The overwhelming evidence of the positive
benefits of marriage for children, women, and men has led to a large and growing consensus that government policy should strengthen marriage — not undermine it.
The immediate
financial benefits of marriage include sharing the mortgage, utility, grocery, insurance and furniture expenses, but the financial perks extend well beyond splitting the cost of daily living.
Think through a few key areas of your marriage, consider what the current climate is in your relationship, and then talk to each other about the potential
benefits of marriage therapy.
One of the
biggest benefits of marriage counseling is that it provides you with an open, unbiased platform to speak out and let your voice be heard.
Yet during a legal separation, the couple can continue to use the tax
benefits of marriage as well as other marital benefits.
Many of the
legal benefits of marriage, particularly regarding rights to your children, serve as protective factors in the case of a divorce, which is a benefit.
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All of which means that before we tout the
presumptive benefits of marriage for everyone, we should be willing to explore what's working for those who are happily living alternatively and whether what doesn't work for them is the actual arrangement or the societal expectation that committed couples marry and live together as well as the judgment they face if they don't follow the romantic script.
Sometimes couples may only seek a legal separation rather than filing for divorce, which will allow the parties to live both separate and apart while still enjoying the legal
benefits of marriage such as continuing healthcare or insurance coverage.
What we did here in New York can only be the beginning, and we must continue to work together until all Americans are free to marry whom they love and are entitled to all of the rights and
benefits of marriage equally, regardless of sexual orientation.»
When you look at a brief list of the civil
benefits of marriage allowed by the law, one should ask where is the harm in granting those items to two people regardless of race or other orientation, especially if they love each other and wish to raise a family.
Following a New Jersey Supreme Court decision that directed the Legislature to
accord benefits of marriage to same - sex couples, the Legislature is now debating whether to legalize gay marriage as opposed to a system of civil unions, with marriage benefits.
(Batman & Robin) Bedroom boredom: Finding familiar comfort in the Bedroom with your spouse is a
clear benefit of marriage, but when that familiarity turns to routine, it's time to add some novelty.
Being physically intimate is one of the
great benefits of marriage, but there is another vital type of intimacy that couples need to pay attention to: emotional intimacy.
This has created a social class divide in our society where the marriage «haves» (along with their children) receive the
proven benefits of marriage, while the «have nots» fall further behind, economically, emotionally and socially, according to The Evolution of Divorce from National Affairs magazine's fall 2009 issue.
Homosexual couples who want to commit themselves to a monogamous lifelong relationship find themselves in the same situation as anyone else who cohabits
without benefit of marriage.
Being able to access a marriage license, for example, may be helpful if your or your same - sex spouse is in a hospital that is unfamiliar with the legal
benefits of marriage for same - sex couples.
OK TJP, I understand this but you can have a legal union and get all of the
legal benefits of marriage without receiving the sacraments.
Life after divorce not only means loss of social status and the comfort of being part of a couple but the reality that earning power will reduced, expenses will increase and many
financial benefits of marriage will be eliminated can be overwhelming.
The same study that pointed to
the benefits of marriage also reported that high income is associated with longer telomeres.
Kaplan, 47, successfully argued before the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of Edith Windsor, who sought to ensure that same - sex couples be entitled to
the benefits of marriage under federal law.
Many today believe it patently «unfair» and «unjust» to ban an entire group of people from
the benefits of marriage merely because they happen to be attracted to people of the same sex....
Most of us, however, want the rights and
benefits of a marriage the state recognizes and have allowed the state to determine who may marry.
A «whore» sold her body, and even a woman who lived with a man without
the benefit of marriage might be considered a «whore» because she was considered to be selling her body for food and shelter.
Economists and social scientists such as Gary Becker, Linda Waite, Steven Nock and Robert Michaels are uncovering once again the economic and health
benefits of marriage and demonstrating what kinfolk such as grandparents, uncles and aunts contribute both to marriage and to the children born to marriages.