Not exact matches
The fact that
in western Europe between a tenth and a fifth of each generation never married, combined with a relatively late average age at
marriage for women, implied that fertility levels were normally lower than
in other societies.
It was frequently the case that celibacy was almost unknown and the average age of
marriage for women was far lower than
in western Europe, often close to the attainment of sexual maturity.
In a first
for marriages of ginger blokes to
women way out to their league, Sky has announced that it will be showing the Royal Wedding of Prince Harry to...
According to the Institute
for American Values, the number of
marriages per 1000 unmarried
women age fifteen and older has shrunk from 76.5
in 1970 to 36 today.
But Podesta and his candidate want to force a religious order of Catholic
women to cooperate
in the provision of contraceptives and abortifacients; they want to compel small businesses to cater to same - sex
marriage ceremonies; and they want physicians to refer troubled patients
for «transgender» treatment — all against the Catholic understanding of the right to act on one's conscience (
in these cases, one's rightly formed conscience).
He helped draft the «Defense of
Marriage Act,» the 1996 law in which the federal government defines marriage as a legal union between one man and one woman, and is the author of «Fighting for America's Soul: How Sweeping Change Threatens Our Nation and What We Must Do
Marriage Act,» the 1996 law
in which the federal government defines
marriage as a legal union between one man and one woman, and is the author of «Fighting for America's Soul: How Sweeping Change Threatens Our Nation and What We Must Do
marriage as a legal union between one man and one
woman, and is the author of «Fighting
for America's Soul: How Sweeping Change Threatens Our Nation and What We Must Do.»
(i) a
woman's right to choose; (ii) teaching evolution
in school; (iii) medical immunization of teen girls against HPV; (iv) assisted suicide; (v) gay
marriage; (vi) my right to view art and theatre deemed «offensive,» «blasphemous» or «obscene» by theists (vii) basic $ ex education
for older school children; (viii) treating drug abuse as principally a medical issue; (xi) population control; (x) buying alcohol on a Sunday; (xi) use of condoms and other contraceptives (xii) stem cell research.
Mr Ngole, who was studying
for a Masters
in Social Work, had signalled his opposition to gay
marriage before posting part of Leviticus 20:13, which says: «If a man lies with a male as he lies with a
woman, both of them have committed an abomination.»
He talks of STOP and SLOW, appreciating that both are necessary: STOP means «Save sex
for marriage, Teach men to respect
women, Offer treatment
in churches, and Pledge yourself to one partner»; SLOW means «Supply condoms, Limit number of partners, Offer needle exchange, and Wait
for sex until older.»
The battle is joined, and it is likely that it will figure also
in the presidential election, with Senator Obama urging «respect»
for the court decision and Senator McCain reiterating his support
for marriage as a union between a man and a
woman.
He said that Jesus's multiplication of bread and fish was really a miracle of sharing, not of multiplying (2013); told a
woman in an invalid
marriage that she could take Holy Communion (2014); claimed that lost souls do not go to hell (2015); and said that Jesus had begged his parents
for forgiveness (2015).
When a Christian organization appears to endorse same - sex unions, even
in ways that avoid formal cooperation, the world views it as proclaiming, at least tacitly, that it does not believe that
marriage is between man and
woman or that sex is reserved
for marriage.
I have strong advice
for people
in abusive or domineering churches as I do
for women in abusive or domineering
marriages: leave!
There's even a whole sub-category specifically about sex: The Act of
Marriage, Intended
for Pleasure, Celebration
in the Bedroom... Many of these types of books have an almost myopic focus on a
woman's obligation to have sex with her husband.
Ragansteve, And
in those hundred years, we have seen
women obtain the vote, the end of child labor, the end of Jim Crow laws, civil rights
for blacks, the end of segregation, the end of the prohibition of mixed race
marriages, and the list goes on and on.
Then again, perhaps I should make a new category
for arranged
marriages, as one PhD I knew (a
woman in the USA) had agreed to her parents going back to the home country of India to find her a husband.
In last night's elections two states passed gay
marriage laws, two states legalized marijuana
for recreational use, and an openly gay
woman was elected to the US Senate.
