Sentences with phrase «opt out of a marriage»

I have read that in Japan and the UK, the number of men opting out of marriage has risen high enough to get the attention of the otherwise oblivious politicians.

Men are opting out of marriage for good reason — marriage is a toxic environment for men, and when it goes south she leaves and gets cash and prizes and he gets the blame for it not working.

Many take the easy way out and opt out of a marriage as soon as the tide gets rough.

It appears that because divorce is such a frequent occurrence, many couples are simply opting out of marriage.

Not exact matches

Especially seeing as how 76 % of Texas voters opted to ban both gay marriage and civi unions, I don't think they really are very sympathetic to the message these atheists are trying to put out.

I imagine that more Christians will take the path suggested recently in First Things, opting out of government - sanctioned marriage.

As we consciously opt out or creatively reimagine marriage one loving couple at a time, we'll be able to shift societal expectations wholesale, freeing younger generations from some of the antiquated assumptions we've faced (that women always want to get married and men always shy away from commitment, that gender parity somehow disempowers men, that turning 30 makes an unmarried woman into an old maid).»

Alan Van Capelle, the executive director of the Empire State Pride Agenda (ESPA), the state's LGBT lobby group, and out gay Chelsea Democratic Senator Thomas K. Duane, the measure's lead sponsor, both reiterated their confidence in the wake of an election in which a Republican marriage equality supporter was forced from an upstate congressional race and voters in Maine narrowly opted to repeal the gay marriage law there.»

But deep divisions in the Tory party were highlighted in the commons when Iain Duncan Smith, the work and pensions secretary, and his long standing ally Owen Paterson, the environment secretary, joined more than 100 Tory MPs to vote against Cameron in favour of an amendment that would allow registrars to opt out of conducting same sex marriage ceremonies.

A state House judiciary committee heard public comment Wednesday on a bill that would allow magistrates and registers of deeds to opt - out of performing marriages altogether if they are opposed to same - sex unions for religious reasons.

Justice Robert Richards expressed concern that the proposed amendments are also broad enough that if marriage commissioners were allowed to opt out of services, they might also do so because they object to interfaith marriages or interracial marriages based on their religious beliefs.

In a previous blog post I discussed the recent Saskatchewan Court of Appeal decision on whether marriage commissioners — as civil servants — can opt out of performing same - sex marriages.

And finally, it may be that when wives violate basic marital norms of fidelity and family togetherness, marriages are less likely to survive, and so opt out of our «marital turnaround» sample.

As we consciously opt out or creatively reimagine marriage one loving couple at a time, we'll be able to shift societal expectations wholesale, freeing younger generations from some of the antiquated assumptions we've faced (that women always want to get married and men always shy away from commitment, that gender parity somehow disempowers men, that turning 30 makes an unmarried woman into an old maid).»

Forcing couples to tackle their issues head - on seems to have been a potent «cure» for divorce, since only one couple stuck it out and opted for divorce instead of ironing out the troubles in their marriage and receiving early release from marriage prison.