corrected: Prejudice against single pastors?

New York Times

But Mr. Almlie, despite a sterling education and years of experience, has faced an obstacle that does not exist in most professions: He is a single pastor, in a field where those doing the hiring overwhelmingly prefer married people and, especially, married men with children.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/22/us/22pastor.html?_r=3