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"MARRIAGE" In The News
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The news articles and features presented below are simply an indication of how topical, controversial, and all-encompassing the issues surrounding marriage are throughout our society--and the world-- today. Some of the views and opinions expressed, and their respective web sites, do NOT reflect the views or opinions of The Real Proposal™ magazine. Many are highlighted largely to reiterate that the alarming statistical trends on the chaotic state of "Marriage" and "Family"--outlined in "A Mere Glimpse"--will continue unabated without a fundamental grasp and purposeful dissemination of TRUTH on the issues.
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- Not marriage Cherry Hill Courier
Post, NJ - Sally Saunders, Feb 28, 2006
Re: "N.J.
Supreme Court ponders same-sex marriage" (C-P, Feb. 16).
One of the arguments mentioned in this article was, "If the
institution of marriage was changed to allow blacks and whites to
marry, why can't it be altered again?" Shame on those who would use
that argument. Changing the law to allow interracial marriage did
not alter the institution of marriage. It simply recognized that
men are men and women are women, regardless of race. Similarly, gay
men and women are, first, men and women. As such, they enjoy the
same rights and privileges as any other citizen. Every citizen has
the "right" to get married. Gay citizens are not denied a right
that others have -- rather, they are demanding a right that no one
has. No one has the right to marry someone who is the same gender
as themselves. Additionally, no one has the right to marry someone
who is already married, not of age or a close relative. . . .
RELATED ARTICLE: N.J.
Supreme Court ponders same-sex marriage Cherry Hill Courier
Post, NJ - By MATT KATZ, Feb 16, 2006.
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- Are Civil Unions a Civil Right? Accuracy In Media, DC -By Chenoa McKnight, Feb
28, 2006
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. . Civil unions and traditional marriages are currently so similar
that the only significant difference is that unions, unlike
traditional marriages between one man and one woman, do not receive
federal benefits. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.)
said he plans to present the Marriage Protection Amendment for
debate on the Senate floor the first week in June. .
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- 'Bachelor' Travis Stork Picks
Sarah Stone
'Bachelor' Travis Stork Picks Fellow
Nashville Resident Sarah Stone ABC News.com, Feb 28, 2006
Vanderbilt emergency room Dr. Travis
Stork kept it close to home by picking Nashville kindergarten
teacher Sarah Stone in the season finale of ABC's "The Bachelor:
Paris." Stork presented her with a diamond ring on a necklace. .
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- Rules of Engagement Washington Post, United States
- By Sandra G. Boodman, Feb 28, 2006
When Jeannine Calandra and Zachary Butterfield got
engaged last year, they decided to work on their marriage, not just
their wedding. So when the Arlington computer programmers began
researching boutique hotels in Mexico, they also signed up for a
premarital education course called PAIRS, an acronym for Practical
Application of Intimate Relationship Skills. They hoped the
seven-month course would help them reconcile their very different
backgrounds and manage the conflicts that help torpedo more than 40
percent of first marriages. . . . . Unhappy couples and
those who divorce tend to resort to what John Gottman, a Seattle
psychologist and one of the pioneers of the study of marital
behavior, calls "the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse": criticism,
contempt, defensiveness and stonewalling. . .
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Parenting Issues: The
‘Seven R’s Pledge’ Reminds Us What Kind of Men We Should
Be BlackAmericaWeb.com, By Joseph C. Phillips, Feb 28,
2006
I lured my sons into the garage recently to help me
look for some long lost document with the promise of buried
treasure. We never found the document I was looking for. However,
while sorting through some of my father’s old papers that were
mixed up with mine, I came across something entitled “The Seven R’s
Pledge." I don’t know who wrote it or from where it comes. It was
just a Xeroxed piece of paper that my father had tucked away
someplace and forgotten. It also seemed to articulate rather well
lessons I am trying to teach my sons. . . The
pledge also has great resonance for adults. If time alone has not
seen fit to provide essential wisdom, the pledge makes clear the
nexus between virtue and happiness. The forward movement of our
people to victorious shores requires strong families and strong
communities, and that requires strong faith. . .
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Health Issues: A secret of the
ages Townhall.com,
By Burt Prelutsky - Feb 28, 2006
. . . The truth is, if you exercise every day, watch
your diet, never smoke or drink, you may outlive the fat couch
potato next door. Or, depending on your respective genes, you may
not. My point is that the way people carry on, you’d think
the difference between living to be 30 and living to be a robust
600 is an hour-a-day on the treadmill. Folks have been brainwashed
into ignoring the evidence, into believing that immortality is just
a matter of jogging, cutting out dairy products, and guzzling
several gallons of water-a-day. And as a result, are you all living
longer lives? No, not really. .
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- Denzel Fights
Back at Broken Marriage Reports Holllywood.com -By WENN, Feb 24,
2006
Denzel Washington
has fired back at reports his marriage is in trouble due to his
womanizing ways. The Oscar-winner is still puzzled by the rumors of
infidelity and love children, and he's breaks his silence in the
upcoming Hollywood issue of Essence magazine. . . .
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- JACKSON'S ARRANGED
MARRIAGE Contactmusic.com, UK - Feb 23,
2006
Actor SAMUEL L JACKSON married his wife
LaTANYA RICHARDSON after she planned the entire ceremony without
his knowledge - or his consent. The PULP FICTION star was living with Richardson, when
she handed him a printed invitation to his own wedding. He
explains, "I came home one day and she had this stack of things
(invitations) and she gave me one and said, 'Be here.'.
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- Everything You
Always Wanted to Know About Marriage
But were Afraid to ask Stephanie
Coontz National Review
Online- NY, By Maggie Gallagher, Feb 23, 2006
In Sunday's New York
Times, Stephanie Coontz, director of public education for an
outfit called the Council on Contemporary
Families (which advocates for
non-traditional families), administered a pop
quiz on marriage. Maggie
Gallagher, president of the Institute for Marriage and
Public Policy, offers the iMAPP
marriage quiz, below: 1. True or
False: Young women today are more eager to marry than young men.
True. According to the Monitoring the Future Survey, 82 percent of
high -chool seniors who are girls said having a good marriage and
family life was "extremely" important to them, compared to 70
percent of high-school seniors who are boys. (National Marriage
Project, State of Our Unions,
2005) 2. True or False:
College students today are more likely to approve of casual,
uncommitted sex than college students 20 years ago. False. Between
1980 and 2000, the proportion of students in the UCLA College
Freshmen survey who agreed that "if two people really like each
other, it's all right for them to have sex even if they have known
each other for only a very short time" dropped from 48 percent to
42 percent. . .
