Fenton Johnson, who wrote an article in the Harper's Magazine, argues that, " if one subscribes to the principles that government should not serve specific religious agendas and that it should not discriminate on the basis of gender, there is no logical reason to limit marriage benefits to mixed-gender couples- (267). ... For instance, if it were a husband a man who died AT&T would more than likely provide deaths benefits to the surviving spouse. ... Maybe the problems arise because there is no legal agreement between the couple and no commitment so the partner could take advantage of t...

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Greedy families would then arrange another marriage for their sons in order to obtain another dowry from another bride's family. ... Much has changed since then, with there being less emphasis on marrying for family prestige and increased focus on marrying for personal happiness. ... It is unfortunate that back then, what was known as shell-shock was dismissed as something that a man had to get over on his own and move on, with no attempts to diagnose it as a medical disorder. No medical recognition meant there were no treatment programs available, and it was the families that suffered ...

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Greedy families would then arrange another marriage for their sons in order to obtain another dowry from another bride's family. ... Much has changed since then, with there being less emphasis on marrying for family prestige and increased focus on marrying for personal happiness. ... It is unfortunate that back then, what was known as shell-shock was dismissed as something that a man had to get over on his own and move on, with no attempts to diagnose it as a medical disorder. No medical recognition meant there were no treatment programs available, and it was the families that suffered ...

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Currently there is no federal mandate allowing same sex marriage, however 17 states have already given in to the demand for same sex marriage and have happily allowed unnatural behavior to continue. Though many people see no problem with same sex marriage, there should not be a federal mandate allowing it because same sex marriage makes churches practice/perform undesired rituals that go against their beliefs, and it changes the meaning of the valued ritual of marriage. ... Animals aren't gay, and if you look back into ancient times, being gay didn't even exist because people were s...

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Furthermore, there is no doubt that the husband is a large man. ... There is a strong binary opposition of the masculine large and feminine small threading throughout the story, demonstrated in this scene, by Herr Brechenmacher not having enough room to dress in the kitchen with his wife, where previously she had been working in there with her daughter and no sense of it being too small. ... However, even more disturbing is the implication that women were complicitous in their own oppression. In a strongly homosocial environment where men bonded with each other and women were seen as a sub-c...

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She then goes on saying that if another person were to read the same scripture in a different mindset they would interpret it as a passage about hospitality and not homosexuality. If someone against same-sex marriage were to explain the bible about homosexuality and how it is sinful, there would be no concrete evidence of what they say is how God really wanted his children to think. ... There wouldn't be many different interpretations if there wasn't many versions of the bible, like New International Version or the King James version, etc. There are other issues involving same-sex m...

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There are many ideas and opinions that people believe women should and should not be, according to 17th-19th century ideas. ... Women were expected to act as these shallow, emotional creatures that had no depth mentally and could serve as helpless, reliant, and obedient wives to their ruling and overbearing husbands. ... It gives women a chance to grow as a person and then, as a result, potentially share the good works with the family. ... Women should be given the rights and freedoms and liberties as men are given, and not left to just be submissive creatures that rely on beauty and have n...

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Aviva Patz has experienced divorce and a marriage that works and then she hears of Ted Huston, a professor of human ecology and psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. ... When you can be yourself with that person and there not be any uncomfortable moments then that relationship is more likely to last. ... When explaining what failed with her first relationship and how it was only intimacy and no real deep connection and the rushing into marriage and at that point was when the marriage went downhill. Ted Huston's example of Peter and Suzie and how they were intrigued by each ot...

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" The flash backs that were intended to explain the marriage and relationships were not clear and therefore, were not effective. ... One example of this was when one scene took place on Amy and Paul's wedding day where Bobby asked Amy to marry him after she backed out of her own wedding and then the scene that followed took place in Bobby's apartment with one character holding a birthday cake for Bobby and the five couples surrounding him with no clue as to when each event took place. The jump between the two scenes that were unrelated confused the audience as to when the scene ...

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There are other ways of saving money or investing it rather than the modern way of using banks and investment companies. ... There are significant similarities between Roscas and microcredit lending schemes. ... Although they employ women organisers from the region or community, they are still in charge of the group which then does not have the same effect as the relationship is different. Many funds that experienced difficulties were as a result of issues with the geographic and social integration of the people who were participating into a world bigger than their community. ... When there&#x...

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In Christian marriage love between the spouses is such a fundamental block of marriage, that the marriage tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church has ruled that if love is missing from a marriage then that marriage is invalid. ... Starting in the 4th Century when the Christians were free to practice their religion, bishops and priests were invited to wedding feasts and to bless the married couple. Ambrose was the first Christian churchman to write that no marriage should be dissolved for any reason and insisted that not even men had the right to remarry as long as their wives were alive. ... At...

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It is said that if gay marriage is allowed then there will be turmoil in the religious community, and is unbiblical and should not be endorsed. ... Then there is the issue of California's Proposition 8, which pertains to the 10th amendment of the United States Constitution (ratified on December 15, 1791), "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. ... The courts rested their decisions on the circular argument that the couples equal protection rights were not violated be...

