Sentences with phrase «relationships by marriage»

One expert thinks that the definition of family needs to be expanded beyond blood or relationships by marriage.

Not exact matches

Rogers weaves a tale of Harding's rise in figure skating, her abusive upbringing by her mother (Alison Janney, who received a best supporting actress Oscar nomination), and her abusive relationship and eventual marriage to Gillooly.

After leaving the show in 2010, Frankel initially stayed in reality TV, starring in Bethenny Getting Married followed by Bethenny Ever After for Bravo, which chronicled her marriage to and increasingly rocky relationship with Jason Hoppy.

And for those of us who are married, it's important to continually prioritize our marriages by setting boundaries with our extended family that simultaneously encourage relationship and reduce conflict.

Being in a loving, monogamous gay relationship (or marriage where allowed by law) is none of these things but rather promotes love in the stead of promiscuity and lust.

Some awkwardness and misunderstanding is inevitable in relationships, but sometimes, Christian women get so bogged down by the concept of men being «leaders» that we fail to recognize that God only calls us into this kind of «leading» relationship within the walls of a loving, respect - filled, and mutually submissive marriage.

To put it bluntly, the notion of consent is arguably meaningless by itself as the arbiter of legitimate sexual and marital relationships because of the potential for manipulation, coercion, and abuse in a situation where there are deep - rooted and unequal social power relations (e.g., the President of the United States [not] having sexual relations with a besotted young intern or, as here, a parent and an adult child contracting a marriage).

It leads to dissatisfaction with one's partner; and marriages and relationships often get trampled by this destructive habit.

This passage is simply not about the marriage relationship being intended by God as an authority - subordinate relationship.

Husbands and wives are to see more clearly what God meant marriage to be, by looking at a picture of Christ's relationship with the church.

Neither marriage nor «committed relationships» can bear the freight laid upon them by post-modern sentimentalism.

I have heard teachings that a marriage will only properly illustrate Christ's relationship with the church when the husband steps fully into his leadership role and the wife responds by joyfully placing herself under his authority.

New relationships lessons planned by the Government may «stigmatise» traditional marriage, two leading conservative Christian figures have warned.

The Civil Partnership Act, passed in November 2004, raised homosexual relationships to the same status as marriage by granting the same rights to couples entering a civil partnership as to spouses entering marriage.

Similarly, while there may be some value in the refusal to take a moral stance on homosexuality — in order to focus squarely on the nature of marriage rather than on same - sex relationships — I am less than persuaded by the authors» moral judgment that people's sexual relationships are a private issue.

It is very easy to give or receive an «ego bruise» in a marriage relationship by a rejecting word, lack of thoughtfulness (as in forgetting a birthday or an anniversary), or the attack of «putting the other down.»

While in years gone by the kinds of marriages held together solely by the tradition that «stability is the best policy» often lacked intimacy, relationships held together solely by sex may be equally devoid of intimacy.

In some marriages, a crisis is produced by the impact of the needs of a child for an intimate relationship with the parents.

Here's Mitt actually defending his stand on marriage: «I believe that marriage has been defined the same way for literally thousands of years by virtually every civilization in history and that marriage is by its definition a relationship between a man and woman and if two people of the....

The firm sense of personal identity which is a prerequisite for intimacy in marriage and sexual relationships, is also strengthened and affirmed by experiences of interacting constructively with a person of the complementary sex.

Unfortunately, because of the superficiality of many pre-marital relationships, the major interpersonal reorientation required by marriage must begin with a person who is essentially a stranger.

A strong marriage relationship is constructed by two people who are willing to work at it, year - in and year - out, «for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death us do part.»

And if the state can define marriage by diktat, why not other basic human relationships, like the parent - child relationship, the doctor - patient relationship, the lawyer - client relationship, or the priest - penitent relationship?

Marriage relationships are often thrown off keel by the heavy pressure of multiple losses, changing roles, and diminished self - esteem.

To a remarkable degree, marriage in America today is exactly what these newlyweds increasingly say that it is: a loving relationship of undetermined duration created of the couple, by the couple, and for the couple.

When reforms have been pressed, for example with reference to child marriage, or the problem of permitting divorce, a strong appeal has been made by Orthodoxy to the Laws of Manu as having permanently fixed these relationships.

Whether it's around parenting or my marriage, my relationships in my extended family and friendships, the care and daily running of our home and finances, our church, our faith, our city, our country and our world, I feel overwhelmed sometimes by all of the things that I should be doing or need to be doing.

