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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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- Media
provides cover for assault on traditional marriage
CNN.com, By James C. Dobson,
June 28, 2006
-- On June 7, the U.S. Senate voted
for a second time on an amendment to define marriage in the U.S.
Constitution as being exclusively between one man and one woman.
Again this year, the amendment failed to pass by a wide margin,
falling 18 votes shy of a required two-thirds majority. The final
tally was 49 in favor, 48 opposed. Rarely has there been a greater
disconnect between members of the Senate and the American people
who put them in power. . . . However, there was
another "poll" that the media completely ignored. In fact, there
were 19 of them. They represented the 19 states in which voters
overwhelmingly defined marriage as being between a man and
a woman. Not one state has chosen by popular vote
to permit marriages between homosexuals. . .
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- Romney said the people, not courts,
should define civil rights Boston Globe.com, By Steve-LeBlanc- AP, June 28, 2006
BOSTON --Gov. Mitt Romney,
renewing his support for a ballot question banning gay marriage,
said Wednesday it's the job of voters -- not the courts or
lawmakers -- to define what constitutes a civil right. "Who's going
to tell us what a civil right is and what's not? Well, the people
will," Romney said at a news conference calling on lawmakers to
allow a vote on a proposed amendment to the state constitution that
would ban same-sex marriage here. That vote is scheduled for July
12. Supporters have long cast same-sex marriage as a civil right
that should not be subject to a popular vote, likening it to the
desegregation battles of the 1950s and 1960s, where the courts
played a central role in expanding rights for blacks. . .
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- Parenting Issues: NEA Backs Down
From Gay Marriage Support Queerty, NY - Filed by David, June 28, 2006
One
of the United States' largest academic unions – the National
Education Association, which represents teachers, higher education
faculty, and other education professionals – was all set to
encourage its 2.8 million members to support gay marriage and civil
unions in all 50 states. But two days after a NEA delegate leaked
language of the resolution to the American Family Association (yes,
that American Family Association), the NEA changed the
language of the original bill. Now the org's officials are claiming
they didn't change their support of gay marriage because of the
AFA's threat of protests but rather decided not to take a stance on
the issue. . . .
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- Vatican Worried About Positions on
Family Los
Angeles Times, By MARIA SANMINIATELLI, June 28, 2006
VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican is
worried its opposition to abortion, embryonic stem cell research
and gay marriage could one day land it before an international
court of justice, a senior Vatican official said in an interview
published Wednesday. Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo, who heads the
Pontifical Council for the Family, reiterated traditional Roman
Catholic Church positions and criticized some European countries,
including Belgium, the Netherlands and France, for giving legal
recognition to civil unions. "We worry especially that, with
current laws, speaking in defense of life and the rights of
families is becoming in some societies sort of a crime against the
state," . . . . .
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- Wedding bells
ring only once for most Canadians: Study CBC NEWS, June 28, 2006
Most Canadians take only one trip
down the aisle in their lifetime, according to a new study on
marriage. Almost 90 per cent of married Canadians have been
wed only once, says the study in the Canadian Social Trends
survey, released Wednesday by Statistics Canada. The study,
"Till death do us part? The risk of first and second marriage
dissolution" appears in the June 2006 issue of Canadian Social
Trends. Ten per cent of respondents in the study had married
twice, and less than one per cent had gotten hitched more than
twice. . . . . According to the study, first marriages were
more likely to succeed if the couples: . . .
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- Gay pair asking to be wed in Mass. say no ban in R.I. BOSTON GLOBE, By Brian MacQuarrie, June 27, 2006
A Massachusetts Superior Court judge heard arguments yesterday that a gay couple from Providence should be allowed to marry in the Bay State because Rhode Island law does not explicitly ban same-sex marriage. . . .
