Red Families Vs Blue Families Analysis

Are you a Democrat or a Republican? If you are a Democrat, you can learn about your blue family in this book and if you are a Republican, you can learn about your red family in this book. The purpose of this book is for you to understand the different opinions on each side of the group. This book has split America into two big parts red, more conservative and traditional side, and blue, the more modern side (Cahn and Carbone, 2010: 1). Cahn and Carbone’s book Red Families v. Blue Families: Legal Polarization and the Creation of Culture is about conservatives and modernists opinions on issues like same-sex marriages, abortion, divorces, women, and teen pregnancy. Same-sex marriages are one of the main issues towards the second half of the book. For instance, “Allowing gays and lesbians to marry has become part of the national debate” (Cahn and Carbone, 2010: 135). The book discusses the opinions of both groups on this issue. The red states do not recognize gays and lesbians while blue states recognize them and many support them. As stated, “15 of the states voting blue in 2008—and none of the red states—extend at least some form of recognition of same-sex marriage” (Cahn and …show more content…
In Figure 2.1, Red Families v. Blue Families: Legal Polarization and the Creation of Culture shows a graph for divorces in first marriages of people with a college degree or more having fewer divorces in their first marriage versus to someone with no college degree (Cahn and Carbone, 2010: 40). I always had this question with me when I saw my classmates from high school, getting married right after graduation, I would ask myself, would this last forever? As I see in the entertainment, many actors and actresses marry each other at a young age, but they also get a divorce quickly. Now, with the supporting studies, these assumptions have been in favor that earlier marriages do not last as long as later