I’m not sure what any of this means or even if it means anything but…

The AP, using US Census Bureau statistics, determined which states have the lowest divorce rates and which states have the highest. So go ahead, take a stab at guessing which state has the lowest divorce rate… I’ll give you a hint, it’s probably not the state you think it is… Got a state in mind? The answer is:

Massachusetts. Yes, that is correct. The liberal, gay marriage loving state of Massachusetts has the lowest divorce rate in the nation. Texas, the home of our Commander-in-Chief, has the highest rate in the nation. In fact, all the Northeast liberal states (Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont) had significantly lower divorce rates than so-called Bible Belt states (Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Texas).

So what makes the difference? Why do Southern Baptists divorce at a higher rate than Northeast liberal Catholics (29% vs. 21%)? It seems to be education. From the Boston Globe:

The liberals from Massachusetts have long prided themselves on their emphasis on education, and it has paid off: People who stay in school longer get married at a later age, when they are more mature, are more likely to secure a better job, and job income increases with each level of formal education. As a result, Massachusetts also leads in per capita and family income while births by teenagers, as a percent of total births, was 7.4 for Massachusetts and 16.1 for Texas.