- The death of marriage? Guardian Unlimited, UK, June 26, 2006
Love and love, love and marriage - no longer go together like a horse and carriage. Marriage is on its last legs, trotting swiftly towards its demise, both socially and statistically. It's not just the increasing frequency of divorce - though of course divorce is a growth industry. But to get divorced you must first get married. Fewer and fewer are doing so. . . . . When did you last hear the phrases "living in sin" or "illegitimate child", let alone "bastard" or any of those other god-awful expressions? Today a high proportion of kids in any school - certainly any non-faith school - are the fruit of unmarried partnerships. It's far too widespread for anyone to bother about. . . . .
RELATED ARTICLE: Marriage is giving way to cohabitation in SA Independent Online, South Africa - June 26, 2006Z
RELATED ARTICLE: Dated, discredited and deeply ungroovy? Times Online, By Shane Watson, June 25, 2006
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- Kidman weds her Urban cowboy Herald Sun- Austrailia, June 26, 2006
NICOLE Kidman and Keith Urban were married in a romantic twilight ceremony yesterday at a clifftop chapel in Sydney. Veiled and wearing an ivory gown designed by Nicolas Ghesquiere for Balenciaga, Kidman was every bit the princess bride as thousands of well-wishers lined the streets. She exchanged vows with Urban in a traditional Catholic ceremony at the Gothic-style Cardinal Cerretti Memorial Chapel at St Patrick's Estate, Manly. The church bells rang out at 6.25pm to indicate the couple were married. . . . .
RELATED ARTICLE: Kidman weds Urban NEWS.com.au, Australia, By Holly Byrnes, June 26, 2006
RELATED ARTICLE: How did Nicole Kidman re-marry in a Catholic church? BBC NEWS- UK, June 26, 2006
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- After the wedding Jamaica Gleaner- News, By Karen
Blair, June 26, 2006
. . . . . It's
simple. When your wedding day ends, your marriage begins. All too
soon, we come to the realisation that the glamour and the glitz
slowly fade away. The bouquets wilt, the family members and friends
return home, the attendants cash their cheques and say bye and all
you are left with is each other. You now live with another person
for the rest of your life; this other individual, whom you pledged
to stick with, come what may. It's not as scary as it sounds and
can be a beautiful experience, but you must know how to approach
your marriage and how to survive life after the wedding is over.
Firstly, you need to know the facts. . . .
- More couples use nuptials to raise cash
for causes Chicago Sun-Times, US, By Brad
Foss, June 26, 2006
... It is a trend that is picking up
momentum, wedding planners said, with help from a handful of
Web-based nonprofits that serve as virtual intermediaries. .
. 'We were looking for ways to cut back on the excess," said
Crane, who like many brides-to-be these days was astounded by how
quickly the costs of a wedding can escalate. "The whole wedding
industry is a little bit out of control." Because weddings are
increasingly secular "commercialized" events -- Americans spend
$26,000, on average -- "people are looking for a way to reflect
that they are deeper than all that,". . . .
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- European Muslims resort to virginity ploy
Hymen repair, fake virginity certificates sought to protect family honor MSNBC.com-AP, June 26, 2006
SAINT-DENIS, France - Chastity can exact a painful price from young Muslim women, forced into lies or surgery to go to the marriage bed as virgins. Hymen repair, fake virginity certificates and other deceptions, said to be commonplace in some Muslim countries, are practiced in France and elsewhere in Europe, where Muslim girls are more emancipated but still live under rigid codes of family honor. . . .
RELATED ARTICLE: Students make case for virginity: A confident minority choose chastity, going against the grain of popular culture CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, By Mary Beth McCauley, June 22, 2006 edition
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- 'Marlboro Man'
Marine, wife divorcing USA TODAY.com, Posted by Michael Winter, June
26, 2006
The honeymoon is over for the
"Marlboro Man" — and so's the marriage for the former Marine who
gained notoriety for the now-famous photograph of his grimy face
with the dangling cigarette in Fallujah two years ago. Just three
weeks after Americans contributed $15,000 to a "dream wedding," the
man from Pikeville, Ky., has filed for divorce from his bride. . .
