Sentences with phrase «not equal marriage»

This goes the same for woman — nakedness does not equal marriage material.

«That Bill has nothing to do with equality, it's actually now not equal marriage at all.

bldrrep Civil unions do not equal marriage... they do in some places but not most.

Not exact matches

Some relationships, particularly in marriage, have equal amounts of loyalty and that's invaluable (not to mention rewarding and fulfilling), but in business, there is barely an advantage to being so loyal.

If Sarah Palin really believed in God and in God's creations all being equal, she would not be against gay marriage and the rights of all humans to be equal.

Same arguments we heard when states started passing laws that decriminalized interracial marriage, when the federal government rejected «separate but equal», and when people realized the President did not always tell the truth.

«As a practising Christian, a protestant and a unionist who is engaged to a Catholic Irishwoman, for me, equal marriage isn't about one religion, country or community.

Also, children are brought up to believe that they should not expect equal partnership in marriage either.

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.

Dan Brennan with «Friendship, Marriage, and Ongoing Sexism» «But for Mark and Grace, their model of marital friendship is not a voluntary equal - footing friendship.

due to some crazy religious beliefs out there in the world i.e. marrying off young children and marrying genetic kin, the government can't ever allow religion to dictate marriage policy, so have your ceremonies and deny same - gender couples to marry in your church but bluntly stated your crying and foot - stomping will accomplish nothing, marriage isn't a religious thing it is a civil rights and equality thing, thus if the religious win by denying same gender cuples their civil rights to equal treatment under the law, then don't be surprised when others use those same grounds to deny you your rights under the law.

To deny females equal authority not because of their character, their intimacy with Christ or their giftedness, but solely because of gender — a fixed and unchangeable condition — creates communities, organizations, churches and marriages that are inherently unjustbecause they deny a people group shared authority based on an unchangeable condition - gender.

The bride and bridegroom examples, wedding feast, undefiled marriage bed, what God has joined together is not parted, the spouses body belongs to the other spouse, leave mother and father to become one, order God / man / women all united and equal in Gods eyes.

THey do not believe in equal rights THey marry their daughters through arranged marriages.

And I feel it is the responsibility of us gay people not to want to have «marriage» because we feel we need this to be equal but to really imagine how a gay relationship can become a blessing not only to the partners but also to the greater society and define it as something new and leave marriage as what it is — a holy union between a man and a woman.

showing increased love to gays and lesbians, but not accepting their activities as equal to god - ordained marriage.

I don't lambaste your posts to Bob even though much of the time they're poorly written and espouse points of view even I find are difficult to defend because I am adamantly in favor of gay marriage and equal rights.

Advocates for g a y marriage are not asking for equal rights.

Hence, marriage can not be morally healthy as an institution until women secure equal status in our society.

Do you know that many Christans support equal rights for LBGT Americans but do not support G - ay marriage laws?

As if you're supposed to wait till marriage to have sex only to find out you're not compatible with your spouse in bed so now you have to FORCE yourself to feel passionate toward someone who doesn't turn you on and therefore that equals «hot sex».

Q: You note that perhaps we shouldn't «idealize» marriage as an equal partnership and just accept specialization.

As much as we love the idea of men being an equal partner in a marriage, we don't necessarily embrace the idea of men being an equal partner in a divorce.

At yesterday's inaugural speech, President Obama strongly hinted that he may endorse marriage for gays and lesbians as an equal right under the Constitution: «Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law, for if we are truly created equal, then surely the love we -LSB-...]

As my HuffPo piece today,» Why marriage isn't an equal partnership,» illuminates, we still are stuck in the «Mad Men» era when men are the providers and women deal with the poopy diapers and dust bunnies, even if she's CEO of a start - up.

Policy formulation that sees marriage as the only good relationship format for commitment seems, therefore, to be rather short - sighted and ill - informed when other relationship forms, such as cohabitation or living apart together, can involve equal if not more commitment.

I think your struggle — modern vs. traditional marriage — is one many women struggle with; we don't have enough of a satisfying history of modern marriage (life - work, equal partners, etc.) to feel fully confident in it.

In other words, the soul - mate model of marriage does not extend equal marital opportunities.

The issue is the LDS Church's position on equal partnership in marriage, not how it decides its leadership.

Their marriage bargain is a «close, successful partnership of equals,» although Rosin couldn't decide whether viewers should envy or deride the perpetually scheming couple.

For Daryl, that is a very real possibility: «I don't see marriage as an option until the (divorce) laws are equal.

A more equal marriage doesn't necessarily mean a happier marriage: A recent Norweigan study found higher divorce rates among couples who split the housework evenly.

If a savvy lawyer informs a woman that her ex could get equal custody, thus putting the kabosh on her plans, and then asks if she ever feared him, whether he ever cursed at her, called her names, raised his voice or screamed in a fit of rage, «I'm so angry at you, I could kill you» — and what marriage doesn't have some sort of anger, yelling or threats?

She once suggested pregnant prisoners should be shackled to their beds whilst giving birth, and claimed gay lifestyles did not have «equal validity» to the «preferred model» of heterosexual marriage.

Even if marriage were no different from civil partnership (and it is), separate would not be equal.

Liberals knew there were people out there who resented things like immigration, equal marriage and «progressive» principles in general — they didn't take seriously the possibility that those people might actually take over.

Of course, the Conservatives will not be doing this on subjects such as equal marriage, Europe or renewable energy; but that appears to be of no concern to the strategists.

Moreover, he knew that we might win and did not want the embarrassment of being forced by Europe to legislate equal marriage, which would have been used against him by Euro - sceptics in his own party — and by UKIP.

But he said of No 10's attempts to introduce equal marriage: «I have just never felt that this is what we should be focusing on... There was no huge demand for this and we didn't need to spend a lot of parliamentary time and upset vast numbers of people in order to do this.»

According to John Bercow, there were even some firsts in the chamber, when Jack Matthews said, «Mr Speaker, as someone who hasn't even had his first proper snog yet, I'm not even sure I am qualified to talk about equal marriage.»

As I have suggested before, my expectation is that, as was the case with civil partnerships, once the equal marriage proposals are implemented and the sky does not fall in, the ban on marriages taking place on religious premises will be lifted in due course too.

«Mr Speaker, as someone who hasn't even had his first proper snog yet, I'm not even sure I am qualified to talk about equal marriage», Grace - Anne and Nisha report from the UKYP Debates 2012

The PM has repeatedly declared equal marriage a great Conservative reform; the Chancellor can't stop telling us about the «thoroughly Conservative» policy of cutting income tax for the least well - paid by raising the base - rate threshold at which it is collected.

Farron has been attacked in the past about his voting record on equal marriage, but he is not the only Westminster leader to be vulnerable in this area.

For me to support marriage equality, however, it was imperative that the legislation contain all the necessary religious exemptions, so as not to interfere with religious beliefs which I hold as important as equal rights.

He also tried not not to alienate any potential centrist supporters over his vote against equal marriage in 2013.

There are another nine Lib Dem MPs who are listed on the Coalition for Equal Marriage website as not declaring for or against.

The BHA has responded in light of remarks made by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, stating that the Church of England would not support permit civil partnership ceremonies to be held in its churches, nor would it support any attempts to have equal gay marriage.

Lorigo said he's personally «strong in the conviction that New York should not pass gay marriage,» but added: «On the other side of the coin, I have no problem with the equal rights part of it.

In 2006, when the New York State Court of Appeals shamefully ruled that the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community did not have equal protection under the law in relation to Marriage Equality, I predicted that passing legislation to right this wrong in the State Senate would be a profound personal and sadly political battle.