I am particularly thinking about this
in light of Dr. Ablow's recent comments about
marriage no longer being one man - one
woman - together -
for a life time.
Reacting to the result on Wednesday, Archbishop of Sydney Dr Glenn Davies said
in a video posted online: «Although this won't prevent me from continuing to teach that
marriage,
in God's good design, is between a men and a
woman... the reality will be,
in a very short period of time, our Parliament will legislate
for same - sex
marriage.»
he IS grasping at straws since the singel parent thing wasnt an issue... secondly... you apparently need to go to school and learn that there IS a difference between a
woman and a man and that children benefit from BOTH... and hwo a man loves a
woman as nature intended... its people like you who are reason
for high divorce rates
in USA, because they don tknow what love or
marriage is..
The scripture passage cited is clear example of how
woman were protected
in a culture where «virginity» was a pre-qualifying event
for eligible
marriage material.
It's important
for us not to say, «Look here, the West has Jeffersonian values about the rights of
women, values we'd like to see you adopt,» but to argue instead from the Qur «an itself, citing verses like the one stating that God has ordained love and tenderness between the male and female
in marriage, or that no man has two hearts
in one bosom.
We must ensure that our Catholic schools teach Catholic doctrine, and uphold Catholic values — including the values that might clash with current trends
in British society:
marriage as the lifelong union of a man and a
woman, the need
for human life to be cherished from conception to natural death, the truth about our sexual identity as male or female.
So great and splendid is the educational ministry of Christian parents that Saint Thomas has no hesitation
in comparing it with the ministry of priests: «Some only propagate and guard spiritual life by a spiritual ministry: this is the role of the sacrament of Orders; others do this
for both corporal and spiritual life, and this is brought about by the sacrament of
marriage, by which a man and a
woman join
in order to beget offspring and bring them up to worship God.
Man and
Woman: A Defense by Sherif Girgis, Ryan T. Anderson, and Robert P. George Encounter, 168 pages, $ 15.99 No argument is more effective
in promoting gay
marriage than the insistence that its rejection offends our sense of justice and equality, especially as concern
for the....
«
In the South, there are higher rates of
marriage and higher rates of divorce
for men and
women,» said Diana Elliott, a family demographer with the U.S. Census Bureau and co-author of the new report.
The EA's director of advocacy Dr Dave Landrum said: «Even though we are no longer a director of C4M we do remain supportive of the campaign to expose the inconstancy of the legal changes brought by redefining
marriage in order to secure protections
for those who continue to see
marriage as a lifelong union between a man and a
woman.»
The initiative has sparked a campus - wide debate about biblical interpretation and the roles of
women, as well as a second group called Students
for Egalitarianism
in Marriage.
From almost half a billion
women in India, Vatsala saw my ad and responded to it because, per the tradition
in her country and family, she was also looking
for an arranged
marriage.
We also wish warmly to affirm those sisters and brothers, already
in membership with orthodox churches, who — while experiencing same - sex desires and feelings — nevertheless battle with the rest of us,
in repentance and faith,
for a lifestyle that affirms
marriage [between a man and
woman] and celibacy as the two given norms
for sexual expression.
Please strengthen the brethren
in upholding faithfulness to God's original plan
for the lifelong union of man and
woman in marriage, the plan not destroyed by Original Sin or washed away
in the flood, the plan entrusted by God to his bride, the Church.
It was fairly easy - and rather fun - to ridicule these last, and I had a very enjoyable time
in the 1990s when a group called the «Catholic
Women's Network» fell
for a spoof which I wrote about a group of well - to - do ladies sitting round a swimming pool with wine and salads bemoaning their lot and denouncing the Church's teachingson
marriage and sexual morality.
She asked why that was the case, and they talked about the problems of combining
marriage, motherhood, and training
in medicine (which she had experienced personally), the resentment of
women that many doctors have, and the irony that a profession dedicated to caring
for people was so overwhelmingly composed of men.
It is a stage
in the history of the search of men and
women for freedom of the spirit
in love and
marriage.