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- 'Traditional' Marriage Has Changed a
lot Seattle Post
Intelligencer- By Stephanie Coontz, Feb 23, 2006
. . . Most of the "traditions" we associate with
marriage are in fact comparatively new. It was only two centuries
ago that people began to marry for love rather than for mercenary
or practical considerations. Only 130 years ago did men start to
lose their legal right to physically beat or imprison their wives.
And only in the past 40 years have we established the principle
that within a marriage wives and husbands have equal rights in
decision-making. . . Trying to revert to antiquated and unfair
traditions is not the answer. We need to figure out how to build on
the opportunities and minimize the risks associated with the
ongoing modernization of marriage. . .
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- Welfare, marriage and the
Bible Townhall.com- By Marvin
Olasky, Feb 22, 2006
Academics often say biblical belief has no place in
the social sciences because it keeps people from open-minded
analysis of data. Actually, the opposite is true: A biblical
worldview often reveals the limitations of conventional approaches
and pushes us to ask the right questions, so that the data we
obtain will not leave us still ignorant. The key new component of
the welfare reform bill signed into law earlier this month by
President Bush -- the move to fund marriage education -- arose out
of asking the right questions. . . . . One
reflection of the new thinking came in a conference report
published late in 2003 by the Manhattan Institute, "Whither Welfare
Reform? Lessons from the Wisconsin Experience." In it, NYU
professor Lawrence Mead argues that "we must find a way to get the
fathers involved," and New York Times welfare specialist Jason
DeParle notes what his reporting showed him: "The biggest surprise
to me was just how much yearning there was among the kids and their
mothers for the fathers." None of this was a surprise to
those with a biblical worldview. . .
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- The Essence of
Marriage and Equality: The New Jersey Supreme Court Considers
Same-Sex Marriage FindLaw, CA - By Sherry F. Colb, Feb 22,
2006
Last week,
the New Jersey Supreme Court heard argument in Lewis v.
Harris. The case asks whether the State Constitution's
guarantee of equality requires New Jersey to permit gay couples to
marry. The state intermediate appellate court last year ruled
against the plaintiffs, holding that the legislature may decide
whether or not to extend all of the benefits of marriage to gay
people. The issue of same-sex marriage may now force the highest
court of New Jersey to confront important questions about what
"marriage" and "equality" really mean. What Is The Essence of Marriage? . . .
RELATED ARTICLE: Dissolving Marriage: If everything is marriage, then
nothing is Stanley Kurtz, National
Review Online, February 3, 2006
- Cohabitation and Sex Before Marriage: A
Recipe For Disaster
Streaming
Faith.com- By Dr.
Creflo A. Dollar streamingfaith.com, Feb 22, 2006
. . . You can simply pick up a
magazine or turn on the TV, and instantly, you are exposed to
compromising lifestyles. We must remember, however, that just
because an idea, concept or way of life seems acceptable
doesn't mean it is right in God's eyes. . . God has not changed his
mind about this, and He will not bend His own rules because
Believers have decided not to take His Word seriously. He didn't
create His statutes to spoil your fun but to protect you from harm.
Sex outside of marriage can blur your judgment, stifle your growth
and prevent you from developing a healthy relationship with the
opposite sex. It can make you vulnerable to getting your heart
broken when your expectations go unfulfilled, and it stunts the
type of emotional growth you need as a couple. . .
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- Gays Rebuff Hillary New York Observer-The Politicker, NY -Feb
21, 2006
In an email to his board members obtained by
The Politicker, the head of New York State's leading gay rights
group describes Hillary Clinton as a "disappointment" on same-sex
marraige, and suggests gays and lesbians stop giving money to her
campaign...In the February 10 email, marked "confidential," Alan
Van Capelle, executive director of the influential, well-funded
Empire State Pride Agenda, says he's refusing to "lend my name and
sell tickets" to a gay-oriented fundraiser for Hillary's
reelection. . . . These are the shifting sands of the same-sex
marriage issue. . . In that context, Van Capelle's letter marks
something of a turning point for mainstream gay rights groups:
Marriage is now make-or-break. . .
RELATED ARTICLE: Gay
rights leader slams Clinton over same-sex
marriage Newsday.com- By Beth Fouhy, Feb 22,
2006
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- Activists see gay adoption as next
battleground USA Today- By Andrea Stone, Feb 20,
2006
Efforts to ban gays and lesbians from
adopting children are emerging across the USA as a second front in
the culture wars that began during the 2004 elections over same-sex
marriage. Steps to pass laws or secure November ballot initiatives
are underway in at least 16 states, adoption, gay rights and
conservative groups say. Some — such as Ohio, Georgia and Kentucky
— approved constitutional amendments in 2004 banning gay marriage.
. . . .
RELATED ARTICLE: Both sides on gay adoption cite concern
for children USA Today- By Andrea Stone, Feb 20,
2006
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- Pure Sex FreeConservatives.com- By Martha Zoller - Feb 21, 2006
. . . . It was clear from the heated discussion
that followed that we are as uncomfortable talking about sex in
2006 as we were in 1956. Clearly, what isn’t being talked
about at all is the biblical perspective of sex.
The Bible teaches
us that sex between a man and a woman within the confines of
marriage is the only way to have a fulfilling sex life. The
gift that God gives men and women who follow this path is a
fantastic sex life. Since the sexual revolution or the "if it
feels good, do it age," we have been led to believe that it’s okay
to have sex before marriage. In fact many thinking people
think you have to have sex before you get married or else how will
you know if it is "good." Believe me, you’ll know
it. It’s one of those things that you know without
comparison. . . . .
To those walking wounded of the
sexual revolution, there is hope for all of us. Ask yourself a
few questions, are families stronger since the free love era, are
children doing better? And have we evolved to a better place
for families and children? Finally, are we satisfied with our sex
lives?. . .
RELATED WEB SITE: www.mylamesexlife.com
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- Marriage is a financial partnership
Pioneer
Press, MN -By Ieva M. Augstums, Feb 21, 2006
First comes love. Then comes
marriage. But before you even think about pushing a baby carriage
(or merging your bank accounts, buying a house or combining your
health insurance), it's important to have that money talk with your
spouse — for better, not worse. . . Many people have trouble
talking about money, because money usually represents more than
just dollars and cents, experts say. "Many are unaware of the
emotional load associated with money," said Olivia Mellan, author
of "Money Harmony: Resolving Money Conflicts in Your Life and
Relationships." "Everybody has money secrets because people believe
it's taboo to talk about money. . .
