Not exact matches
After all, business relationships, like
marriages, tend to have the most success when partners get to
know each
other before walking down the aisle.
I also
know others who have broken
marriages / relationships because of secret debt, financial infidelity, and more.
And there could be
no doubt of his progressive vision on
other fronts as well: South Africa's post-apartheid constitution outlawed discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, the first country in Africa to do so, and the fifth in the world to legalize same - sex
marriage.
Really Daniel, I don't
know what kind of
marriage you have, but my wife and I do not need one of us to have veto power over the
other in order for our family to function.
Though this idea has been soundly refuted by Father John McCloskey, among
other proponents of orthodoxy, and though Francis has strongly upheld the indissolubility of
marriage, stating that Catholic divorce «doesn't exist,» it is not so clear to many of the pope's critics, who
no longer trust Francis, and who dismiss his affirmations of orthodoxy.
I don't
know what God thinks, but to me if gay
marriage is about family life and the possibility of raising children (in
other words a desire on the part of gays to be accepted into married life as it exists) then I think it is a good thing for the same reasons that I think hetero families are good and necessary.
To hold that same - sex
marriage is part of the fundamental right to marry, or necessary for giving LGBT people the equal protection of the laws, the Court implicitly made a number of
other assumptions: that one - flesh union has no distinct value in itself, only the feelings fostered by any kind of consensual sex; that there is nothing special about
knowing the love of the two people whose union gave you life, whose bodies gave you yours, so long as you have two sources of care and support; that what children need is parenting in some disembodied sense, and not mothering and fathering.
In short, we'll
know God the way husbands and wives
know each
other after long years of
marriage.
This is one of the reasons why artificialcontraception has had such damage upon
marriages and relationships: the couple deliberately withhold their fertility and so
no longer give themselves completely to each
other; in doing this they deny not just the meaning of sex itself but they also subtract from loving one of its «givens» - the orientation towards giving oneself completely to one's spouse.
I also was aware of the hypocrisy of how «gay» sin, or «non-virgin» sin, or
other «moral» issues, were regarded far far differently than sins of omission, white lies, tax fudging, white collar crime in general (who is more sinful, the girl that has sex before
marriage, or the CEO that
knows his company is lax on pollution standards that affect the health of hundreds / thousands of people and animals that live nearby)
Where Jesus does say something in the Gospels regarding adultery or in
other words to not have relations outside of
marriage, how is same gender relations be considered an exception to committing adultery since there is no
known record of same gender
marriage in first century Palestine?
Phycs like all
others professionals are taught not to air out disagreements in public yet we see major cracks in the consistency and uniformity of this and
other organizations about gay
marriage that the gays don't want you to
know about.
The entry of women into the job market, their demand for freedom, their interest in being cared for as well as caring for
others all place a strain on
marriage as we have
known it.
Canon Jeremy Pemberton has been told he can
no longer work in Nottinghamshire and has been stopped from taking
other jobs as a priest because he entered a same - sex
marriage.
«41 On the one hand, Paul's teaching on women in worship is understood to be culturally directed and
no longer binding on Christians today; on the
other hand, Paul's teaching on women's place in
marriage is said to be timeless.
As far as attending the
marriage ceremony of gay people i have two points of view the first is that that is there choice to live how they want to but to me that is clearly not Gods best and sin is sin and needs to be repented of but that is my standard not theres.As far as divorced people remarrying why shouldnt they if they have repented of there past God forgives them not condemns them.As he said to the women caught in adultery do they condemn you and she answers
no and he says and neither do i.Go and sin
no more.This was not just for the women causght in adultery this lesson was for every one of us he was addressing our sin publically for all have sinned and fall short of the Glory of God that being his son Jesus Christ he is telling us that we must make the same decision to go and sin
no more to repent in our hearts and the only way to do that is to give our hearts and lives totally to Jesus Christ
other wise we are
no better than the hypocrites in JESUS day.brentnz
Thanks to the courage of
other moms, I
knew ahead of time that pregnancy after a miscarriage would be scary, that just because breastfeeding is «natural» doesn't mean it's easy, that my
marriage and body and worldview would inevitably change, that «sometimes you feel two feelings at the same time, and that's okay.»
