marriage.

Having sex is an important part of that and since it is such a taboo subject for most Christians, talking about sex is akin to talking about Satan himself. I believe if we, as Christians, could change that one hang up, our marriages would stand a better chance!