Sentences with phrase «marriage as a social institution»

Same - sex marriage erodes the very purpose of marriage as a social institution and trivializes the intellectual, psychological, and biological distinctions between men and women.

Theologians have long recognized this and have sanctified marriage as a social institution whose rules sometimes need to take precedence over individual needs.

This can not be discarded in determining the definition of marriage since it is a fact of life, which has been recognised by every society in history that has used marriage as a social institution.

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In 2017, we need to restore stability and trustworthiness to marriage, social institutions such as universities, and civic life more broadly.

We may not agree on the definition of marriage, but we increasingly agree that the dissolution of marriage as a bedrock social institution is a bad thing, and hits the most vulnerable among us hardest.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer thought that the idea of vocation had been deeply misunderstood, especially by those among his fellow Lutherans who had used the concept as a way of vindicating the status quo and validating such institutions as marriage and wage labor as preferable to all other social or economic arrangements.

As Yenor argues, the goods of family can never be grasped either from a standpoint that reduces all goods to personal satisfactions, nor from one that sees marriage and family as «social institutions» performing a necessary functioAs Yenor argues, the goods of family can never be grasped either from a standpoint that reduces all goods to personal satisfactions, nor from one that sees marriage and family as «social institutions» performing a necessary functioas «social institutions» performing a necessary function.

As the architects of this secular society well knew, it could be built only by wresting from the Church control over two basic social institutions: marriage and the education of the young.

Those who argue against same - sex marriage on the basis of its potential to diminish the effectiveness of the institution as a solid foundation for social stability have not thought about the price we have already paid for this personal freedom, or the historical reality that most citizens of Western Nations have already chosen to pay it rather than choose the relative social stability / security of tribalistic collectivism.

In the pending court case for overturning California's Proposition 8, which banned «gay marriage,» two leading conservative legal scholars face off: Charles J. Cooper, taking the classical conservative line that organic social institutions such as marriage have an inherent value and can not be redefined by legal fiat, and Theodore Olson, taking the more libertarian line that government should simply regulate contractual relationships between individuals and not become involved in private matters.

Marriage is the first social human institution seen in Scripture, as Adam and Eve serve as the paradigm for future communions joined in God's sight, to love one another and be unified physically and spiritually, leaving their parents and joining together.

In the pending court case for overturning California's Proposition 8, which banned «gay marriage,» two leading conservative legal scholars face off: Charles J. Cooper, taking the classical conservative line that organic social institutions such as marriage have an inherent value and can not be redefined by legal fiat, and Theodore Olson, taking the more libertarian line that government should simply regulate contractual relationships between individuals... Continue Reading»

The authors argue that instead of policies that just strengthen marriage — which more and more people are questioning, and rejecting, as a valid institution — we should be supporting all intimate relationships as well as enlarging the legal and social definitions of family to reflect the many types of families we have today.

This growing segment of American society is marked not just by economic poverty, but also by social and cultural poverty: the decay of bedrock institutions like marriage and organized religion, as well as the erosion of cohesive social standards like the two - parent family.

Working within the social conventions of late Victorian London, the play's major themes are the triviality with which it treats institutions as serious as marriage, and the resulting satire of Victorian ways.

Brittanica - Webster defines marriage as «the institution whereby a man and a woman are joined in a special social and legal relationship for the purpose of making a home and raising a family.»

I also believe in marriage as a vital social institution and as a dynamic opportunity for personal growth.

Supervisors are recognized by the board when subsections 1 or 2 are met by submitting an application which includes the following four documents: a.a graduate degree in marriage and family therapy or a graduate degree in a related mental health field, such as counseling and guidance, psychology, psychiatry, or clinical social work, from a recognized educational institution; b.a license (which is not a provisional or an associate license) issued by the board or a license as a marriage and family therapist in another jurisdiction; c.one of the following: (1) successful completion of a one - semester graduate course in marriage and family therapy supervision from an accredited institution; or (2) a 40 hour continuing education course in clinical supervision offered by a board approved provider; and d.at least 3,000 hours of direct client contact in the practice of marriage andfamily therapy over a minimum of three years as a licensed marriage and family therapist.2.