- Beyond a blind date: Here's blind
marriage New Brunswick Home News
Tribune, NJ -By Karal L. Richardson, Feb 21,
2006
Normally
before a wedding, officiant John Graf Jr. meets the couple and gets
to know them. In this case, he won't even know the couple's names
until they are standing before him at the altar. Then again, the
bride and groom won't know the other's real names
either. . . . DJs Scott Shannon and Todd Pettengill
proposed this "social experiment" because, statistics have shown,
half the marriages in the United States end up in divorce anyway.
The participants will not be legally married, but rather joined in
a commitment ceremony. . .
RELATED ARTICLE: Strangers to tie knot on WPLJ's
wed-cast New York Daily News, Feb 16,
2006
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- The Hetero-flexible Gene Townhall.com, By Jennifer Roback Morse, Feb 20, 2006
The recent New York Times article on the Cuddle Puddle at Stuyvesant High School unwittingly undermines the legal strategy of the Gay Rights movement. . . There is actually plenty of data that supports the position that sexual orientation is not a fixed trait. I know, I know, I can hear the howls already. Everybody knows that homosexuality is genetically determined. Actually, everybody who knows anything about the subject knows exactly the opposite. No “gay gene” has been discovered. Dean Hamer is the scientist most widely accredited with the discovery. The media have not trumpted the fact that his results have never been replicated. Surveys of identical twins indicate a heritability level for homosexuality of roughly 20% to 35% which makes it, for all practical purposes, non-genetic. Moreover, survey data of behavior indicate two overwhelming facts. First, homosexuality is not a well-defined phenomenon. It is a complex combination of behavior, attraction and self-identification. . .
RELATED ARTICLE: The Cuddle Puddle of Stuyvesant High School New York magazine, By Alex Morris
Researchers find it shocking that 11 percent of American girls between 15 and 19 claim to have same-sex encounters. Clearly they’ve never observed the social rituals of the pansexual, bi-queer, metroflexible New York teen.
RELATED SITE & RESOURCES: God created them male and female
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- George slams gay marriage
sham Contactmusic.com- UK, Feb 20,
2006
Former CULTURE CLUB star BOY GEORGE has
ridiculed same-sex 'weddings', insisting marriage is an outdated
institution that has no place in modern or gay culture. The KARMA
CHAMELEON hitmaker was amazed by Sir Elton John and David Furnish's
decision to have a civil ceremony on 21 December last year (05) -
the first day British laws permitted the unions. And he predicts
many gay 'marriages' are destined for the divorce courts. . .
. The idea that gay people have to mimic what obviously
doesn't work for straight people anymore, I think is a bit tragic.
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- Is Focus losing Focus on real Families? Blogger News
Network -Posted By Danny Carlton, Feb 20,
2006
In recent
statements, Focus [on the Family] founder Dr. James Dobson and the
government lobbying arm of the Colorado Springs-based ministry have
noted that the bill in question addresses the issue of “fairness”
in obtaining certain benefits for a pair of people who want them.
He has denied he supports "gay marriage," civil unions, or domestic
partnerships. . . The question is, should those who actually
respect the institution of marriage be punished for the acts of
those who don't?. . . . .
RELATED ARTICLE: The Appearance
of Weakness The
Conservative Voice- By Adam Graham, Feb 1, 2006
RELATED
ARTICLE: Focus
on the Family, Dobson Defend Support for Colorado Benefits
Bill The Christian Post.com- By Francis
Helguero, Feb 19, 2006
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- Health Issues:
It's time for a health care 401k Townhall.com,
By Michael Barone - Feb 20, 2006
Sometimes a little-known law can reshape our economy
and our personal lives. One such law was Section 401(k) of the 1978
tax law. . . Bush administration officials and some conservative
thinkers hope that health savings accounts can change health care
finance in a way similar to the way Section 401(k) changed
pensions. Health savings accounts allow holders of health insurance
policies to retain monies they do not spend. . . Will health
savings accounts be an entering wedge to produce a more
market-oriented health care sector? Democrats fear that, and
Republicans hope so. I confess that I am not sure. What is clear is
that health savings account-type policies have been rapidly growing
since passage of the 2003 act. There are now 3 million people with
health savings accounts, and big employers in increasing numbers
are offering high-deductible policies. .
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- God can help bring harmony to
marriage Sioux Falls Argus
Leader, SD -By Bryce Hecht, Feb 18,
2006
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. Valentine's Day probably inspires
romantic love, which is a necessary aspect of a couple's love for
each other. Physical attraction draws two persons together into an
intimate relationship, but it takes a greater love to act as a
bonding agent through the years of marriage. This kind of love
enables a couple to stay true to one another through years of
marriage. This love is founded upon each individual's desire to
care for, encourage and support his or her spouse. It is called a
sacrificial love. It is the willingness to serve the needs of
others. Marriages begin to break apart when the focus no longer is
the will to offer a sacrificial love for one's spouse but instead,
"What is going to make ME happy?" . . .
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- Madonna asks for help to save her
marriage Daily Mail Online-UK, By Nicole Lampert, Feb 18, 2006
Madonna has enlisted the help of Kabbalah rabbis to
save her marriage. The singer has sought advice from the leaders of
the religious sect in London amid rumours she is planning to
separate from her husband. They have advised her not to do anything
until after the festival of Passover, in April, which they believe
signifies the exodus of man from the physical to the spiritual
world. Sources within the London Kabbalah Centre have
revealed that the 47-year-old star is deeply distressed by the
pressure on her relationship with Guy Ritchie, the British film
director who is ten years her junior. . . . .
- Lachey seeks spousal support from
Simpson USA Today.com,
Feb 18, 2006
— In divorce
papers, Nick Lachey is seeking spousal support from Jessica
Simpson, and he wants his jewelry back. . . Lachey, who gained
fame as a member of the boy band 98 Degrees, had more earning power
when the couple wed in October 2002. However, Simpson's fame
skyrocketed during the marriage. The 25-year-old singer-actress
reportedly earned more than $30 million last year, including
earnings from her big-screen debut playing Daisy Duke in The
Dukes of Hazzard movie. . .
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Sicko "Marriage Contract" One For The Ages
Repulsive "Wifely Expectations" pact emerges
in Iowa kidnap case
The
Smoking Gun.com, Feb 17, 2006
--This country, as you
know, is filled with the deranged. And then there's Travis Frey, a
33-year-old Iowa man who is facing charges that he tried to kidnap
his own wife (not to mention a separate child pornography rap).