Endless talk of «choices» can itself be confusing and worrying -
for both men and
women alike - and a real difficulty
for young people
in the West today is that of making a definite commitment: to a job, to a way of life, and, very notably, to
marriage.
Given the close association of the sexes
in modern working life, men or
women need to observe delicate respect
for the commitments of married colleagues; carelessness here could make them responsible
for the collapse of a
marriage and the destruction of a family.
And the Church
in the 20th century hadn't always got its language and style right: Casti Connubii
in the 1930s says wise and true things about
marriage and family life, but didn't somehow quite manage to tackle the emerging questions being raised by
women as educational opportunities
for them expanded and new responsibilities cametheir way
in public, commercial, and professional life.
Indeed, many of the arguments
for women in the pastorate are also often applied to allowing gay
marriage, supporting sex outside of
marriage, denying the existence of eternal hell etc...
And as
for «no exegetical support»
for sex outside of 1 man and 1
women in marriage... are you actually serious?
I'll watch
for your exegetical support
for the legitimacy of sexual relationships outside the parameters of one
woman and one man
in marriage.
In today's consumer - oriented, capitalistic culture, where people are used, abused and disposed of like nonreturnable soft - drink cans, where «liberation» has been invoked to justify selfishness, it may be that the time has come for the church to say again what it has always believed — that there is no way for individuals to «flourish» without the kind of communion and community and the permanent, deep, risky commitment that true Christian love demands — qualities that are perhaps best experienced in the yoking of a man and a woman in marriag
In today's consumer - oriented, capitalistic culture, where people are used, abused and disposed of like nonreturnable soft - drink cans, where «liberation» has been invoked to justify selfishness, it may be that the time has come
for the church to say again what it has always believed — that there is no way
for individuals to «flourish» without the kind of communion and community and the permanent, deep, risky commitment that true Christian love demands — qualities that are perhaps best experienced
in the yoking of a man and a woman in marriag
in the yoking of a man and a
woman in marriag
in marriage.
Our fathers and mothers
in faith before us sensed that human
marriage was an example, a human analogy
for the union which the Creator sought to bring about not only among individual men and
women but throughout the whole creation.
Hold off on giving 70 year old benefits based on Judeo Christian family model that does not exist
in a godless union (i.e. the little
women stays home
for life and daddy is the head of the family and the bread winner) to both new forms of
marriage.
It was once unheard of
for a blind
woman with a guide dog to be refused a bus ride — this is not uncommon now, we have the beginning of Sharia
in the UK, we have men with more than one legal wife
in the UK, we have first cousin
marriages causing terrible illnesses and so on.
In other words «make babies»
Marriage is defined to be between one man, one
woman for the purpose to conceive.
For so long as women settle for a position of subordination in marriage, in the church, and in the economic order, we will be aiding and abetting the ills of racism, militarism, and all the other oppressive structures in our socie
For so long as
women settle
for a position of subordination in marriage, in the church, and in the economic order, we will be aiding and abetting the ills of racism, militarism, and all the other oppressive structures in our socie
for a position of subordination
in marriage,
in the church, and
in the economic order, we will be aiding and abetting the ills of racism, militarism, and all the other oppressive structures
in our society.
So far,
in the book of Esther, we've seen a proud and petty king destroy his
marriage by banishing his wife, then destroy his country by gathering up all the young
women of the
for his own pleasure.
We are called to be light and salt, and one way to do this is to stand up and speak out
FOR BIBLICAL VALUES and against sin... yes, of course we should be preaching / teaching / living God's «theology of
marriage»
in our own
marriages...... but God has clearly defined
marriage as between one man and one
woman, and therefore, when our government says it's otherwise, we should be light and salt and speak up, and vote accordingly.
While some have lauded Pence
for taking steps to guard his
marriage, many are pushing back, claiming that such rules reduce
women to sexual temptations and prevent Pence from interacting with
women in key roles as equals.
In the article in The Times, one woman credited her partner's frequent holidays away without her as the reason for their long marriag
In the article
in The Times, one woman credited her partner's frequent holidays away without her as the reason for their long marriag
in The Times, one
woman credited her partner's frequent holidays away without her as the reason
for their long
marriage.