Sentences with phrase «idea of marriage»

Also, please consider the radical idea of marriage counseling.

This reflects a false idea of marriage and a poor idea of marital love.

The Catholic idea of marriage and the family is a gift for the whole world.

Christian moral thinking has accepted this and has given marriage a special blessing, surrounding it with the aura of divine approval even if it has not always realistically grasped the fact that marriage is not inevitably an ideal state and that to insist on its continuance when love is absent is to condone what in effect is legalized rape and hence hardly an appropriate symbol for the Christian idea of marriage as representing «the mystical union of Christ and his Church.»

That exhortation is worth recalling, now that the very idea of marriage is being contested on four state ballots, and in the national election, on Nov. 6:

It's unfortunate, because I think the benefit of stepping back from the all - or - nothing passe ideas of marriage and gender roles could really help ease the pressure they have brought on each other.

He gets off on the whole idea of marriage and commitment, and he makes full use of that puppy - dog face and atonal snivel.

And as misguided as Annie's (Melanie Lynskey) idea of a marriage intervention may be, her heart is in the right place.

But what is the reason of principle that can be given by those who, while rejecting the idea that sexual - reproductive complementarity is an essential element of marriage, do not --- or do not yet --- wish to give up the idea of marriage as the sexually exclusive union of two, and not more than two, persons?

You say that good Christians should pray for rain in Denver because good Christians support the sanctity of marriage — not the sanctity of their own marriages, of course, which are plagued by higher divorce rates than those of atheists and agnostics — but the sanctity of the idea of marriage, which is being threatened by gays and democrats.

They claim marriage equality will force them to support an idea of marriage contrary to their beliefs, yet ignore when state after state adopts language to guarantee that no church or religious leader need recognize or celebrate such marriages, as well as the long history of religious groups, like the Roman Catholic Church, setting their own rules on marriage.

What would it look like to allow vulnerability, grace, growth and knowledge to be the purpose of dating, while still tucking the idea of marriage in your back pocket?

Among other significant ways that preliberal Christianity contributed to an expansion of human choice was to transform the idea of marriage from an institution based upon considerations of family and property to one based upon the choice and consent of individuals united in sacramental love.

All that is to say, my ideas of marriage, and life in general, were programmed into me by fictional storylines.

Scott Yenor lays out the problem nicely in the introduction to his very important and carefully argued Family Politics: The Idea of Marriage in Modern Political Thought.

It would misunderstand these men and women to say they disrespect the idea of marriage.

For years, our brains tease out these possibilities until the idea of marriage and sex are idolized far above anything else in our lives.

Christians don't own the idea of marriage.

A great number of Christians do believe they own the idea of marriage.

While there are a few who are vocal, like Against Equality, there is «a generation of upper - middle - class white lesbians and gays» who are «already enamored by the idea of marriage,» says Laurie Essig, a professor of sociology at Middlebury College, in the Salon article Will marriage change gay love?

In any event, the idea of a marriage contract dates back to at least the 1850s and they were always insisted on by the wives (and any woman who has ever lived with a man probably understands why).

Is the idea of a marriage contract controversial?

Except, as I wrote at the time, while I strongly believe couples should understand the seriousness of tying the knot, I equally object to the idea of marriage being irreversible, kids or no kids.

Yes, they are «surprisingly conservative ideals,» and while I strongly believe couples should understand the seriousness of tying the knot — it's a legal contract after all — I strongly object to the idea of marriage («wedlock»?

Still, as the book's subtitle says, Gilbert eventually finds a way to make the idea of marriage work for her, which is what all of us tend to do anyway.

here's what i can give you for advice though - make sure your boyfriend is at least open to the ideas of marriage and kids.

I've got a friend who's just not into relationships and the idea of marriage.

Divorced singles tend to take to one of two camps following the break - down of their marriage; either they're sworn off the idea of marriage forever, or they remain hopeful that they can find love and make another long - term commitment to a new partner.

These are the kind of women that are seriously inclined towards the idea of marriage.

Because of their culture and religious upbringing, these women value and respect the idea of marriage.

He will fill up all of the old hurts and pains with His love, and you will be able to open up to the idea of marriage again.

Family is very important to me as is the idea of marriage.

Other factors against Russian mail order brides are: different mentality, misunderstanding about money, different expectations and the ideas of marriage, long adaptation period.

When my marriage ended after just two years, the idea of

He's very excited about the idea of marriage and kids in the script — now that all the characters are older.»

And then as we got to know each other, the idea of marriage shifted for me.

German actress DIANE KRUGER has been put off the idea of marriage for good following her failed union to French actor / director GUILLAUME CANET,...

Then there's also Britt Robertson's character who is struggling with being a new mother, the idea of marriage, and finding out who her mother is.

Poems / poets explored include: - Carol Ann Duffy - Valentine - Sophie Hannah - Symptoms - Deserted house - Sonnet 18 - A Married state - Declaration of need - Lady of Shalott - Roger McGough Opportunities provided for students to: - develop speaking and listening skills - explore the idea of marriage - analyse language, structure and form - explore pathetic fallacy

In her third novel, Sullivan looks at the idea of marriage and how it has changed — or not — over the decades, tying her story in to the 1940s De Beers ad campaign that made the diamond engagement ring a touchstone (pun intended) of American culture.

I did not mind the idea of marriage to one of the girls I'd grown up with, and that summer I worked harder alongside him, ready to take my place among the men of the village.

Local legend Frances Bagley becomes the first Dallas - based artist to show at Cydonia, in a two - person exhibition based on the ideas of marriage and commitment.

First, it means that we must give up on any idea of marriage being a privileged or approved status in legal terms.

One woman's dedication to the idea of marriage education reversed America's rising divorce rates and may have saved the institution of marriage.

Yes, they are «surprisingly conservative ideals,» and while I strongly believe couples should understand the seriousness of tying the knot — it's a legal contract after all — I strongly object to the idea of marriage («wedlock»?

In some cases, however, one spouse discovers that the other is opposed to the idea of marriage counseling.