Frey, prosecutors contend, apparently is a rather demanding guy. In
fact, he actually drew up a bizarre four-page marriage document--a
"Contract of Wifely Expectations"--that sought to establish
guidelines for his spouse in terms of hygiene, clothing, and sexual
activities. In return for fulfilling certain requirements, Frey
(pictured left) offered "Good Behavior Days," or GBDs. Each GBD,
Frey wrote, could be redeemed by his wife to "get out of doing the
things" he requested daily. A copy of the proposed contract, which
Frey's wife never signed and later provided to cops, can be found
below. While we normally point out the highlights of most
documents, there are so many in this demented, and very graphic,
contract, we really can't do it justice. So set aside ten
minutes--and prepare to be repulsed. .
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- Fourth Annual Black Marriage Day
Planned
Organizers hope emphasis on marriage will
solve many of the problems facing African American
families Family News In
Focus, CO - Feb 17, 2006, By Kim Trobee
This year marks the fourth anniversary of Black
Marriage Day held annually on the fourth Sunday in March. Nisa
Islam Muhammed is the founder and Executive Director for the Wedded
Bliss Foundation, the group that sponsors the event. “We have the
lowest marriage rates in America, we have the highest divorce rates
and the highest out of wedlock childbearing rates and we see the
devastation these rates have caused in our community and in our
families.”. . Betty Jean Wolfe, President of the Urban Family
Council, sees benefits from the event. . . But Wolfe, an African
American herself, does have reservations about a specific day for
black marriage. . .
RELATED WEB SITE: www.blackmarriageday.com
RELATED ARTICLE: African-American women celebrate marriage,
family Staten Island Advance, NY - Feb 20,
2006
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- Real Love's In The Air,
Believe It Or Knot The Voice
Online- UK, By Janelle Oswald, Feb 17, 2006
“She had on a white blouse, a blue skirt — and legs.
Wow! And legs," John Rocchio recalls of the first time he saw his
then-to-be wife Emilia Antonelli in Providence, Rhode Island, in
1922. “So I says to myself, ‘I need to meet that broad.’" And so he
did. They fell in love, got married and still live happily together
after 82 years. It is an astounding achievement and one that
apparently makes John, 101, and Emilia, 100, the Guinness Book of
Records’ longest-married couple in the world. With World Marriage
Day celebrated February 12 and St Valentine’s on February 14, we
explore whether John and Emilia’s feat can be repeated by this
generation. . .
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- French Government Report Says
No to same-sex "Marriage" WDC Media News- By
John-Henry Westen, Feb 17, 2006
PARIS
(LifeSiteNews.com) --- A government commission set up at the
request of the President of the French National Assembly has
concluded that homosexual ‘marriage’ and adoption by homosexual
couples, and medically assisted procreation for homosexual couples
should not be permitted by law. The decisive factor to the report’s
conclusions, after an investigation of more than a year, was the
commission’s decision to act “to affirm and protect children’s
rights and the primacy of those rights over adults’ aspirations.”.
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RELATED RESOURCES: The Truth about Same-sex
Marriage FamilyLife Today
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- Who needs Valentines, when flowery youths seem
silly? Standard, Kenya - By Benjamin
Farasi, Feb 17, 2006
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. Like
the 12-year-old girl who talks down at her 11-year-old
sister, calling her "Child!" we often try so hard to outgrow
ourselves that we miss out on a lot of fun. Perhaps what we need to
ask ourselves is, are we averse to Valentine’s because it is not a
genuine holiday — or because of other psychological reasons we
would rather not be reminded about? Before dispensing with the silly-sounding idea of
re-committing to your love life, try to answer the following six
questions with honesty, preferably together with your
partner: 1. Does Valentine’s remind you of a
communication barrier you may have erected over time between you
and your partner? 2. Has life got in the way of your
romance? Do you find yourself spending so much time on parenting,
work and money matters that you have no time left for your mate?. .
. 6. Study this quote by one John Rush: "Marriage turns
lovers into relatives." Do you agree? Are you relating with your
partner more like siblings than as a couple? . .
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- David Furnish Gives Madonna Marriage Advice Via the
tabloids... Entertainmentwise, UK - Feb 17,
2006
Elton John
has offered his estranged friend Madonna advice on her reportedly
failing marriage to director Guy Ritchie. But what advice could the
newly marriage Elton John and David Furnish possibly give? Furnish
allegedly said to the Daily Mirror: "Elton and I have spoken to
Madonna plenty of times lately. She and Guy are close friends of
ours. "They both need to concentrate on their careers if they want
their relationship to work. Elton and I completely understand. "But
if they neglect that, their relationship will inevitably
disintegrate. "They will be fine if they don't neglect what they
love to do. . .
- Eisler puts marriage on ice for
Buffy
Olympic medal winner leaves family after skating
with original Vampire Slayer Globe and Mail, Canada -
Feb 16, 2006
Lloyd
Eisler's heart has been stolen by a vampire slayer. The two-time
Olympic figure skating medalist and skating coach has fallen for
his reality television skating partner, Kristy Swanson, a former
Playboy cover girl best known for her role as the original Buffy in
the 1992 film Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The two met last
fall when they were partners on Fox's Skating with
Celebrities, a show that matches figure-skating champions with
actors looking for a popularity boost. . . The news had
on-line message buzzing and was fodder for tabloid
television shows this week. But it was unwelcome news for Mr.
Eisler's wife of three years, who lives in the small Eastern
Ontario village of Bath with the couple's two boys -- one 21 months
old and the other eight weeks old. . . ..
- Lisa Marie Presley Marries
Guitarist
ABC News.com, Feb
16, 2006
-- Lisa Marie Presley, daughter
of rock 'n' roll king Elvis Presley, has married guitarist and
music producer Michael Lockwood in a ceremony in Kyoto, Japan, her
publicist said Thursday. Presley, 38, and Lockwood exchanged vows
in a traditional Japanese ceremony on Jan. 22, spokesman Paul Bloch
said. It was Presley's
fourth marriage. She was previously married to Nicolas Cage,
Michael Jackson and Danny Keough, who is the father of her two
children. . . . .
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- Halle Berry Steps Out With Her New
Man People Magazine Online, Feb 15,
2006
At the recent reopening of Donatella
Versace’s flagship boutique on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue, all eyes
were on a 6'2" blond with broad shoulders, a chiseled jawline and –
oh yes – Halle Berry on his arm. At the party Berry, 39, and her
new boyfriend, Canadian model Gabriel Aubry, 30, let go of each
other’s hands only once (to flank their hostess on a couch) during
the party. "Oh my God, it's like you can read it on their faces,"
says a pal of Aubry. "They are so smitten." And have been since
they met shooting a Versace ad in L.A. in November. . .
