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72. When you consider the divorce rate for heterosexual marriages

Thu Jan 31, 2013, 02:06 AM

Jan 2013

hovers around 50% for 1st marriages, 2nd marriages at 60 to 67% and for 3rd marriages the divorce rate is about 70%.....WTF is so bloody sacred about heterosexual marriage? 38 years is most of their adult lives and wonderful, and if you're inclined to religious descriptions, more blessed than a 74% divorce rate!

My congratulations to the happy newlyweds.

http://www.wbez.org/blogs/bez/2012-10/ever-changing-marriage-carousel-103197

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Actor Jim Nabors, TV's Gomer Pyle, marries longtime male partner in Seattle [View all] ProfessionalLeftist Jan 2013 OP

Mazel tov! I wish them 38 more years of happiness! Happyhippychick Jan 2013 #1

It'll never last. eggplant Jan 2013 #54

Nah, I got it! Happyhippychick Jan 2013 #55

That's wonderful. LWolf Jan 2013 #2

It really is! I wish them all the happiness... ProfessionalLeftist Jan 2013 #5

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GO-OLLY! Congrats, Jim. Whovian Jan 2013 #4

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Jim Nabors has always been very close to the church and gospel music Taverner Jan 2013 #36

Just to be clear I was identifying the charactors and not the actors. LiberalFighter Jan 2013 #42

I understand :) demwing Jan 2013 #46

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More likely a bunch nykym Jan 2013 #52

Kick! Heidi Jan 2013 #7

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Shuuuuuuuuuuzzam! Erose999 Jan 2013 #9

Surprise surprise surprise.... AnneD Jan 2013 #10

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Glad I scrolled down... awoke_in_2003 Jan 2013 #69

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! RetroGamer1971 Jan 2013 #12

I remember decades ago being floored by his singing voice BumRushDaShow Jan 2013 #13

Wow. I had forgotten about that. Thanks for the reminder. n/t ProfessionalLeftist Jan 2013 #18

Our high school class sang that song at graduation almost 35 years ago. lol BumRushDaShow Jan 2013 #21

For most entertainers, that voice would have defined them Motown_Johnny Jan 2013 #27

I LOVE it! stuntcat Jan 2013 #86

It's awesome that older gays have lived to see this! pink-o Jan 2013 #14

Richard Chamberlain? Myrina Jan 2013 #19

That was the buzz about 25 years ago BumRushDaShow Jan 2013 #24

Here: pink-o Jan 2013 #51

I do not think that he and Hudson had a relationship. I may be wrong. CBGLuthier Jan 2013 #29

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It's sad MynameisBlarney Jan 2013 #16

Well, Contratulations to the happy couple! ReRe Jan 2013 #17

Haven't thought about him in a long time - loved the character cilla4progress Jan 2013 #20

Not an Indy 500 fan? Motown_Johnny Jan 2013 #23

he's a wonderful man datasuspect Jan 2013 #25

He Always Said He was 'Married' to his Career. Wolf Frankula Jan 2013 #26

Yes, and he got that AnneD Jan 2013 #37

I loved Gomer Pyle as a kid. I'm glad he's found some happiness yurbud Jan 2013 #30

Great news, Jim and Stan are really sweet and private people so I am thrilled that this is public Bluenorthwest Jan 2013 #31

SHAZAMMMMM SHRED Jan 2013 #32

As Mr. Burns saud, he's the 8th wonder of the world...how that amazing voice joeybee12 Jan 2013 #33

He's gay? Duer 157099 Jan 2013 #35

I never would have guessed it. GoCubsGo Jan 2013 #38

If not in the technical sense then at least under common law marriage. LiberalFighter Jan 2013 #45

Congrats to them. Terra Alta Jan 2013 #39

Aaw! That's so nice. HappyMe Jan 2013 #40

K & R Liberal_Dog Jan 2013 #41

Of course, this was rumoured for years DissidentVoice Jan 2013 #43

Rumor? AFAIK, it was rather evident derby378 Jan 2013 #47

No, I didn't hear that one DissidentVoice Jan 2013 #50

That was my take, but the dynamic is roughly the same derby378 Jan 2013 #53

I'm picturing some guy in a panic burning his Gomer Pyle collection.... Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2013 #44

Yay! Congratulations to him and his husband. n/t BeeBee Jan 2013 #48

Awwww redqueen Jan 2013 #49

Remember the Jim Nabors' Christmas albums back in the 1960s and 1970s? Elwood P Dowd Jan 2013 #56

He had a fantastic voice underpants Jan 2013 #66

"Surprise, surprise, surprise!" NOT. calimary Jan 2013 #57

Congratulations to Mr Nabors! I hope you have many years of happiness together Mapletonian Jan 2013 #58

Well Good Golly Miss Molly!!! CountAllVotes Jan 2013 #59

I'm just trying to wrap my mind around Jim being in his 80s Ishoutandscream2 Jan 2013 #60

how many remember him in this show! napkinz Jan 2013 #61

This is a perfect argument for marriage equality NICO9000 Jan 2013 #62

When you consider the divorce rate for heterosexual marriages tpsbmam Jan 2013 #72

Congratulations to Mr Pyle Ian Iam Jan 2013 #63

CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU MR. NABORS!!! Skittles Jan 2013 #64

He and Thelma Lou (and Opie) are about all who are left from that great show Faygo Kid Jan 2013 #65

Betty Lynn (Thelma Lou)...talking about the death of Andy Griffith last year ProfessionalLeftist Jan 2013 #88

Wow! 2naSalit Jan 2013 #67

I'm gonna cry shenmue Jan 2013 #68

I'll bet that he won't be singing "Back Home Again In Indiana" Now! AnnieBW Jan 2013 #70

Actually, here in Indianapolis, most people have been quite supportive and congratulatory. AngryOldDem Jan 2013 #83

Well gollllllllly and surprise surprise surprise! rocktivity Jan 2013 #71

Congratulations to him and his husband liberal_at_heart Jan 2013 #73

That is so fantastic! defacto7 Jan 2013 #74

Remember the hot date he had with this lady? Elwood P Dowd Jan 2013 #75

Congratulations, Jim and Stan! n/t tilsammans Jan 2013 #76

So Lindsay Graham not only looks like him.... Pachamama Jan 2013 #77

Don't insult Jim Nabors like that! David__77 Jan 2013 #81

Agreed.... Pachamama Jan 2013 #89

Well Gollylee! Politicalboi Jan 2013 #78

Here he is on the Carole Burnette Show. Deep13 Jan 2013 #79

Oh my gosh, I LOVE it!!! stuntcat Jan 2013 #85

Huh??? David__77 Jan 2013 #80

May he have continued happiness. Great they could finally make it legal. graham4anything Jan 2013 #82

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That's one very delicious part of all this. :) ProfessionalLeftist Jan 2013 #87

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