Sentences with phrase «marriage as the yardstick»
With marriage as the yardstick, the relationship between parents with a child in common does not seem worthy of a legal status.
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So a good rule of thumb is to use marriage as a yardstick: while a boyfriend should not «lead» his girlfriend or potential partner to the level of a husband and wife — which is to say he is not yet charged by God to lead, cover, provide and protect — he can absolutely encourage her already present devotion and natural gifts.
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... Legal change has been constrained because marriage serves as the yardstick by which law reformers measure other adult relationships as worthy of mutual rights and obligations in the family arena.