Sentences with phrase «of type of marriage»

New stats reveal: only legalising humanist marriages will give same - sex couples a meaningful choice of type of marriage ceremony

And what is more, these new statistics reveal that that choice would be particularly valued by same - sex couples, who at present overwhelmingly feel they have no choice of type of marriage at all.

At the most basic level, it's important to seek one of the types of marriage counseling that focuses on working with both of you at once.

A comprehensive list of all types of marriage workshops all over the country can be found on the SmartMarriage.com website.

Not exact matches

All marriages come with all different types of challenges and experiences.

During a marriage, it's common for a couple to obtain joint credit card accounts and co-sign for various types of loans.

There's even a whole sub-category specifically about sex: The Act of Marriage, Intended for Pleasure, Celebration in the Bedroom... Many of these types of books have an almost myopic focus on a woman's obligation to have sex with her husband.

This distinction follows because marriage itself is a basic human good that is «consummated and actualized by sexual acts of the reproductive type» regardless of fertility.

From this heavily fortified definitional base George and Bradley reason that sexual acts of the reproductive type typically further the good of marriage, and persons (whether married or not) who engage in sexual acts of the nonreproductive type «necessarily treat their bodies and those of their sexual partners (if any) as means or instruments in ways that damage their personal (and interpersonal) integrity.»

These types of rules, broadly applied, end up sexualizing every woman I meet, dehumanizing her and turning her into an existential threat to my marriage.

(CNN)- Pope Francis reaffirmed the Catholic Church's opposition to gay marriage on Wednesday, but suggested in a newspaper interview that it could support some types of civil unions.

Perhaps, so far in this talk, you've been waiting for me to be more specific about the different types of vocation, such as priesthood, religious life, marriage and the single life.

Here are the basis types of counseling which the minister is normally called on to do: (a) Marriage and family counseling, (b) supportive (including crisis) counseling, (c) counseling for referral, (d) short - term educative and decision - making counseling, (e) superego counseling, (f) informal counseling, (g) group counseling, (h) religious - existential problem counseling.

A minister needs to be reasonably proficient in all eight varieties of counseling, but he should acquire a high degree of expertness in three types — marriage counseling, crisis counseling (especially bereavement), and counseling on religious - existential problems.

My purpose here is to clarify that distinction and then to evaluate criticisms of the Pledge when the distinction between the two types of marriage is properly understood.

Many types of groups exist, e.g., a depth Bible study group to stimulate the maturing of functional theologies; groups to aid preparation for normal crises such as retirement, middle age, marriage, childbirth (Caplan calls these «emotional innoculation groups»).

The «romantic» marriage is only one type of good marriage.

He added that the Church would not judge people in gay relationships, but said: «To bless this type of union, to say that they are like [heterosexual] marriages, never.

The term marriage should be reserved for a certain, unique type of relationship that goes beyond mere friendship.

You can think of sex» within marriage and in other relationships» as a form of bonding; as a way to deepen and expand the meaning of intimacy; as a type of language even, where human beings can communicate subtly, beautifully, passionately, without words.

Spent too many years enduring a passionless marriage to a Jesus - first type — the notion that God - obsession somehow results in a healthy marriage through the magic of faith and other assorted pixie dust is a crock of shit.

The Bible does show different types of marriage, but it does not mean that God approved them.

He explained that if the definition of marriage is changed to include almost any type of relationship, marriage comes to mean nothing at all.

The fourth mode of marriage, the vital, stands in sharp contrast to the previous three types, although these couples say and do many of the same things.

6 in Basic Types of Pastoral Counseling; «Enriching Marriage and Family Life,» in Growth Counseling: New Tools for Clergy and Laity, Part 1; Growth Counseling for Marriage Enrichment; Growth Counseling for Mid-Years Couples; and «Alcoholics Anonymous — Our Greatest Resource,» chap.

Here are some of the types of growth groups currently being used by churches — grief recovery groups; divorce growth groups; preparation for marriage and early marriage enrichment groups; creative singlehood groups; parenting skills groups; solo parenting groups; mid-years marriage renewal groups; creative retirement groups; parents of handicapped children groups; support groups for families of terminally ill persons.

Worley's initial sermon was partly framed as a response to Obama's endorsement of same - sex marriage, which he made in a TV interview a day after North Carolina voters passed a state constitutional amendment banning legal recognition of such marriages and other types of gay unions.

The story of Sodom in Genesis 18 was about violence and domination, the same type of event that takes place in prisons and occupied countries, but it was NOT the reason for God's decision to destroy the city, and to use this story as a basis for prejudice against ho mose xuality in general is like comparing ra pe to marriage.

Many people (but not all) who enter into a missionary dating type of relationship have made marriage an idol.

We should remember that early Christians too were well behaved — Paul advised them to remain in their jobs and their marriages — yet by withholding any deep commitment to the Roman Empire they helped to bring it down and to form a society of a very different type.

Their problems proved to be mainly the «grinding of the gears» type, typical of the adjustment period of new marriages.

Come now, there are plenty of born - again types here who will gladly tell you that you can not be a «real Christian» unless you oppose gay marriage, oppose evolution, believe that the Bible is 100 % factual, and that the rapture is just around the corner.

It is important in Christian marriage that all three types of love be present, but with agape as the controlling factor.

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Now as to whether the introduction of same seex marriages lends stability or applies some type of social «triage» to that end, I can not speculate.

As part of the pre-marriage process for the type of wedding we had, we picked three long - time couples we knew whose marriages we respected and met with them to discuss all kinds of questions and possibilities about what we saw for our own relationship.

This marriage of distinct soil type, clonal selection, elevation and microclimate produces outstanding fruit uniquely expressive of its growing region in our Burgundian style Chardonnays and Pinot Noirs.

As a nonbeliever, there was a bit of a struggle over including covenant marriages — a type of marriage born out of the conservative evangelical movement that makes marriage harder to get into and out of — into The New I Do.

Society and cultural norms and history have made marriage something that seems totally normal, when in reality, only certain types of people and certain types of personalities are going to be naturally able to make marriage work.

Most of us tend to prioritize romantic - sexual relationships over other types of relationships, especially if we wed; as Filipovic notes, «It's silly that marriage is the clearest path» to how we validate a relationship and family, «but in the United States, it is.»

This is the worst type of marriage to be in.

While I suspect that many people know that these types of marriages exist and that marriages change, many people feel very uncomfortable about it.

I gave him his walking papers so that he could become a «full - time playa» There's no excuse for cheating, if he wanted an «open marriage», then he should have married a woman who agreed with this type of lifestyle, or better still he should have remained single.

There are voices endorsing only breastfeeding and then those talking about bottle feeding and then those talking about co-parenting and then this type of labor method and this type of parenting style and this type of family and marriage and what is best and I could go on and on but I try to keep these posts to a certain number of words.

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.

They should ask themselves what they want their marriage to be like once the kids are gone, would they move or downsize, what types of experiences would they want to share — or not, he says.

I often feel caught between two words — the type of modern marriage that I want for myself and the more «traditional» model of marriage that I grew up with.

Although it isn't easy to cope with this type of situation, here's some guidance on how you can deal with a difficult marriage when only one of you wants change.There are no easy answers when your spouse can see no reason for a change.

Fortunately, we do have some information on the types of couples that get the most, and the least, from marriage counseling:

They will look to your marriage as a blueprint for the type of relationship that they aspire to have in the future.