Sentences with phrase «because of equal marriage»

«Scotland is a better place today because of equal marriage and I want to take that positive message from our experiences here to Belfast and beyond.»

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To deny females equal authority not because of their character, their intimacy with Christ or their giftedness, but solely because of gender — a fixed and unchangeable condition — creates communities, organizations, churches and marriages that are inherently unjustbecause they deny a people group shared authority based on an unchangeable condition - gender.

Civil unions (providing most of the same benefits as marriage with a different name) are better, because a «separate but equal» institution is always constitutional.

What YOU propose is STILL marginalizing people, STILL denying them equal civil rights under the 14th, because you have some weird idea of what «traditional» marriage is.

ddeevviinn I know of a number of people who say that they can find no sensible reason for denying equal marriage rights to gays, but they will because the Bible declares it wrong.

And I feel it is the responsibility of us gay people not to want to have «marriage» because we feel we need this to be equal but to really imagine how a gay relationship can become a blessing not only to the partners but also to the greater society and define it as something new and leave marriage as what it is — a holy union between a man and a woman.

I don't lambaste your posts to Bob even though much of the time they're poorly written and espouse points of view even I find are difficult to defend because I am adamantly in favor of gay marriage and equal rights.

A federal appeals court on May 31st ruled that the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional because it denies equal rights for legally married same - sex couples, making it likely that the Supreme Court will consider the politically divisive issue for the first time in its next term.

By giving up the solace of an earthly spouse and the prospect of birthing heirs, the celibate gestures with her very body to a future time when «they neither marry nor are given in marriage... because they are equal to angels» (Luke 20:35, 36).

Maria Miller is being pursued by the press because of her role in implementing press regulation and support of equal marriage, her parliamentary aide has claimed.

My preferred option would be to keep the traditional definition of the word «marriage» because of its place in our law and history, but make it clear that civil partnerships, though different, are totally equal.

Loughton is an unlikely political partner of Tatchell because he voted against the second reading of the equal marriage bill.

What is the mindset of the people who support equal civil rights for homosexuals but disagree with Obergefell v. Hodges because it redefines the word «marriage», which they believe is a sacred thing...

However, it was fair to acknowledge that the wife had, notwithstanding the parties» equal contributions in the home, made a greater financial contribution to the marriage because of her inherited wealth.

His ex-wife, 44, who was a «housewife and mother» during the marriage, successfully argued she was due nearly half their wealth because of her «equal contributions to the welfare of the family».

The Supreme Court based its decision on the fact that prohibiting same - sex marriages constitutes a violation of the 14th amendment, because rights were not granted to all US Citizens by equal.

This damages the relationship because when we give love to get something back and when we want the marriage to be equal: giving and getting, we are acting from a mentality of fear, scarcity and lack.

Since June 2015, marriage equality has been legal in every state across the U.S.. That's because a Supreme Court ruling determined that marriage is a guaranteed right that is protected under the U.S. Constitution and the Equal Protection clause of the 14th Amendment.