. The happiness lasted nine days. By June 12, court papers show the
pair were living apart, and Miller filed for divorce June 20. . .
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- Spain sees first gay divorce a year after
legalizing marriage EiTB-24, Spain, June 26,
2006
Some 1,300 gay weddings have now taken place in
Spain. The marriage legislation gives same-sex unions the same
status as heterosexual ones, including inheritance rights and
adoption. A year after legalising gay
marriage, Spain is now seeing its first gay divorce, complete with
a custody fight over the couple's dogs, a newspaper reported on
Monday.The claimant is
asking for the right to stay in the marital home and to take
custody of their pets. . .
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- Court ruling talk of Gay Pride parade
Statesboro Herald-
AP, GA -June 26, 2006
Floats and participants fill the street for
the Gay Pride parade in midtown Atlanta Sunday. One of the largest
Gay Pride parades
in the country was held not far from where the Georgia Supreme
Court will hear arguments two days later on whether to reinstate a
constitutional ban on gay marriages that was thrown out by a judge last month despite its
overwhelming popularity among voters in 2004. . . .
RELATED ARTICLE: Judge:
Georgia Gay Marriage Ban Violates State
Constitution FOX News -
May 16, 2006
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- 'They cared for the children'
Amid shifting social winds, Catholic Charities prepares to end its
103 years of finding homes for foster children and evolving
families BOSTON GLOBE, By
Patricia Wen Globe Staff, June 25, 2006
When abortion was legalized in
1973, Catholic Charities of Boston saw the number of babies put up
for adoption plummet, and its caseload fell from about 500 to 50
children a year. The agency changed its focus to finding homes for
older foster children. . . . . But on Friday, the adoption
agency will shut down, for the first time encountering a painful
conflict between cultural change and Catholic doctrine that it
could not resolve. Caught between the church's opposition to gays
adopting children and state law that gives gays the legal right to
become parents, the agency could not navigate a way forward. . .
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RELATED ARTICLE: Banned in Boston: The Coming Conflict
Between Same Sex Marriage and Religious Liberty Cover
Story- The Weekly Standard, By Maggie Gallagher, May 15, 2006
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- Marcia Cross weds Tom Mahoney USA Today, By Donna Freydkin, June 25, 2006
She's desperate, but only on the small screen. Marcia Cross, 44, who plays tightly wound widow Bree Van De Kamp on ABC's Desperate Housewives, married her stockbroker fiancé, Tom Mahoney, 48, on Saturday. . . .
RELATED ARTICLE: Marcia Cross Gets Married People magazine, By Ulrica Wihlborg, June 24, 2006
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- Dated, discredited and deeply
ungroovy? Times Online, By Shane Watson, June 25, 2006
On the contrary. Despite divorce, the demise of religion
and all evidence to the contrary, marriage is thriving more than
ever, particularly among the young. So what’s the attraction ?
Divorce has been on our minds a lot lately, what with the news of
the McCartney marriage and various high-profile court cases.
Meanwhile, a change in the law has given Britain’s 4.4m cohabitees
a new level of financial protection. The message seems to be coming
over loud and clear: marriage isn’t working. Yet nobody is
listening. . . . .
- What Shamu Taught Me About a Happy
Marriage New York Times( Free Subscription)-US, BY Amy Sutherland,
June 25, 2006
. . . . I listened, rapt, as
professional trainers explained how they taught dolphins to flip
and elephants to paint. Eventually it hit me that the same
techniques might work on that stubborn but lovable species, the
American husband. . . .
- Truth should be more important than
unity Telegraph.co.uk,
By Michael Nazir-Ali, June 25, 2006
In many ways, the United States is a study in
contrasts. It is full of clashing colours and jangling messages.
Socially and politically, it is very divided. . . . . Why, then,
should I have been shocked on entering the Greater Columbus
Convention Centre in Ohio, where the General Convention of the
Episcopal Church (the Anglican Church in the USA) was being held?
