Critics
of early marriage have a point.
The more usual individualistic models of marriage choice, which would consider this pattern «nonnormative» or «disorderly,» may not be appropriate for ethnic subgroups such as the Hmong, where high educational expectations coexist with high rates
of early marriage and early childbearing.
Married and not - married Hmong female high school students were compared on attitudinal, achievement, and background variables to explore factors associated with early marriage and to determine consequences
of early marriage for mental health and educational expectations.
I will skip the years
of early marriage and parenting.
The study, involving 174 couples, is the first long - term investigation to compare different types
of early marriage intervention programs.
So, it is important that we look at this issue
of early marriage.»
Based on her experiences in counseling with young married couples, Miriam Jolesch summarizes the developmental tasks
of early marriage:
Not exact matches
«With heavy hearts, Laurence and I quietly separated and began the dissolution
of our
marriage in the
early fall
of last year,» Torres told People magazine.
Eli Finkel: We have arrived at a moment in history where the best
marriages are better than the best
marriages of earlier eras, while at the same time, the average
marriages are getting a little bit worse.
In many ways Mackey is still the old liberal, granola - chomping hippie he was in his
early twenties: He is pro-choice, supports gay
marriage, and is for the legalization
of marijuana.
Sadly, millions
of women and girls continue to be brutalized by violence, including through the inhumane practice
of early and forced
marriage.
That was in the
early»80s, and much has changed since then; e.g., both kids out
of college and out into the world to make their own fortunes...
marriage and two kids for one
of them and a new career for the second... a home - based business for me... and death
of my husband 6 years ago.
With the mean time from funding to exit for a startup increasing from 2 - 5 years in the
early 2000s to an average
of 6 - 10 years today, an employee may hold illiquid stock for quite some time while undergoing major life events such as
marriage, birth
of a child, home purchase, or graduate education.
Amazon has been a champion for the LGBT community as
early supporters
of the Equality Act, backers
of marriage equality campaigns, and active voices against legislation that discriminates against transgender people in states across the country.
Earlier this year, my husband, Michael, and I celebrated eight years
of marriage.
The other is the Windsor case — discussed by Carl Scott
earlier — in which the majority opinion not only sets aside part
of the Defense
of Marriage Act passed with overwhelming support in 1996, but also dismisses and disparages the motives
of those who voted for it.
One
early death, one different
marriage partner, and many
of us would not even exist.
First, it extends the logic
of the redefinition
of marriage which the earlier legislation on no - fault divorce required: Marriage is no longer a lifelong, monogamous bond between two people of the opposite sex intended for the raising of children and the provision of a stable family environment; rather, it is a relationship of mutual convenience, to be dissolved as and when it becomes inconvenient to the contracted parties to main
marriage which the
earlier legislation on no - fault divorce required:
Marriage is no longer a lifelong, monogamous bond between two people of the opposite sex intended for the raising of children and the provision of a stable family environment; rather, it is a relationship of mutual convenience, to be dissolved as and when it becomes inconvenient to the contracted parties to main
Marriage is no longer a lifelong, monogamous bond between two people
of the opposite sex intended for the raising
of children and the provision
of a stable family environment; rather, it is a relationship
of mutual convenience, to be dissolved as and when it becomes inconvenient to the contracted parties to maintain it.
The U.N. agencies warn that these children face a number
of threats including exploitation, trafficking,
early marriage and illegal child labor.
In the
early centuries, in the High Middle Ages, and again at the time
of the Reformation, Christians were compelled to rethink and reformulate their understanding
of marriage and the family.
Not in the case
of Jesus: Joseph probably died
early on, Jesus was from a very poor family which most likely excludes a pre-arranged
marriage.
Grondin has done substantial archival work to settle what the book's jacket calls «the facts
of Gadamer's life»: upbringing, schooling, teachers, degrees, appointments, major publications, and other signal events (Gadamer's
early illness, his two
marriages, his arrest by East German police).
Going back to the
early church fathers and Augustine and Thomas Aquinas, Thatcher argues that children should be «regarded as evidence
of the blessing
of God on
marriage.»
Now, I'm happy to admit that
early in our
marriage Dan and I benefited from many
of these books and found great, applicable advice within their pages.
What one finds in Greene is perhaps a more subtle insight into
marriage than what one finds in nineteenth - and
early - twentieth - century novels: the lack
of fulfillment in
marriage and the need to seek this in the company
of someone else.