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Young Samita has no immediate plan for marriage. ... Clearly, her priority was her career, and there were too many variables in her relationship that could affect the possibility of marriage. ... It's only natural then that the young generation sees sex, as a source of pleasure rather than a mere socially dictated act of continuing a family line. ... It is no longer biological puberty, but the financial or career wise maturity that signals the right age of marriage. ... Of course there is sad news with this change. ...

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Growing up, I only had interest in guys that were African-American. ... During the slavery period interracial marriages were illegal, and slaves were not able to get married either. Though there were freed slaves, which was very rare, they weren't able to marry outside of their race, but during that time it was okay for slave owners to rape and molest Black slaves. ... Were you afraid to tell the person you like, your friends, or even your family members because you were afraid that they would judge you? ... Its crazy because some of them were dark-skinned, they didn't want us there...

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Women were excluded from public life and were left to be in charge of home and children. ... While it is true that some verses of the Koran do call for men and women to control the way they present themselves to each other in order to encourage self-restraint, there is no actual requirement for women to cover their faces. ... Hindu cultures, on the other hand, have no excuses as they have no defintive text to govern their behavior. ... According to traditional Hindu texts, there are three values relating to a girl when she is born: wedding gift, dowry payment, and abandonment. ... Women woul...

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For example, people in the Trobriand Islands were asked "Who is a child's father?" ... This revolves around the fact that human females allow no overt signs of the time when they are ovulating. Female primate species all have menstrual cycles similar to that of human woman, but in contrast, there is a distinct signal- that male primates respond to- that indicate "ovulatory readiness." ... From the reading, one could gather that no such explanation exists. ... Upper-class men would sometimes have several wives, but usually no more than three; however most marriages were monogamous. ...

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Before the Norman Conquest, women had many advantages in marriage and work, and there were many laws against rape and abuse. ... Instead, they prepared and served the drinks when there were guests (Brown 24). Although there were times when women were needed in a laborious job, men were the ox-herders, laborers, swine-herders, and so forth, and the women were charged with daily chores around the house, overseeing the slaves and storerooms, making clothes, baking but not cooking the meals, making and serving drinks, and entertaining when there were guests (Brown 25). ... If a woman was raped or ...

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In 1988, most of the U.S. population said no to same-sex marriage becoming legal. ... The couple requested a marriage license in Fort Worth, Tx and were denied, there fore they represent themselves in their case. ... Since there are many lawsuits against Texas, there have been incidents where the state of Texas had filled a request to merge multiple different marriage lawsuits in Texas. The requests were denied and each case would have to be proceeded independently. ... Section three of the act was then considered unconstitutional in 2013, which banned same-sex couples, to be recognized as &qu...

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If you looked at this situation completely blind, with no personal beliefs towards homosexuals, then it would be very apparent that this Bill is completely unconstitutional. ... I mean, I'm an American, and if I were homosexual I would fight for my rights as an American too. ... No, (you'd think that though, wouldn't you? ... Then I will determine whether or not it's biased. ... But there's only one ...

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There are existing so many questions that based on the suitability and the chance of being happy wedding when the type of wedding may be named as traditional. ... Then again does it keep on assuming a key part by they way we see our general surroundings? ... In my opinion marriage is an abstract thing that no matter how it happens the most important topic is related to couples' happiness level and their desire to maintain their marriage. ... Standard relational unions were not treated as genuine relational unions, yet just as "standard unions". ... Regarding the new law, standard relatio...

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They were refused. They then challenged the state's decision in court. ... Those who claim fundamental civil rights status for same sex marriage, however, can point to no similar societal--let alone constitutional--consensus. ... They have no right to insist that we surrender our fundamental moral and religious beliefs in order that they might feel comfortable with their sexual behavior. ... If having children is not the point of legal marriage, then there is no reason to provide married heterosexual couples with special benefits. ...

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Of course there were references to family as being related by blood or through marriage, but there was also a very common concept of family through relationships of authority, and co-residence. ... There would also be a set role for a female housekeeper. ... There were several different kinds of contractual relationships; the first was marriage. ... This is because as soon as he or she left the household, he or she was no longer included within the family and was removed from the list. ... She also notes that there were prevailing rates of mortality and life expectancy, as well as a high ...

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Whilst there have been no reliable studies to show whether or not children suffer from lack of parenthood or difficulties within a homosexual family, it is important to remember the circumstances of the children growing up in these types of families. ... In 1997 there were 502,900 one-parent families, with 845,700 children involved (source: The Australian, June 1997). ... Over the last twenty years the age of first marriage has increased, whilst divorce rates have rose in the 1970's and then stabilised in the 1980's. ... According to 1997 statistics 72% of families were intact, whil...

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There are many types of citizenship action, for example, raising awareness in both the local and wider community, through things like posters, presentations in school assemblies and form times, and charity events. ... We each then took a different aspect of the story to film over the week and home, then edited it together, compromising where necessary. ... It is also an appropriate approach, as there are no graphic images, simply the bare minimum to convey an accurate depiction of the situation. ... I also hope that people that witness our presentation will understand the difference between fo...

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Although men who take paternity leave offer career penalties and social backlash, but there are many benefits from it that worth the risks. ... There are many evidences that show the love between the father and his child, many fathers today help their spouse taking care of their children and some take care of their infants by themselves without the women's help. ... Children with involved fathers have an advantage in socially and academically over children with distant or no relationships with their dads, they tend to have better language skills and less behavioral problems, the result ...

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