But for the vast majority of us whose marriages are a mixture of pain and joy, frustration and satisfaction, distance and closeness — for us enrichment methods and short - term crisis methods can be effective in improving our relationships by developing our hidden marriage assets.

Sexuality is designed to be properly ordered within marriage, a relationship marked by covenant faithfulness and profound self - giving and sacrifice.

The 7 Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country's Foremost Relationship Expert by John Gottman, PhD.

I just mean that maybe Christians can compromise by acknowledging that laws evolve and change and to accept that gays want the same rights as married people and to be respectful of that and maybe gays can compromise by not insisting to use the word «marriage» but instead use the word «union» or some other word or phrase to describe their relationship.

Even in gay loving relationships which by the way are a mere quarter of 1 percent of the US people are we giving in and changing the definition of marriage for all and allowing these who define marriage by their own rules and ways rather than saying you need to live up to this standard.

There arose a new (and perhaps not sufficiently qualified) emphasis on the dignity of the physical sexual relationship in marriage - but without any attempt to examine the problems posed by the continuing presence of carnal concupiscence.

Although the changes in male / female roles represented by the women's liberation movement will undoubtedly cause severe problems in some marriages, and therefore disturb the children, the eventual benefits for marriage, families and parent - child relationships are great.

David Quinn also commented that a legalisation of same - sex «marriage» would perpetuate the discrimination against non-sexual relationships, which has been created by allowing civil partnerships.

I also think marriage is a human event and relationship and therefore should be performed by the state, not the church.

In 2008 the California Supreme Court distinguished polygamy from the right to same - sex marriage by explaining that polygamy is «inimical to the mutually supportive and healthy family relationships promoted by the constitutional right to marry.»

By focusing on premarital sex rather than on whether people love one another before marriage or if they have a relationship before marriage, the church makes sex the most important aspect of any relationship.

These statements carefully examine theological topics such as justification by faith and the relationship between Scripture and tradition, as well as theologically informed cultural issues such as religious freedom and marriage.

In others, marriage is a provision for companionship (Genesis 2) or the structure for relationships characterized by order and love (Ephesians 5:21 f.; Titus 2:4; 1 Peter 3:1 f.).

One of the ways in which a church program can enrich husband - wife relationships is by providing sound education for marriage beginning with high school youth.

Matthew concludes that «the purpose of celibacy is to affirm the basic goodness of sex and marriage by pointing to the relationship they prefigure: the union of Christ and the church.

In the pending court case for overturning California's Proposition 8, which banned «gay marriage,» two leading conservative legal scholars face off: Charles J. Cooper, taking the classical conservative line that organic social institutions such as marriage have an inherent value and can not be redefined by legal fiat, and Theodore Olson, taking the more libertarian line that government should simply regulate contractual relationships between individuals and not become involved in private matters.

The full intimacy of the marriage relationship is one which grows deeper and richer as the years go by.

In the pending court case for overturning California's Proposition 8, which banned «gay marriage,» two leading conservative legal scholars face off: Charles J. Cooper, taking the classical conservative line that organic social institutions such as marriage have an inherent value and can not be redefined by legal fiat, and Theodore Olson, taking the more libertarian line that government should simply regulate contractual relationships between individuals... Continue Reading»

Even in the strongest marriage relationships, the strength of the mother - baby bond is sometimes felt as a threat by the father.

Each home in this sense is something unique, a sacred place of special relationships marked by particular sharing and intimacy, and originating in marriage.

Commitment to marriage can be strengthened «only through a change of heart and mind, a new consciousness about the meaning of commitment itself, and a turning away from the contemporary model of relationships offered by Madison Avenue, Wall Street, or Hollywood.»

I had wondered how politically savvy supporters of «gay marriage» would react to the recent statement entitled «Beyond Same - Sex Marriage,» and how they would respond to my posting last week calling attention to the fact that the statement follows through on the logic of demands for legal recognition of same - sex unions by endorsing relationships involving multiple (i.e., more than two) sex pmarriage» would react to the recent statement entitled «Beyond Same - Sex Marriage,» and how they would respond to my posting last week calling attention to the fact that the statement follows through on the logic of demands for legal recognition of same - sex unions by endorsing relationships involving multiple (i.e., more than two) sex pMarriage,» and how they would respond to my posting last week calling attention to the fact that the statement follows through on the logic of demands for legal recognition of same - sex unions by endorsing relationships involving multiple (i.e., more than two) sex partners.

The importance of achieving intimacy in marriage is enhanced by the scarcity of depth relationships outside the family.