Should I not have expected tension, difference and debate? There
was, first of all, culture shock.. . . . There is a serious breakdown of marriage discipline and, while
I was there, the ECUSA bishops passed a resolution indicating their
advocacy of same-sex marriage. This happened without any debate on
the nature of marriage and how the Church contributed to a public
understanding of such a vital social institution. . .
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- Cheating in
Marriage Jamaica Gleaner, June 25, 2006
UTTER THE words cheating and marriage in the
same sentence and the listener may immediately think a third party,
besides the husband and wife, is involved. However, Kingston-based
marriage counsellor George Ramocan believes that couples are quite
capable of cheating each other within the marriage and frequently
do. . . . "In my experience,
deprivation happens both ways, but wives are especially prone to
'disciplining' their husbands by the act of withholding sex," the
counsellor said. .
- Marriage is for
grown-ups SturgisJournal.com, By James and Audora Burg, June 24,
2006
We sometimes
wonder how it comes off that a couple of young pups married only
eight years presume to offer insight and advice about marriage when
some who read these columns have been married longer than either of
us has drawn breath. Jim can quote statistics and research findings
and the accumulated professional wisdom about relationships and
marriage — and we often do here — but it's head knowledge, not life
experience. So we thought we’d defer to the real experts for a few
paragraphs — those who live the beauty of love, proven by
commitment, tempered by time. . .
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- Strengthen your
marriage South
Florida Sun-Sentinel, By June Hall, June 24, 2006
Dear June: Is it possible to love two men at
the same time? After 17 years, I never thought I'd look at another
man with longing eyes. I'm wondering if I would be happy having
everything with this man, who is my customer, that I already have
with my husband. I'm wondering if I am falling in love with him. We
have such great conversation and we can't wait to see each other.
We've met by accident at the same place at the same time. My
marriage is a happy one, but could I have feelings for someone else
also? -- Anonymous. . . . . . Dear June: Regarding the woman who wanted to
have a ladies' retreat but didn't tell her husband, I am surprised
at your response. . . .
- Marriage is also a commitment to
God Seattlepi.com, By
Dr. Billy Graham, June 24, 2006
DEAR DR. GRAHAM: Our marriage isn't what it used to be, and
to be honest, I find myself very attracted to a divorcee who has
moved into our apartment complex and is very friendly and
sympathetic. What's wrong with being friendly with her? Doesn't God
want us to be happy? -- B.R. . .
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- Parenting Issues: Teen Plans to Marry Man
She Met on MySpace ABC News-Good Morning America, June
23, 2006
— A Michigan teenager who met a man on the
Internet and secretly flew to the Middle East to meet him before
being captured by the FBI still plans to marry him, she says. "I
love him very much," Katherine Lester told "Good Morning America"
in an exclusive television interview. "I'm definitely going to
marry him." Lester, who turned 17 on Wednesday, first met Abdullah
Jimzawi, 20, seven months ago on the popular Web site MySpace.com.
She said she fell in love with him, and together they devised a
plan so the two could be together. . . .
RELATED ARTICLE: No Change at MySpace.com Real Tech News, By Jimmy Daniels, June
22, 2006
RELATED ARTICLE: MySpace.com adding security
measures CNN.com, June 21, 2006
RELATED ARTICLE: MySpace.com teen is back in her space at
home CNN.com, June 12, 2006
RELATED ARTICLE: Teen
sneaks to Mideast to meet MySpace pal
CNN.com, June 9, 2006
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- Christian Activists Shouted Down, Threatened at Philly's
Homosexual Rally Agape
Press, By Jim Brown, June 22, 2006
- The head of a Philadelphia-based Christian
ministry says his group was targeted by a "lawless mob" of
homosexuals at the city's annual homosexual pride event -- and that
city police refused to enforce state laws against harassment and
disorderly conduct at that time. New video footage from Repent
America shows homosexuals with the group "Anti-Racist Action"
shouting profanities at RA director Michael Marcavage and even
threatening him with physical violence in the presence of
Philadelphia police officers. Members of the group also yelled
"Christian fascists" at RA participants while ministering at the
June 11 event. Marcavage suggests the pro-homosexual groups
participating in the event are getting special treatment. . . .
