Sentences with phrase «because of a marriage license»

Yes, there are married couples who are as happy as they are — maybe even happier — but it isn't necessarily because of a marriage license.

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The meeting came just one day before the pope met with Kim Davis, the Kentucky County Clerk who made national headlines for refusing to issue marriage licenses because of her opposition to the Supreme Court's legalization of same sex marriage.

Lillian Ladele, an employee in a government post in Islington, asked to be excused from registering same - sex marriage licenses because of her religious convictions.

Of course, because we don't have renewable marriage contracts yet, my seatmate and his then - bride - to - be were marrying the old - fashioned way, with a marriage license, and when those 18 or so years end they will still have to dissolve their marriage the old - fashioned way, too, by divorcing.

Of course, because we don't have renewable marriage contracts yet, my seatmate and his then - bride - to - be were marrying the old - fashioned way — with a marriage license — and when those 18 or so years end they will still have to dissolve their marriage the old - fashioned way too, by divorcing.

Defying the law, several county clerks around Kentucky said they won't issue marriage licenses to anyone because of the U.S. Supreme Court's 5 - to - 4 ruling Friday in favor of a nationwide right to same - sex marriage.

«I issued those licenses without pretense to what their crimes were because despite my personal views of their crimes, in our state, convicts are afforded the right of marriage.»

Then the DMV and they were still unable to change my name because I only brought a copy of my marriage license and not the original (so then I had changed my name at the passport office, social security, but not DMV).

The Casebook also includes court decisions from Canada: Haig v. Canada (1992)(omission of sexual orientation in the Canadian Human Rights Act is discriminatory); Egan v. Canada (1995)(whether exclusion of same - sex relationships from the definition of common law spouse violated the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms Section 15 prohibition of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation); Vriend v. Alberta (1998)(college laboratory instructor dismissed because of his homosexuality); Hall v. Powers (2002)(student refused permission to attend a prom at a Catholic high school with his boyfriend); Halpern et al. v. Attorney General of Canada (2003)(whether denial of marriage licenses to same - sex couples based on the common law definition of marriage was discriminatory under the Charter; a postscript indicates that the 2005 Civil Marriage Act provided for gender - neutral definition of mamarriage licenses to same - sex couples based on the common law definition of marriage was discriminatory under the Charter; a postscript indicates that the 2005 Civil Marriage Act provided for gender - neutral definition of mamarriage was discriminatory under the Charter; a postscript indicates that the 2005 Civil Marriage Act provided for gender - neutral definition of maMarriage Act provided for gender - neutral definition of marriagemarriage).

Is it fair that married couples get a ton of benefits that unwed couples don't just because they have a marriage license?

Many veterans of failed marriages view their divorces as high conflict because they argued and fought and experienced conflicts and confrontation; however, only few divorces are actually high conflict, according to Kathy J. Marshack, a licensed psychologist and family business coach.

Because marriage and family therapists work in sensitive one - on - one, one - on - couple, or one - on - family situations with clients who are dealing with highly personal issues, and who often require assurances of confidentiality, most states require practitioners to be licensed.