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Marriage for everyone, or no one?(Editorial)(Editorial)
THE FURORE over gay marriage which has seized the United States has not yet had more than the palest reflection in this country, though there are some who are doing their best to beat the issue up. Just what in fact does the homosexual lobby want, and what harm would it do to grant their wishes? In the first place, the argument is about the legal status of marriage in civil society, not about the religious status of marriage. That is, no legal authority can (yet) insist that any religious group accept that a couple of whatever kind must be considered married according to their rites and therefore married (in their view) in the eyes of God. But there are frequent demands ...
- Confirmed but not bachelors? (criticism of proposal for homosexual marriage)
- Magazine article from: National Review van den Haag, Ernest September 15, 1989 700+ words
...couples do not need marriage to avoid promiscuity...also argues that marriage would facilitate...The "general social approval" of homosexual...institute homosexual marriage, or grant "general social approval" to homosexual...
- A new proposal: End marriage; At least, get government out of it.(NEWS)
- Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) Kinsley, Michael July 14, 2003 700+ words
...going to be about gay marriage. Mutually consenting...institution as important as marriage to male-female couples...of homosexuals and social approval of homosexuality...gay agenda." Gay marriage, the opponents will...But only certain marriages get certified by the...
- What Defines Marriage: Love or Law?
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times M. V. Lee Badgett; Gregory Adams June 8, 1996 700+ words
...same-gender marriages is imminent...recognition of their marriages. This prospect...institution of marriage? Opponents...commitment and gain social approval. And a $25 marriage license can...same-gender marriages also will boost...
- Gays cannot be denied legal rights, and that includes marriages.(Originated...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Jacobs, Joanne February 29, 1996 700+ words
...and come home with a marriage license. A marriage that's valid in one state...sex out-of-state marriages invalid in California...is that recognizing gay marriage implies social approval or acceptance of homosexuality...
- FRC: $1 Million Ad Campaign Seeks to Mislead Public About the Homosexual...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire November 10, 2003 700+ words
...that deconstructing marriage is a good idea...protecting the definition of marriage is about more than...society reaps from strong marriages; benefits that are...the institution of marriage benefits our nation...so they can gain social approval of their chosen lifestyle...
- Author urges wives to take sabbaticals.(Culture, Et Cetera)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times Wetzstein, Cheryl January 19, 2001 700+ words
...But a sabbatical from marriage? Yes, wives could...Jarvis, author of "The Marriage Sabbatical: The Journey...more opportunities and social approval to take extended breaks...did not damage their marriage or compromise their...sabbaticals from their marriages - especially more so...
- AS YOU WERE SAYING ...; Turning 30 isn't what it used to be - for better and...
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Andelman, David December 12, 1999 700+ words
...to wed used to be social approval for sex. Well...rejection often led to marriage; doing that now...most of us, delayed marriage means we don't...we're leery of marriage. With half of marriages ending in divorce...
- Family Functioning
- Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences January 1, 2008 700+ words
...different ways. Typically, marriage or some variant is socially...Procreation within a family garners social approval for parenthood, and delineates...roles are achieved through marriage, occupation, and education...Adaptive Function. Journal of Marriage and the Family 28 (1...