RELATED ARTICLE: The Inter-Racial Romance Theme in ‘Something New’
is Anything But Groundbreaking BlackAmericaWeb.com- By Gregory Kane, Feb 9,
2006
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- N.J. Supreme Court ponders same-sex
marriage Cherry Hill Courier
Post, NJ - BY MATT KATZ, Feb 16, 2006.
The state Supreme Court heard
arguments Wednesday in a case that could make New Jersey the second
state to legalize gay marriage. For more than an hour, the justices
peppered attorneys with questions that echo arguments on both sides
of this divisive issue: If gay marriage is legalized, what's to say
polygamy won't soon be allowed? If the institution of marriage were
changed to allow blacks and whites to marry, why can't it be
altered again? The justices will rule on the issue within the next
few months. A state deputy attorney general argued that the power
to alter the definition of marriage rests with the Legislature, not
the Supreme Court, while an attorney representing the couples said
denying gays the rights of marriage is flat-out discrimination. . .
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- NY Appellate Courts Rules 5-0 for
Marriage
Samuels v.
Department of Public Health, No 98084 (N.Y. App. Div. 3 Dept.
2006)
Text of Feb. 16, 2006 opinion here: http://decisions.courts.state.ny.us/ad3/Decisions/2006/98084.pdf
“Plaintiffs seek to
bring the right to marry the person of their choosing regardless of
gender within the protection of the well-recognized fundamental
right to marry. However, we find merit in defendants’ assertion
that this case is not simply about the right to marry the persons
of one’s choice, but represents a significant expansion into new
territory which is, in reality, a redefinition of marriage. The
cornerstone cases acknowledging marriage as a fundamental right are
laced with language referring to the ancient recognized nature of
that institution, specifically tying part of its critical
importance to its role in procreation and thus, to the union of a
man and a woman. . . .
It is an undisputed biological fact that the vast majority of
procreation still occurs as a result of sexual intercourse between
a male and a female. In light of such fact, “[t]he State could
reasonably decide that by encouraging opposite-sex couples to
marry, thereby assuming legal and financial obligations, the
children born from such relationships will have better
opportunities to be nurtured and raised by two parents within
long-term, committed relationships, which society has traditionally
viewed as advantageous for children” (Standhardt v. Superior Court
of Arizona at 287-288).”
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- Massacre Valentine's Day LATimes.com-
Editorial, Feb 14, 2006
ST. VALENTINE WAS SUPPOSEDLY a martyred 3rd century
priest, not a shill for the flower industry or a marketing genius
for a certain Kansas City, Mo., greeting-card titan. Still, with
all due respect to his martyrdom, we think it's high time the
holiday bearing his name be abolished. Call us hopeless romantics
on this page, but we find that true love is overwhelming,
irrepressible and spontaneous. Romance shouldn't be confined to a
particular day; nor need it be triggered by the arrival of Feb. 14.
Compulsory love is an oxymoron. . . So be a real
romantic and say no to mandatory love. Show up empty-handed
tonight; don't sign that card. Repeat after us: "Honey, I won't
submit my boundless love for you to this manufactured charade. .
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- Love isn't for sale, but Valentine's Day
sure is Canada.com, Canada - By Lisa Fitterman,
Feb 14, 2006
. . . I began to think, then, of what people are
missing around this day dedicated to L-O-V-E, and of the pressures
associated with the societal need to be one-half of a couple. While
I got cards this year that wished me a "Happy Groundhog's Day" - an
occasion during which we wait to see, in a portent of spring, what
a rodent-like creature will do once it pops its head out of the
ground - it's such an artificial and silly construct, it didn't
matter that I was alone on the day of. But the very concept of love
- the basis for Valentine's Day - is fraught with peril. We either
love, or we don't. We're either loved, or we aren't. We fall in
love, and out of love. It's unconditional, a gut reaction rather
than something that can be intellectualized or made rational. At
its core, love is love is love. Still, it's made more difficult
these days because it's underscored by the expectation that we
should be able to harness and control it, like a diet, hair colour
or our spending on clothes. Indeed, our society tries to solve most
things through consumerism. . . .
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- Politicians
want to get between your sheets
Government wants a more hands-on role in promoting
and sustaining marriage The Australian, Australia - By
Patricia Karvelas, Feb 14, 2006
. . . Coalition MP David Fawcett, one government
backbencher who is spearheading the campaign, is calling for
financial support from the federal Government for a
quit-smoking-style campaign to prevent marriage breakdown. "We need
to change the perception in the community that marriage is
old-fashioned," he says. "The facts show that marriage is better
for your health." Fawcett says there is a role for Government to
get involved in promoting and supporting marriage. "Put aside any
moral or religious perspectives, the social cost of breakdowns and
the instability. . . A scan of magazine racks suggests
people want lasting relationships and true love, but Anderson
believes they are jaded about whether they can achieve it. "You've
only got to look at the magazines to realise that people still
idealise the idea of lifelong commitment. They are frightened about
lifelong commitment because my generation and older haven't set a
very good example. They still hanker after it, but we need to
encourage them strongly: relationships are a choice and a
commitment and they can be made to work". . . .
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- Cupid: not enough arrows Chicago Tribune, By Charlie
Madigan, Feb 13, 2006
Take a close look at single America and, a new survey
shows, it's pretty clear why it's single. Most single Americans
aren't actively looking for relationships, and even those who are
looking for partners are not very active on the dating scene. This
comes from the Pew Research Center in Washington, which usually
occupies itself with a collection of subjects that aren't very
romantic, political surveys and measures of attitude and the
like. But in an
American Life Project survey last fall, the Pew pollsters decided
to dive deep into the dating waters and see who was swimming
around. Lots of people, the survey found, are still up there on the
beach. . . . .
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- Turning a
funeral pulpit into a political soapbox Townhall.com- By Star Parker, Feb 13,
2006
It's
sad to say but it must be said. It should be clear to anyone who
watched the tasteless politicization of Coretta Scott King's
funeral by a black minister and by a former president why the black
community remains, after all these years, as troubled as it is. . .
Aside from the question of propriety, what about the message? "For
war, billions more, but no more for the poor?" Does [the Rev. Joseph] Lowery really believe that
blacks are suffering today because they are not getting enough
government money? As I, and others, have pointed out, time and
again, incomes of intact black families, those with a married
father and mother living at home with their children, are in line
with those of all Americans. The glaring pockets of poverty in
the black community are in the broken families, the single parent
homes. The incidence of these broken families is three times higher
today than they were in the 1960's when Lowery was marching with
Dr. King. . . . .
