Sentences with phrase «over the marriage law»

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As The Washington Post pointed out over the weekend, the other 19 states that passed so - called religious freedom laws did so before gay marriage became legal in most of the country.

Cabinet ministers have been at odds over policy, including citizenship laws, the national vote on same - sex marriage and competition reform, as well as being left out of the decision loop on a series of «captain's picks» by the prime minister.

For me, this puts any law that privileges marriage over autonomous relationships as such in doubt.

As a matter of prudence, prioritizing the wrongness of same - sex marriage over divorce or contraception (or even masturbation) only serves to reinforce the claim that Christians are motivated by some kind of anti-gay animus when they defend traditional marriage laws.

Those who have followed the debate over same - sex marriage understand very clearly that law and culture ought to work together to promote and preserve families and communities; we should apply the same vigor to strengthening economic policies that make it easier for people not to sin.

One refrain in debates over marriage policy is that laws designating marriage as exclusively the union of male and female are today's equivalent of bans on interracial marriage.

If the fundamental social mechanisms for renewal are diminished — marriage, parenting, productive work, interpersonal trust, and religious or communal involvement — then the social law of entropy takes over, which is what is happening today in poor American communities

(It also says states don't have to recognize other states» same - sex marriages; there is debate over how today's ruling will affect that part of the law.)

These two starkly opposing views of natural law define the debate over «same - sex marriage.»

-- Blackmailed in Burbank Dear Blackmailed: If you knuckle under to your sister - in - law's threats, her money problems will be over and you will be paying her off for the duration of your marriage.

Dear Blackmailed: If you knuckle under to your sister - in - law's threats, her money problems will be over and you will be paying her off for the duration of your marriage.

Family law's focus on marriage to the exclusion of other forms of friendship can encourage people to prioritize one comprehensive domestic relationship over other relationships.

We whispered like middle schoolers, heckled waiters, talked over each other, and on many occasions, laughed until we cried about the absurd realities of marriage, sex, parenting, minivans, in - laws, and the latest Anna Nichole Smith drama.

That 22 percent said they liked the idea that they wouldn't have to fight with a partner over the best way to raise a child (76 percent), wouldn't have to work on the marriage, too (69 percent), and wouldn't have in - laws to deal with (30 percent).

Opponents of gay marriage are facing intolerance in the ongoing debate over a change in the law, the former Archbishop of Canterbury has said.

Windsor sought to claim the federal estate tax exemption for surviving spouses, but was barred from doing so by § 3 of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which amended the Dictionary Act — a law providing rules of construction for over 1,000 federal laws and the whole realm of federal regulations to define «marriage» and «spouse» as excluding same - sex pMarriage Act (DOMA), which amended the Dictionary Act — a law providing rules of construction for over 1,000 federal laws and the whole realm of federal regulations to define «marriage» and «spouse» as excluding same - sex pmarriage» and «spouse» as excluding same - sex partners.

Cuomo, they say, was a progressive presiding over a broke and broken state for his first term, and still managed to legalize same - sex marriage, pass some of the strictest gun laws in the nation and embark on an infrastructure rebuilding project unseen since the days of Robert Moses.

I'm not going to go into significant detail here unless you ask for it, but I will point to speeding tickets and licensing for out of state marriages as two examples of cases where the laws where you are currently located take precedence over the laws where you come from.

Two Democratic members of the NY congressional delegation are praising President Obama's decision to end the DOJ's legal battle over the Defense of Marriage Act — the federal law that defines marriage as between a man and Marriage Act — the federal law that defines marriage as between a man and marriage as between a man and a woman.

It's possibly worth pointing out also that a big part of the reason Tories were defecting to UKIP was over imminent same - sex marriage laws.

As in Maine, most of the contests near the top of the list are in places that have already passed gay - marriage laws or fought major battles over the issue.

Most of the contests near the top of the list are in places that have already passed gay - marriage laws or fought major battles over the issue.

Cuomo family intimates predicted over the weekend that Andrew — who reveled in his father's praise when he won adoption of a gay - marriage law — will even more aggressively pursue a liberal agenda in his second term.

Lawyers for Skelos tried to focus the judge on the senator's accomplishments, which they included as his help in getting passed — over considerable GOP opposition over the years — sweeping gun control laws and the 2011 same - sex marriage statute.

«He will not walk away from his record of progressive accomplishments over the past four years, including passing the toughest gun laws in the nation, marriage equality, an increase to the minimum wage and funding universal pre-K,» spokeswoman Candice Giove wrote in an email.

He is moderate on social issues — he has no plans to roll back Cuomo's gun - control law, supports same - sex marriage and abortion rights up to the third trimester — and endorsed Hillary Clinton over Trump in 2016.

Savino, who is the new Senate sponsor of the med - mar law (she took it over from longtime Democratic sponsor, Sen. Tom Duane), suggested Cuomo could be a national leader on this issue, setting an agenda for other governors — and even perhaps the president — to follow, much like he did with same - sex marriage.