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RELATED SITE: Repent America: Calling a
Nation in Rebellion Toward God to Repentance
RELATED VIDEO: Repent
America (RATED: R FOR LANGUAGE)
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- Parenting Issues: Educators
say pre-school set needs straight talk on gay
issues Bay Windows, By Ethan Jacobs, June 22, 2006
Despite the controversy that can
arise when gay issues are talked about in elementary school
classrooms, a group of educators are trying to give schools the
tools they need to do just that. This year Wheelock College offered
a new course for early childhood education workers on making
schools and daycare settings welcoming for same-sex couples and
their children. The course prompted the formation of the
Massachusetts LGBT Early Childhood Education Initiative, a
consortium of people in the field working to make classrooms around
the state more inclusive of LGBT families. . . . For its first
project, the initiative organized the Cambridge City Hall
celebration June 14. The event featured photos from the traveling
exhibit “Love Makes a Family,” which shows families in all their
various constellations. . . .
RELATED ARTICLE: Parenting Issues: Controversy Over Kid's Book Depicting
Gay Marriage CBS4Boston, Boston - Apr 20, 2006
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- What marriage really needs is
rewards NorthJersey.com (Scripps Howard News Service), By David
Waters June 22, 2006
Now that the Senate has been unable
to find any WMD -- Weddings of Mass Destruction -- maybe we can get
serious about defending the institution of holy matrimony. . . .
It's hard out here for a married couple. Just look at the divorce
rate. One of every two marriages fail. If one of every two
incumbents failed to get re-elected, Congress would have passed the
Incumbent Protection Amendment years ago. About the only thing
harder than being and staying married in this society is being and
staying married with children. Instead of making it harder to get
married, Senator, how about finding ways to make it easier to be
married?. . . .
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- Marriage
problem? Yes, but it's not same-sex unions The Hook, By John W.
Whitehead (Rutherford Institute), June 22, 2006
. . . . Supporters of the Amendment insist that same-sex
marriage threatens the very foundation of the traditional family.
But a quick glance at today's American family, which is far from
traditional or cohesive, shows that the issue of same-sex marriage
is merely a small symptom of a much bigger problem. For instance,
America's divorce rate is close to a staggering 50 percent. Many
experts point to financial struggles, marriage at young ages, work
stress, and lack of education as key contributors to this alarming
statistic. Furthermore, while evangelicals in the so-called "Bible
Belt" states have been leading the charge to protect and defend the
institution of marriage, divorce rates in that region of America
are higher than in traditionally liberal states. . . . .Perhaps
even more surprising are the divorce rates among professed
evangelicals. .
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- Sex the Second Time Around
For remarried couples, intimacy has a whole
new set of expectations and issues ChristianityToday.com, By Ginger Kolbaba,
Summer 2006 Edition
. . . . Sex is different
after a divorce. Because sex is the most intimate thing you can
share with a spouse, sex can take the hardest hit in a new
marriage. Trust, betrayal, anger, hurt-all are things that affect
intimacy. Thus, this is one area that needs the most attention in a
remarriage. . . .Sex the second time around encounters a handicap
before the couple even gets started. Usually, once a couple gets to
the point of divorce, the sex is no longer really great-if it's
there at all. So couples may enter remarriage believing their
spouse is going to fulfill all their sexual desires. It becomes
quite a jolt, then, when that doesn't happen. . . . Also,
women may enter into a second relationship with certain anxieties
that men may not necessarily have. If she's had children, for
instance, she may have more of a body image issue than in her first
marriage. If you and your spouse are struggling with intimacy
issues, there's hope. Here are eight things to keep
in mind. . .