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- The Inter-Racial Romance Theme in
‘Something New’ is Anything But Groundbreaking BlackAmericaWeb.com- By Gregory Kane, Feb 9,
2006
When some movies
hit the theaters, it’s almost a no-brainer about which ones I’ll
see and which ones I wouldn’t watch even if I had a gun pointed at
my head. . . Now, normally I’d be seated front and
center for a flick featuring such gorgeous black women as Sanaa
Lathan, Golden Brooks, Taraji P. Henson and Felicia Walker. And I
might have gone to see “Something New” if people had just shut up
about it. But nooo. Folks had to talk about it. One ad --
featuring some of the actresses in “Something New” -- called it
“the first movie by black women for black women.” That left me kind
of baffled. Hadn’t these sisters ever heard of Julie Dash’s
“Daughters of the Dust?". . . There have been numerous
films made about the black woman/white man romance. Don’t tell me
it’s “something new” when a similar movie came out just last year.
Or am I the only one who can remember “Guess Who?”. . .
RELATED ARTICLE: Spotting a
few new trends at the multiplex Newsday, NY -By Sheryl McCarthy, February 13,
2006
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- Health issues:
You bet I want fries with that! Townhall.com- By Jeff Jacoby,
Feb 13, 2006
I don't usually follow
nutrition stories, but it was hard to miss last week's shocker
about low-fat diets. Like many papers, The Boston Globe put it on
Page 1, high above the fold: "Study finds no major benefits of
low-fat diet." The study, a project of the National Institutes of
Health, had taken eight years, cost $415 million, and involved
nearly 49,000 older women, 40 percent of whom were assigned to a
diet that kept their intake of calories from fat significantly
below that of the other 60 percent. Researchers had expected to
confirm what earlier studies and conventional medical wisdom had
long suggested -- that consuming less fat is good for your
health. What they learned instead was that the women who
dutifully cut back on fried foods, ice cream, and pizza ended up no
better off than the women who ate whatever they
wanted. . . There
is a seemingly inexhaustible willingness to believe that the voice
of science is the voice of truth -- impartial, incorruptible, and
unambiguous. It isn't, of course. .
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- Why so many singles can't find
love MSNBC.com-
Today show, Feb 8, 2006
Jillian Straus, a successful TV
producer, dated many men, but she couldn’t find Mr. Right. She
wasn’t alone. Her single girlfriends had the same problem. So
Straus, who now lives in New York City, decided to research a book
on why it was so hard for singles to settle down. She interviewed
100 men and women in their 20s and 30s around the country about
their dating habits—and disappointments. In “Unhooked Generation:
The Truth About Why We're Still Single,” Straus, who was invited to
appear on the “Today” show, reveals why singles remain single.
Here’s an excerpt. . . . .
RELATED ARTICLE: Dating Pains Book may help make a
relationship work Winston-Salem Journal, NC- By Colleen
Long, Feb 17, 2006
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- The Army's Marching Orders on Marriage:
Jerks, No; Acronyms, Yes The Washington Post.com, Wed Feb 8, 2006
They are the Pentagon's new "rules of engagement":
U.S. Army chaplains are trying to teach troops how to pick the
right spouse, through a program called "How to Avoid Marrying a
Jerk." The matchmaking advice comes as military family life is
being stressed: Defense Department records show that more than
56,000 people in the Army -- active-duty, National Guard and
reserve -- have divorced since the campaign in Afghanistan started
in 2001. . . The
program is also called "PICK a Partner," for Premarital
Interpersonal Choices and Knowledge. It advises the marriage-bound to study a
partner's FACES -- family background, attitudes, compatibility,
experiences in previous relationships and skills they would bring
to the union. It teaches the them to pace themselves with a RAM
chart -- the Relationship Attachment Model, which basically says
not to let your sexual involvement exceed your level of commitment
or level of knowledge about the other person. . .
RELATED ARTICLE: Army divorce rates drop, marriages
rise Belvoir Eagle, VA - Feb 2,
2006
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- Troubled childhood, failed marriage led
teacher and boy to Mexico Monterey County Herald- CA, By
Bill Estep, Feb 8, 2006
- Having an affair with a female teacher can be the
stuff of fantasy for a 14-year-old boy, and Justin Carter
apparently couldn't resist some adolescent bragging. Justin
told others that he was having sex with his teacher, 26-year-old
Angela Comer, and once let another teen listen while he called
Comer to ask whether she was bringing the birth control for a tryst
that night, said Justin's grandmother and guardian, Betty York. .
. Now the case is the stuff of sensation, rumors and crime TV
- a small-town teacher accused of running off with a student,
tracked down at a motel in Mexico and brought back to face the
embarrassing music. Comer has been charged with two counts of
third-degree sodomy, four counts of unlawful transaction with a
minor and one charge of custodial interference. .
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- CHILD TRAGEDIES:
MISSING MARRIAGE New York Post Online (Free
Subscription)- By W. Bradford Wilcox, Feb 8, 2006
SEVEN shocking child deaths in the last four months:
Liyah Atkinson, Quachaun Browne, Nixzmary Brown, Josiah Bunch,
Dahquay Gillians, Sierra Roberts, Michael Segarra. This staggering
death toll from abuse or neglect has focused justifiable attention
on malfeasance at the city's Administration for Children's
Services. But another thread tragically links these kids: All were
living outside of an intact, married family. Four-year-old Quachaun Browne died at
the hands of his mother's controlling, 18-year-old live-in
boyfriend. One-year-old baby Josiah Bunch also appears to have died
at the hands of a mother's boyfriend. Nixzmary Brown, 7, was beaten
to death by her domineering step-father. Three infants, Liyah
Atkinson, Dahquay Gillians, and Michael Segarra, died in the
custody of their unmarried mothers, apparently by accident. Sierra
Roberts, 7, was killed when her single father lost his temper. And
so it goes. For all the heartbreaking media coverage, almost
no stories have mentioned that children are much more likely to die
outside of an intact, married home than they are to die inside an
intact, married home. Consider the empirical evidence. .
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- Glenn Close, Former Biotech Exec.
Marry ABC News,
Feb 7, 2006
Glenn Close has married former biotech business
executive David Shaw at his seaside estate. Close, 58, and Shaw,
54, were wed on Friday, according to the Scarborough town clerk's
office. . . Close has been married twice before to Cabot Wade from
1969-71, and to James Marlas from 1984-87. Both marriages ended in
divorce. Shaw is the founder and former head of Idexx Laboratories
Inc., a publicly traded biotech company in Westbrook with more than
$600 million in annual revenues. . .