They'll discuss the fight in Albany over campaign finance reform, pay raises for judges and lawmakers, reinstating the death penalty for murders of law enforcement and corrections officers, gay marriage and much more.

Indeed, polls have shown Mr. Cuomo with a wide lead over Mr. Astorino, whom the governor's campaign plans to attack as an «ultraconservative» over his opposition to abortion rights, strict gun control laws and same - sex marriage.

With various countries worldwide amending laws pertaining to gay marriages, the importance of gay dating sites have increase exponentially over the last couple of years.

Modern families and differing national laws mean opportunities for companies Free Online Dating process is an exciting chance to meet people from all over the world for love and marriage.

Starring Viola Davis as an embattled family court judge with a fraught marriage of her own; Hayden Panettiere as a recent law - school grad flung into a custody case; and Catalina Sandino Moreno as the single mother at the center of the case who risks losing her two children over an ill - timed argument.

Now, over half - century later, even with Marriage Equality the law of the land, the inherent passions driving this tale forward are as potent as ever, and as such it's no surprise at all a director like Todd Haynes would be interested in adapting it into a movie.

Stephen Robertson, in his article «Age of Consent Laws», states: «Narrowly concerned with sexual violence, and with girls, originally, since the 19th century the age of consent has occupied a central place in debates over the nature of childhood, adolescence, and adulthood, and been drawn into campaigns against prostitution and child marriage, struggles to achieve gender and sexual equality, and the response to teenage pregnancy.»

Blood, Bones & Butter follows an unconventional journey through the many kitchens Hamilton has inhabited through the years: the rural kitchen of her childhood, where her adored mother stood over the six - burner with an oily wooden spoon in hand; the kitchens of France, Greece, and Turkey, where she was often fed by complete strangers and learned the essence of hospitality; the soulless catering factories that helped pay the rent; Hamilton's own kitchen at Prune, with its many unexpected challenges; and the kitchen of her Italian mother - in - law, who serves as the link between Hamilton's idyllic past and her own future family - the result of a difficult and prickly marriage that nonetheless yields rich and lasting dividends.

While federal law makes same - sex marriage legal in all states, some questions remain over how principles for dividing shared assets and paying spousal support apply to nonheterosexual marriages.

The arrangements for child support, parenting time and spousal maintenance concluded during the dissolution of marriage represent a plan for redefining family relationships and commitments, but New York law recognizes that needs and circumstances change over time.

The fight over accreditation from the proposed British Columbia - based law school — which has a community covenant that requires students only engage in sexual activity in marriage with someone of an opposite sex — made its way to the Supreme Court earlier this year.

In a 2007 California dispute over community property (In re Marriage of Ross), the court gracefully declined to make new law and «to boldly go where no [rational analysis] has gone before.»

Over 140 respondents provided us with further details, and they include a wealth of examples covering a wide array of issues and countries.55 One reported the need to consider the impact of Shari'a law on the sale of a house to a woman separated from her husband where the husband lived in a country honoring Shari'a marriage law.

«As first noted here late last night, in today's edition of The Recorder of San Francisco, attorney Cyrus Sanai has an interesting essay entitled «Taking the Kozinski Challenge» that begins, «The fiercest battle within the federal appellate courts these days is not over abortion or gay marriage, but the arcane question of whether an attorney may cite the unpublished case law of an appellate court as the binding law of the circuit.»»

Currently, there are over 30 states that don't allow same sex marriage under state law.

Janet Langjahr, who writes the always informative Florida Divorce Law Blog, has come across a great story from Australia that details some things that clients should do when they know their marriage is over.

Our Florida divorce attorney has over 15 years of experience representing clients in Florida family law cases, including both contested and uncontested dissolution of marriage matters.

Since the Supreme Court's landmark ruling in Radmacher v Granatino, fairly contracted prenuptial agreements have been given decisive weight in English divorce law, recognising that these agreements allow couples greater control over their marriage and finances.

«Some of those couples consciously choose common - law over marriage to avoid legal obligations, but most of them simply make assumptions about their legal rights.»

We have over 20 years of experience helping clients wisely enter into marriage with Prenuptial Agreements based on our knowledge of Ontario Family Law and our experience with Divorce cases.

By staying uniform across the nation, Clement said the law also has the benefit of keeping the federal government, «a big player,» out of the state - by - state debate over same - sex marriage.

Thinking of family law dispute resolution as family restructuring rather than family breakdown allows «family» to be treated as an organic whole that changes and evolves over time as new family members are added through birth, adoption, marriage and remarriage; as parents separate and the family transitions into new domestic arrangements; and, as existing family members are subtracted through abandonment, estrangement and death.

Offering compelling insights into the power these relationships over a marriage, and the well being of both partners, Apter bases her report on interviews with 150 volunteers, in both the U.K. and the U.S. With professional grace, Apter exposes the emotional minefields that couples often navigate around in - laws, and the ease with which they become stuck in negative (and familiar) attitudes toward them.