I have a wonderful husband who forgave me and we love each
other and our
marriage has gone from strength to strength, at the time i committed adultery i felt strongly that devil was controlling my behaviour it was such a powerful force and yet at the moment i was ending the affair the Holy Spirit was overpowering and brought me back to my husband and we celebrated our 25 th wedding anniversary last year, i have always loved my husband and didn't ever consider adultery and yet my ex came back into my life and i was weak, but now i am strong and so in love with my husband and
know i am forgiven.
I don't
know the right answer for every
marriage but here is the answer that worked for us then and seems to still be working now: Choose each
other.
I do nt
know whats worse the fact that a white man could be accused of the same thing this man is accused of and we as blacks would be screaming bloody murder or the fact that he marched against gay
marriages, and took personal shots at
other pastor and then he gets exposed 4 what he really is and that ironically is everything he preached and marched against sad
«Scripture's male - female prerequisite for
marriage and its attendant rejection of homosexual behavior is pervasive throughout both Testaments of Scripture (i.e. it is everywhere presumed in sexual discussions even when not explicitly mentioned); it is absolute (i.e. no exceptions are ever given, unlike even incest and polyamory); it is strongly proscribed (i.e. every mention of it in Scripture indicates that it is regarded as a foundational violation of sexual ethics); and it is countercultural (i.e. we
know of no
other culture in the ancient Near East or Greco - Roman Mediterranean basin more consistently and strongly opposed to homosexual practice).
In precisely the same way, the justices could press counsel to get clear on the principled lines of a judgment that would confer the right to
marriage on couples of the same - sex, while barring the extension of
marriage to all of these
other ensembles, who will be in the courts before long, demanding to
know why they too are not eligible for the same constitutional rights.
The conservative judges on the
other side have declined to offer any moral argument for
marriage as we
know it.
tradition hard to break.the tradition of
marriage is older and more meaningful than any
other we
know it crosses all religions and non religions, and races and cultures.it won't change easy.calling it something else for some people may make it easier to change.but what about those people who want that time tested tradition for themselves for their own self worth.it is a civil right give it to them today.this issues has divided my community as much as any
other, but as we have fought to gain right after right, we have lost sight that all deserve the right of freedom of happiness.No gayness here, just can't fight the battle to keep someone down after being held down
We conservatives
know that having lots of wives — like Solomon, Abraham, and
other cool dudes from the Bible — makes for good religion and strong support of traditional
marriage.
In reality, therefore, according to the powers - that - be in the Anglican Church,
marriage is
no more «important» than any
other lifestyle choice.
«That said, if the churches do not take the opportunity now to «advocate» and «teach» why same - sex
marriage is wrong for everyone (i.e., harmful to children, to the couple, and undermining of a culture of
marriage), religious people should not expect to find a lot of sympathy for their right to exercise their religious freedom to dissent from same - sex
marriage,» Esbeck told CT. «In
other words, church leaders
no longer enjoy the luxury of not teaching biblical
marriage, as much as large numbers of the laity don't want to hear it.
You need to
know the power of His forgiveness and mercy in your own life before you can forgive
others — but if you do forgive, then you are truly a sign and expression of Christ's love for His Church and you are truly Christ to your spouse, which is what He intended when He called you to the great Sacrament and mission of
marriage.
As the leaders of this mosque see it, segregating Muslim boys and girls simply means that young people arrive at the age of
marriage without getting to
know other Muslims of the opposite sex at all.
Even well - mated partners in
marriage know that if they look upon each
other as «someone who can provide me with the setting I need for beauty,» something goes wrong and sex becomes «routine.»
Here are some details about that November 2004 ballot proposal: 1) there was already in place a Utah law strictly banning same - sex
marriage, which I fully supported; 2) all three candidates for the office of attorney general of Utah (the chief law - enforcement officer in the state) opposed the amendment, including the LDS (Mormon) Republican incumbent, Mark Shurtleff, mostly because they considered it a poorly drafted amendment; 3) I refused to endorse the amendment, but I did not urge people to vote «
no»; 4) the leadership of the LDS Church, which has a record for being as strongly opposed to same - sex
marriage as the Catholic Church, did not issue a statement urging its members to vote one way or the
other; 5) inasmuch as two thirds of Utahans belong to the LDS Church, this means that the leadership of at least 80 percent of Utah churchgoers did not urge a «yes» vote on the amendment.