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- MSNBC CELEBRATES VALENTINE"S DAY WITH A
3-HOUR SPECIAL
"LOVE AND MARRIAGE-- REAL JOURNEYS," PREMIERING
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12 AT 7 P.M. (ET) Press Release- NBC Universal Media Village, Feb 7,
2006
. . . With growing ambitions and responsibilities in
the 21st century – a successful career, a thriving social life,
raising and providing for a family, household duties, to name a few
– how does one find success in love and marriage? Frank Sinatra
says they "go together like a horse and carriage," but after
returning home from a long day at the office to piles of bills,
laundry, and dishes, a married couple can feel more like roommates
cohabitating and fulfilling their responsibilities than lovers. The
three hour special, "Love & Marriage – Real Journeys" catalogs
the four separate stories of these couples and how they have (or
have not) found success in love and marriage. .
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- Popping The Question. .
. ESPN
Radio, Feb 7, 2006
Some dream of their weddings for
years. Others dream of going to ESPN. Mike & Mike are making
both these dreams come true for one lucky couple. You could get
married at ESPN live on Mike & Mike in the Morning. Tell us how
sports brought you together and why you deserve the ultimate sports
wedding. Include a photograph that best exemplifies why you're the
best couple for the Mike & Mike's Marriage Madness. Sixteen
(16) finalists will be determined and will advance to the
Elimination Round. If you win, Greeny & Golic will throw you
the ultimate sports wedding on Friday, May 26 live on Mike &
Mike in the Morning at ESPN. . .
RELATED BLOG: How to Guarantee a Quick Divorce Deadspin.com, Feb 7,
2006
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- Prison Love Part I: Inmates who once vowed
to be 'lifemates' speak ... WBIR-TV- TN, Kay
Watson- Reporter, Feb 6, 2006
February is known as the month of
love, and love knows no limits. It can even work its way inside
prison walls. George and Jennifer Hyatte recently pushed East
Tennessee to focus on the issue of prisoner marriages. Jennifer
Hyatte lost her job as a prison nurse at the Northeast Correctional
Complex, after smuggling in food for inmate George Hyatte. The
couple later married. Last August, she allegedly murdered a
corrections officer to free her husband. . . "A lot of
women like that bad boy, and a lot of women like that fixer upper,"
Smith explained. . .
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- Hitch to 'No Fault' Divorce: BOREDOM Yahoo! News- NY Post Online- By
Andrea Peyser, Feb 6, 2006
DARN. My favorite extreme spectator sport - celebrity
divorce - could soon get a whole lot duller. . . New York, I'm
amazed to report, is not just a notoriously difficult place to find
a mate. Legally, our state is also the toughest place in the nation
to get un-hitched. . . But
that seems about to change. . . "I'm not a great fan of no-fault
divorce. It means that every man who has lots of money and wants to
trade in for a new model doesn't have to go before a judge and
explain why he wants to break, not only a legal, but a moral and
ethical contract," said Raoul Felder, who handled Giuliani's case.
. .
RELATED ARTICLE: Quicker, Cheaper 'no fault' divorces proposed Newsday.com- By Mark Johnson,
Feb 7, 2006
- Family Fortunes
A new film will put divorce back on the agenda. .
. The Sunday Times-UK Feb 5, 2006
Last week saw the start of another television
reality series, involving families in crisis and the specialist
counsellor who gets parachuted in to save them. We’ve had fat
families, floundering parents, sexually challenged couples — now
it’s the turn of families on the verge of breaking up. How to
Divorce Without Screwing up Your Children (yes, believe it) ticks
all the right boxes — conflict, misery, wide age appeal — and its
timing is bang on. Divorce statistics are always in the news, but
the emotional consequences are back on the agenda in a way they
haven’t been since Kramer vs Kramer. . . Divorce
happens. Some people do it better than others. Some families go on
to join other families and be blissfully happy. But, if you are a
child of divorcing parents, as The Squid and the Whale reminds us,
the fact of your mother and father no longer loving each other
(bad), no longer living together, with you (bad), putting their
happiness first (they don’t see it like that, but you do), is only
the beginning. . .
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- Lance Armstrong, Crow Decide to
Split ABC News - Feb
3, 2006
AUSTIN, Texas Feb 3, 2006
— Lance Armstrong and Sheryl Crow have split, the couple
announced in a joint statement Friday night. The seven-time Tour de
France champion and the rock star announced their engagement in
September. It would have been her first marriage and his second. He
has three children from a previous marriage. .
. Crow
talked about being part of a celebrity couple in an interview with
The Associated Press in November, saying she wasn't crazy about all
the attention that goes with it. She said celebrity magazines are more
interested in seeing a couple break up than reporting on them being
happy together. . .
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- Dissolving
Marriage
If everything is marriage, then nothing
is. National Review
Online-CA, By Stanley Kurtz, Feb 3, 2006
"The way to abolish marriage, without seeming to
abolish it, is to redefine the institution out of existence. If
everything can be marriage, pretty soon nothing will be marriage.
Legalize gay marriage, followed by multi-partner marriage, and
pretty soon the whole idea of marriage will be meaningless. At that
point, Canada can move to what Bailey and her friends really want:
an infinitely flexible relationship system that validates any
conceivable family arrangement, regardless of the number or gender
of partners. . .". . .
RELATED ARTICLE: Beyond Gay Marriage The Weekly Standard.com- By Stanley Kurtz
- Marriage name
change: What's a woman to do? The Shreveport Times-LA- By
Maeleeke J Lavan, Feb 3, 2006
Jessa Jones has a doctorate in human
genetics and teaches general biology at the Rochester Institute of
Technology. Jessa Burdett is married to Jeff Burdett. The
couple has a 1-year-old son, Bailey
Burdett. "My actual name
is: Jessa Is-it-Jones-or-Burdett?" she says. "I never wanted to
just remain Jessa Jones and never become Mrs. Burdett," she says.
"I just wanted to maintain a professional name." Jones'
perspective isn't unusual. . . The battle to be identified by the
correct name professionally and socially -- no matter how many name
changes are involved -- is maddening for some women. It's important
for them to balance independence at work and unity at home. They
want to remain connected to the name that's followed them through
years of schooling and professional accomplishments, but they also
are part of new relationships and family under another name. .
