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that the state must show that there are compelling reasons why marriage license should be issued only to heterosexual couples (Dor...

legal definitions of marriage exclude same-sex marriage but reveal little about what constitutes "marriage" other than as an insti...

by many as having originated in Greenwich Village New York in 1969 with the Stonewall Inn riots (Ahearn, 1996), is of course not a...

without having been asked to do so, providing a reward of some type for this, or simply recognizing the effort and the initiative ...

of fancy, at least in her imagination. Austen states, "She was sensible and clever; but eager in everything: her sorrows, her joys...

the glory when the farming goes well. Of course, this bitterness is something felt by most housewives of an earlier generation and...

many questions which arise. II. Questions and Answers As requested by a student writing on this subject, this part of the pape...

statutes that address marriage, such as the 1996 Federal Defense of Marriage Act, which states that the word "marriage means only ...

It could be said that the ban, as well, could likely violate the concept of equality, which is also implied in the Constitution (T...

divorce rates should make a statement about the fate of the traditional family structures. Most statistics state that one in two m...

devastating plague that has been killing many of his subjects. He speaks as if he is an anguished father: "My children, I am fill...

this case, the spouse can also learn about why men cheat (either by talking with other people who have gone through similar situat...

do arise in marriages that are not foreseen by the partners at the time that they marry. Problems with in-laws, money and sex are...

The primary reason for dating, though it is strictly on a subconscious and biological level, is to find and obtain a mate for the ...

in order to claim her white heritage she would essentially have to have her mother along to prove she was also Caucasian (Hubbynet...

establish a legal precedent in 1967 which declared bans on interracial marriages as unconstitutional that states were forced to re...

acknowledge Muhammad as Allahs Prophet and offered encouragement and support for her husband throughout her life. Like his first...

of a European spinster. Rama calls this an "aspect of the New Africa" (24), a reference to modern, global politics affecting the l...

was viewed in the modern era as not so much a disease but was seen as lack of upbringing and evil intent. Gay relationships were s...

manner inconsistent with the intentions of the people in enacting that provision. Yet that is precisely what has happened in the S...

homosexuality was not a lifestyle in the eighteenth century. Rather, having sex with someone of the same gender was something that...

In fact, Wilde seems to be making important commentary on Victorian society itself, contending that something may reveal a perfect...

opens "Marriage" delivers a millenarian prophecy that identifies Christ, revolution and apocalypse and, in so doing, "satanizes" a...

Greece, 2004). Eleni supposed her husband would do the same, but given that she had never met him she couldnt be sure. She was d...

women being "accepted in the diaconate which is a part of Holy Orders" (Womens Ordination Conference, n.d.; also see The Campaign ...

of the couple. As Shakespeare juxtaposes their feelings of love, we find that they have not even met. Ferdinand is awakened by the...

highest possible degree of comfort and hygiene. It has to allow for environmental requirements and for the climate in which it is ...

offers the marriage contract, and the woman accepts: this is a contractual obligation which can only be broken by death or divorce...

also in case law. Case law has given many good and worthwhile definition of marriage, one f the first is in the of Hyde v. Hyde an...

is exemplified by the nuclear family that leaves women unfulfilled. It is ultimately this missing part of life--or the lack of fre...