Sentences with phrase «trial marriage»

This examination of vows may also assist us in appreciating some of the fundamental differences that there are between couples who live together in a vowed state and couples who enter trial marriages [2] and free unions.

If all marriages were only trial marriages, or if vows were made for temporary periods, or with conditions attached, the infinite worth of the person would no longer be affirmed.

The Pope describes g ay marriage as «pseudo-matrimony» and declared that «The various forms of the dissolution of matrimony today, like free unions, trial marriages... by people of the same - s 3x, are rather expressions of an anarchic freedom that wrongly passes for true freedom of man.»

Many sincerely spiritual persons today are pressing for the church's recognition of their life style, whether that be commune living (singles, marrieds or celibates), single living, gay alliances, celibacy, or trial marriages that might be civil before they are religious.

The apparent attraction of a trial marriage lies in the seeming possibility of experiencing marriage without actually undertaking it.

The notion of «trial marriages» would seem to be self - contradictory, since vows belong to the essence of marriage.

Kantor agrees with certain suggestions from Austen that the (relatively new) «assembly balls» and «country dances» held in many towns in Britain provided a kind of «Trial Marriage»:

Sexual intercourse outside of marriage, even when love is present, is not monogamy, nor is «trial marriage.»

It is very common these days for couples to move in together, often as a sort of «trial marriage» to figure out whether the other person is marriage material.

So why have a temporary marriage when cohabitation can serve the purpose of a trial marriage?

Civil marriage as a trial marriage gains more popularity in Russia of today.

Brings a whole new meaning to the term «trial marriage,» huh?

In the 1920's trial marriages were established that allowed a couple to try a marriage without actually being married; not having kids or any lifelong financial commitments.

For an interesting discussion of why living together fails miserably as a «trial marriage,» as well as a review of a number of other studies that give similar results as the University of Wisconsin study, check out two articles written by Dr. Willard Harley.

Have you ever heard someone say that they were going to move in with their boyfriend or girlfriend as a «trial marriage»?