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- What's love got
to do with it? Townhall.com, By Suzanne
Fields, Feb 2, 2006
Foreign affairs get the big
headlines, but a celebrity divorce on the inside pages offers more
titillation. Ronald O. Perelman, No. 34 on Forbes magazine's list
of the richest Americans, served divorce papers the other day on
his wife, movie star Ellen Barkin (she of "The Big Easy"). It's all
over after five years of marriage, but she earned $20 million for
her trouble. . . A second marriage is the triumph of hope
over experience, in the famous formulation of Dr. Johnson, but if
you're a billionaire in Ronald Perelman's bracket, $20 million is
merely pocket change, and timing a divorce to the tax schedule is
good business. The pre-nup is a little like selling short in the
stock market -- betting against the longevity of the marriage.
There are lots of rich men out there willing to reinvest and lots
of women eager to become trophy wives, even trophy ex-wives if the
price is right. . .
RELATED ARTICLE: THE MARRIAGE BUSINESS National Center For Policy Analysis- Feb 3,
2006
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- Breaking up is hard to do: Divorce- the harsh
truth The Independent
Online-UK Edition- By Maxine Frith, Feb 3, 2006
It used to be so easy. Boy meets girl. Boy and girl
fall in love, marry and live happily ever after. But two out of
three modern fairytales now have a rather different ending, with
boy and girl quarreling over everything from custody of the
children to ownership of the Playstation. Just over 300,000 people
were married in 2004, but 167,737 were divorced, making Britain the
capital of Europe when it comes to marital meltdown. And two
high-profile cases being heard at the House of Lords this week have
prompted lawyers to say that the UK is becoming one of the most
generous places in the world when it comes to divorce settlements
for women. . . Before 1670, only the Church courts could
grant divorces. And only men could have one, on the grounds of
non-consummation, impotence or insanity. Few exercised the option.
Even then, divorces granted by the Church did not allow for
remarriage unless one partner died. Henry VIII may be history's
most famous divorcé after his cataclysmic split with the Catholic
Church in 1533, but two of his marriages - to Catherine of Aragon
and Anne of Cleves - were technically annulled. .
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- Sambora Blindsided by
Locklear's Divorce Announcement
Bon Jovi Guitarist Calls Split 'Untrue' After
Actress Announces Breakup ABC News.com, Feb 2,
2006
— Heather Locklear announced
Thursday evening that she had filed for divorce — but it was news
to her husband, rocker Richie Sambora. More than an hour after
Locklear's publicist spread the word that their 11-year-marriage
was kaput, the Bon Jovi guitarist told ABC News Radio in an
exclusive interview that things were fine at
home. "It's completely untrue," he insisted, adding that he
had Valentine's Day plans with his wife. Nevertheless, the "Spin
City" actress had already set the legal wheels in motion, and her
spokeswoman, CeCe York, was spreading the word. . . . .
RELATED ARTICLE: Heather Locklear Discovered 'Provocative' Email People Magazine, Feb 8, 2006
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- Army divorce rates drop, marriages
rise Belvoir Eagle, VA - Feb 2,
2006
Soldiers and their spouses are flocking to new and
beefed-up programs to help them strengthen their marriages, and a
dip in divorce rates appears to show it’s having a
positive effect, Army officials told American Forces Press Service.
Divorce rates among Army officers dropped a whopping 61 percent
last year following a 2004 spike that sent shudders through the
service. . . The divorces mounted at a time when re-enlistments
surged in the Army, possibly an indication that while soldiers are
committed to military life, their spouses may not be, noted
Chaplain (Col.) Glen Bloomstrom, director of ministry initiatives
for the Army Chief of Chaplains. An informal survey conducted by
the Army in February 2005 showed that soldiers and their spouses or
significant others rated the loss of a relationship as their top
deployment concern — above death or injury. . .
- Passed Budget Bill Reduces Aid to Poor,
Strengthens Marriage Programs The Christian Post- Feb 2, 2006
WASHINGTON – A budget bill approved by Congress on
Wednesday, which the President is expected to sign, was met with
disapproval from some anti-poverty advocates that objected to cuts,
and praise from others for its allocation of funds for marriage
strengthening programs. The bill passed by a
slim 216-214 vote in the House, approving cuts for a program for
those who can’t afford medical care, and funds for needy families,
but sparing food stamps. Meanwhile, funds were given to grassroots
groups who provide marriage education and relationship skills for
low-income couples in order to avert divorce. . .
RELATED ARTICLE: Bush launches 'No Marriage Left
Behind' Bennington Banner, VT - By Evan Lehmann,
Feb 16, 2006
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- Denise Richards, Charlie Sheen Divorce
Civility Falls Apart National
Ledger, AZ -By Josh Hart, Feb 1,
2006
So much for civility in the Denise Richards
and Charlie Sheen divorce. The on again, and now off again couple
reportedly were going to try and keep their impending divorce
peaceful for the children an earlier report had suggested. But now
People Magazine is reporting that it may get ugly. The magazine
reports that things have gone from bad to worse. Reportedly,
on Jan. 4, after talk of reconciling, they instead requested that
their divorce proceed with a private arbitrator. Now the two are no
longer on speaking terms. . .
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- What is this thing called Love? Townhall.com, By Maggie Gallagher, Feb 1, 2006
. . . .
Scroll through the newspaper. Oh, another dead child in New York
City, killed by her mother's boyfriend. A middle-aged mother,
hearing her husband is about to divorce her, fails at suicide but
succeeds in suffocating her three young children. America's 34th
richest man serves divorce papers unexpectedly on his (fourth)
wife, apparently to avoid an imminent hike in the prenupped price
of divorce. A 41-year-old child protective services worker is
arrested for raping his two adolescent daughters "at least 100
times," according to the New York Post. He remorsefully tells
police "he couldn't help it. He would fight the urges for a while
and it just became a thing.". . . Nobody wants to be loved as
an act of the will. Yet the promise of eros is notoriously
unreliable. One currently popular solution is to downgrade our
expectations, to pretend that our sexual desire is merely bodily
appetites, "enjoyable and harmless." . . . . .
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- Here is why men should never rush into
marriage The
Daily Monitor-Uganda, By Muhereza
Kyamutetera, Feb 2006
This
probably does not happen to me alone, but most older and married
men that I meet insist that if I must marry, I should be prepared
for the worst so that when a woman finally comes into my life, I am
not surprised at whatever happens. Some of my married friends also
tell me that if they had guessed marriage was even half the trouble
they are going through, they would not have bound themselves to
everlasting suffering by simply saying 'I do'. . .
Given the fact that feminism is taking over and sweeping everything
on its way, marriage is and will continue to be a sham for men.
There is little or no benefit. But the problem is that most men let
their third legs plunge them into an auto-pilot euphoria and by the
time they wake up, they are in this hell of a hangover and stuck
with this woman they now can’t run away from. .
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