Sentences with phrase «to encourage marriage»

Most religions have a tradition of paid matchmakers and faith - based singles events where pastors encourage marriage to strengthen the religious community.

He said encouraging marriage would help in avoiding divorce proceedings as it would encourage more couples to stay together and produce greater stability for children.

Broad based policies aimed at encouraging marriage will do nothing to help the most disadvantaged families, the prime minister said today.

Social welfare policies which encourage marriage and family cohesion such as increasing the «marriageability» of men, through wage supports and the EITC, will be of more long term benefit than creating new programs and new services.

In 1998, Florida became the first state to require a class on relationships and marriage for high school students, part of a larger plan to encourage marriage skills by discounting marriage licenses for couples that take a premarital skills course.

It's entirely true that we should be encouraging marriage as one of the best anti-poverty programs, but this offers the potential for effective intervention after that ship has already sailed.

«I think the Government has not done enough [to encourage marriage],» he told The Times.

In 1984, Satir encouraged marriage and family therapists to shift their focus to relationship education:

«You can strengthen marriages in your community, reduce divorce and cohabitation, and serve the needs of children, by joining with others to participate in National Marriage Week USA,» encourages Marriage Week Organizers.

For a time, the Administration on Children and Families specifically encouraged marriage education efforts in Title X projects, and this effort could be revived.

How does anything at all encourage marriage?

Hence the welfare system is a social - engineering laboratory, encouraging marriages and two - parent families.

In a parting message to ministers, Lord Sacks said that the Government had not addressed the need to encourage marriage.

Once again, it is the insertion of religious and moral doctrine that poisoned the well here; first by creating tax incentives to encourage marriage, followed by attempting to legislate religious codes of conduct by barring others from the benefits of marriage.

Sacks also attacked the government for not doing enough to encourage marriage.

Would he encourage marriage and stable families?

He was «deeply involved,» they say, and «absolutely» encouraged the marriage that allowed the Republicans to remain in leadership even after the election of a Democratic majority.

Of course we can point out the utter failure of state - based solutions as evidenced by increasing brokenness in society and rising violent crime and anti-social behaviour... Better to encourage marriage to build family, and the independent voluntary sector to play a role etc..

In yet another example of Copycat Labour we learnt that Chief Secretary to the Treasury Andy Burnham conceded that there were moral arguments for using the tax system to encourage marriage.

I want to promote marriage, to defend marriage, encourage marriage.

In an effort to counter this, the government has encouraged local authorities to apply for grants of 40m yen for projects that will encourage marriage, pregnancy and birth rates, Bloomberg reports.

The main aim is to encourage marriage and give young Iranians from more conservative backgrounds the comfort they seek in using internet dating by adhering to the traditional concept but with a modern twist.

Perhaps one of the ways we can encourage marriage and healthy relationships is by providing relationship education that focuses on important protective factors such as commitment, sacrifice and forgiveness (Fincham, Stanley, & Beach, 2007).

Perhaps one of the ways we can encourage marriage and healthier relationships is by providing relationship education that focuses on important protective factors like commitment, sacrifice, and forgiveness.