The basic principles and methods
of growth counseling and
marriage enrichment, with particular attention to preparation for
marriage and
early marriage enrichment.
What if we modeled the
marriages, the families, care for the poor, and the treatment
of the immigrant and the oppressed in a manner that demonstrates the heart
of God as
early Christians did?
This approach is a significant answer to the dilemma
of the isolated nuclear family — a problem that's particularly difficult during the
early and most vulnerable years
of a
marriage.
There are a number
of denominations that have been ordaining and / or licensing women preachers since the
early 20th century and have not used the same methods
of biblical interpretation to advance gay
marriage, sex outside
marriage, or to deny eternal hell, etc..
The
early years
of marriage are usually a time
of struggle and adjustment.
Drawing mainly from Protestant authors
of the
early modern period, John Witte, Jr. discusses «the interplay among law, theology, and
marriage in the West.»
It should be clear by now that
early Puritanism consciously taught the purity, legality, and even obligation
of physical love in
marriage.
The Church must «get it right» concerning the use and seeking
of erotic pleasure not only in
marriage, but in the formative friendships
of puberty, and through the teens to the
early twenties.
Clara sees in Elizabeth a younger version
of herself, and doesn't want her to make the same mistakes she made, forty years
earlier, in her own
marriage.
In the nationwide mental health survey mentioned
earlier in this chapter, nearly sixty percent
of clergy counseling opportunities were family problems (forty - two percent
marriage, twelve percent parent - child and five percent other family relationship problems).
Indeed, Kierkegaard even once remarked that, had he known
earlier the tale
of Hamann's
marriage to the serving - girl and (in Hamann's words) «hamadryad» Regina Schumacher, he himself might have married Regine Olsen after all.
One
of the more visible manifestations
of early Mormonism's identification with Old Testament times was the institution
of plural
marriage (polygamy), which was openly practiced in Utah from 1850 to 1890.
A
marriage of rock and Las Vegas lounge music (Ralph Carmichael, one
of the genre's
early leaders, was an arranger for Bing Crosby, Peggy Lee, and Nat King Cole), C — Pop was originally intended as a tool for the evangelization
of white suburban youth.
When the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards
of the Rabbinical Assembly
of the Conservative movement within Judaism issued guidelines for homosexual
marriage by a vote
of thirteen in favor, none opposed, and one abstention
earlier this year, a Gentile friend
of mine e-mailed me....
These beliefs and values interacted with
early capitalism and the emergence
of the nation - state to give us the Western
marriage system that Laslett describes and most
of us assume.
Scholars such as Max Weber, Alan Macfarlane, Steven Ozment, Jack Goody and Laslett would all say that elements
of Judaism,
early Christianity, Roman Catholic canon law and the Protestant Reformation —
of both Luther and Calvin — provided much
of the religiocultural value system that fueled this revolution in
marriage.
It could be that as the first Christians moved out with their message into the Greek world, the popular hellenistic idea that sexual abstinence was the most important sign
of spiritual purity made it necessary to portray Jesus — even as
early as the Gospels — as a virgin, or at least to ignore his
marriage or love affairs.
Religion surfaces in Blankenhorn's book mostly to support his views, for example, that a main theme
of the Hebrew scriptures is the establishment
of patriarchal fatherhood or that the world's great religions share a common
marriage heritage that dates back to
early Egyptian and Mesopotamian society.
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Early in July, the Archdiocese
of Philadelphia issued a set
of guidelines for implementing Pope Francis's apostolic exhortation on
marriage and family, Amoris Laetitia.
In our
earlier sections, we have noted that F.C. Burkitt, Arthur Voobus and several other historians have shown that the emphasis on celibacy and abstinence from
marriage belonged to an authentic tradition
of the Syrian church till the fourth century.
So his defense
of community, culture,
marriage, and such doesn't depend on going back to an
earlier stage
of the division
of labor.
For couples in the
early stages
of marriage, it is reassuring to know that a
marriage, like Rome, isn't built in a day.
The truth is that holding every man or woman we meet to the standard
of marriage early on puts undue pressure on both the individual and the relationship at hand.
Out
of the many occasions for sharing in the
early stages
of intimacy there gradually develops a community
of experience which sets that
marriage apart from the rest
of the world and produces the «we - ness»
of the
marriage identity.
During the
early years
of marriage, with or without children, a couple faces its most difficult developmental task.