The
other end of
marriage is
no less evidently established in Genesis 1:27 - 28: «God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
Among them were pantheism and the positions that human reason is the sole arbiter of truth and falsehood and good and evil; that Christian faith contradicts reason; that Christ is a myth; that philosophy must be treated without reference to supernatural revelation; that every man is free to embrace the religion which, guided by the light of reason, he believes to be true; that Protestantism is another form of the Christian religion in which it is possible to be as pleasing to God as in the Catholic Church; that the civil power can determine the limits within which the Catholic Church may exercise authority; that Roman Pontiffs and Ecumenical Councils have erred in defining matters of faith and morals; that the Church does not have direct or indirect temporal power or the right to invoke force; that in a conflict between Church and State the civil law should prevail; that the civil power has the right to appoint and depose bishops; that the entire direction of public schools in which the youth of Christian states are educated must be by the civil power; that the Church should be separated from the State and the State from the Church; that moral laws do not need divine sanction; that it is permissible to rebel against legitimate princes; that a civil contract may among Christians constitute true
marriage; that the Catholic religion should
no longer be the religion of the State to the exclusion of all
other forms of worship; and «that the Roman Pontiff can and should reconcile himself to and agree with progress, liberalism and modern civilization.»
I don't believe that any religion destroys sex within
marriage, rather the stupid family members who push women and men to marry whether or not they are in love, then push them to procreate before they have a chance to
know each
other, are to blame.
His treatises include works on
Marriage, on Confirmation, and on the Holy Communion, and his ethical and devotional writings take up the principles of spiritual guidance as a pastor might want to
know them in dealing with
others, as well as assisting priest or people in their own inner life.
Many of these destined - to - be-empty
marriages last for decades after the people can
no longer stand each
other.
Taking each
other for granted is not part of a
marriage vow as far as I
know, thankfully.
They
know that
marriage and relationships are their domain because anytime they're not HAPPY, they can sleep with some
other schmuck.
So, of course, I spoke to the Rev. Todhunter, too Again, the full details of that conversation will be included in The New I Do, but here's a taste of what he's observed — couples that celebrate 50 or so years of
marriage and see commitment as «staying together
no matter what» have an entirely different
marriage than those that see commitment as a chance for each to grow, with the loving support of the
other.
Which is why studies such as the latest by the Institute for Family Studies, which touts the benefit of
marriage over cohabitation when it comes to family instability, bother me: there's no way to
know if the couples who cohabit would end up divorced if they wed or if their kids would be worse off if they stayed together — and perhaps subjected their kids to abuse, conflict, addiction or
other dysfunctions.
But please don't look upon
others as «happy couples or even single parents» — we really never
know what goes on within a
marriage or relationship despite how happy they look.
What I find interesting is that the discussion of opening up the
marriage — what we present as a viable option in The New I Do — was quickly rejected: «I
knew that he couldn't handle it if I actually said, «I want to see
other people,»» one woman says.
His comments made me think of
other SAHDs I've
known (and interestingly I
know quite a few) and how those
marriages played out.
I'm sorry you feel your
marriage «failed» and I can't help wondering if some of that sense of failure is because
others react to divorce and if events in your past led you to believe that the only «successful»
marriage is one that stayed intact
no matter what — abuse, infidelity, cruelty.
Taking each
other for granted is not part of any
marriage vow as far as I
know.
Children feel secure when they
know that Mom and Dad love each
other — particularly in today's world, where 50 percent of
marriages end in divorce; half of your children's friends have gone, or are going through a divorce; or maybe it's your kids who have survived a divorce and are now living in a new family arrangement.
I don't
know why I'm working so hard at this whole
marriage and parenting thing when I could find someone who suits the me that I am now better and have the kids every
other weekend.
We all
know parents in unhappy, loveless
marriages that stay together for the kids, so clearly having two people who love each
other isn't essential for childrearing.
I can tell some of your commenters don't
know very many conservative Catholics, evangelicals, and Mormons, but I can assure you all the ones I've ever
known (which is a LOT of them) are very happy about their decisions to remain virgins and even for some, unkissed, until
marriage (as a Catholic I don't believe there it is morally superior to abstain from kissing prior to
marriage, but I respect the right of
others to choose to do so).
«Taking care of the
marriage relationship will make your child will feel secure and loved
knowing the ones who take care of him love each
other and will be there for each
other (and him) for a lifetime,» says Martyn.