Sentences with phrase «marriages than the position»

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More than 190 representing both Christian and Jewish denominations received the waivers from the mid-1970s through the late 1990s, seeking permission, for example, to only hire male teachers for certain positions or to sanction students or employees who had sex outside marriage.

Marriages were typically based on economic considerations, not love, with wives holding a higher position than slaves in the household, but still functioning in many ways as the property of their husbands, who could do with them as they willed.

She called for a halt to the «unnecessary mystification of virginity» and challenged the popular position that virginity was always inherently more holy than marriage.

Mark also misses the point when he praises Martin Luther and his wife Katherine because «they set in motion a model for Christian faith and maturity through marriage, sex, and children, rather than through singleness and celibacy,» a position that wholly discounts the apostle Paul's high praise for celibacy in 1 and 2 Corinthians.

Liberal positions on abortion and same - sex marriage have repelled more voters than they have attracted.

I don't expect the church to change it's positions — they have what they think is wrong (abortion, same gender marriage, atheism)-- but to treat it properly, as everyone's choice, rather than something they can force the world to change — that is all ANYONE should ever expect.

I would only add that — always assuming that Morrigan is being serious rather than childishly tiresome — his / her position would seem to lead to the State refusing to recognise any religious marriage — I believe this is the case in France, where a civil ceremony is also required.

Contrariwise, gay marriage was deeply offensive to many religious people and placed them in a precarious legal position (albeit more perceived than reality) with respect to their deeply held beliefs.

His wife is more in love with what she thought her marriage and position would mean than she ever was with Arthur.

Bodey J agreed with the wife's position and made an award of # 5m to the husband, holding that in light of the parties» modest standard of living during the marriage the award more than met the husband's needs, generously assessed, and would allow him to purchase a property in central London for # 2m and to achieve an income of # 130,000 per annum on a Duxbury basis.

In fact, they leave her in a better economic position than she had before the marriage.»

Even if your marriage is fairly intact, people go through job losses, depressions, losses of parents, difficulties at work — all kinds of things that could put them in a position where they're more emotionally depleted and overwhelmed than is ideal for maintaining their parental role.

Be aware that more than likely you are making a choice that the financial position you are in with the business or company you are in now is more important to you then healing your marriage.