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RELATED ARTICLE: Boomers: Sex most important to
marriage UPI, June
22, 2006
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- Catholic League to Canadians Who Oppose
Gay Marriage: "Prepare to be further marginalized" LifeSiteNews.com, By John-Henry
Westen, June 21, 2006
"Ryerson's half-hearted support of
its own decision to give Dr. Somerville this honour is yet another
example of how the forced acceptance of the gay 'marriage' agenda
is restricting free speech in circles including the academy."
That was the comment of Phil Horgan, President of the Catholic
Civil Rights League, on the controversy surrounding the decision of
Ryerson University to grant an honorary degree to Margaret
Somerville, professor of the Faculties of Law and Medicine at
McGill University. Dr. Somerville accepted the degree and addressed
the graduates at the convocation ceremonies. Even though
Somerville supports civil unions for homosexuals, while opposing
same-sex "marriage," gay activists launched a campaign to have the
honour rescinded. Several professors on stage turned their backs to
her in protest. The university, while it refused to
withdraw the degree, issued a statement suggesting it would not
have invited her to receive it "if it had known her views on same
sex marriage.". . . .
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- Wedding countdown begins NEWS.com.au, Australia -From Sydney
Confidential, June 22, 2006
WEDDING fever stepped up a notch yesterday as the
groom's family and the bride's celebrity friends filed into town,
as Nicole Kidman celebrated her hen's night and the rest of Sydney
waited for the big day on Sunday. The day started early when
Kidman's close friend and suspected bridesmaid Naomi Watts touched
down in Sydney about 6am. . . . It has also emerged that Kidman is
not pregnant, with her US publicist strongly denying recent
rumours. . .
RELATED ARTICLE: Happy ever
after for Kidman? BBC News-
Entertainment, June 20,
2006
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- How to be a Great Wedding
Guest ABC-7 Online-
WABC-DT New York, June 2006
There's
more to attending a wedding than getting dressed up, shedding a few
tears, and partying all night long -- you've got responsibilities,
too! Here's everything you need to know to be a great guest. . .
. Getting an
Invitation: When you receive an invite (usually six to eight weeks
before the wedding), don't let it get lost on the coffee table --
check the date and decide if you'll go. Whether you can or can't,
respond ASAP -- the R.S.V.P. date noted on the invitation isn't
arbitrary. . . . . A few dos and don'ts:. . .
RELATED ARTICLES: The Ultimate Wedding Planner ABC-7 Online- WABC-DT New York
RELATED SITES:
The
Knot Consciousweddings Consciouswedding.com (different site)
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- Tom Cruise Threatens To Have 10
More Kids
Entertainmentwise.com- By Lowri Williams, June 21,
2006
Hollywood heavyweight Tom Cruise has announced that
he plans on having at least 9 more children with his fiancée Katie
Holmes. Gulp! Holmes gave birth to Cruise’s first biological child
Suri in April; he already has two adopted children from his
marriage to Nicole Kidman. Speaking at the Shangai premiere of his
recent film 'Mission: Impossible III’ he said: "I always wanted to
be a father. I remember my whole life, I wanted to be a father. So
I'm hoping maybe I have 10 children. "It was the best Father's
Day". . . . . Reader Comments: Has he forgotten that he is
already a father to two children? What makes this fathers day any
better than the others he shared with Conor and Isabella. Comments
like this will surely make those children feel like outsiders just
because they are not his biological
children - ANGELA, LONDON.
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ARTICLE: Tom Cruise Delays marriage, But Eager For
More Kids Cinemablend.com, By Mr. H,
June 21, 2006
RELATED ARTICLE: Angelina: Zahara Is Jealous of
Shiloh People magazine, By Stephen M.
Silverman, June 21, 2006
RELATED ARTICLE: Tom Cruise & Katie Holmes: Marriage
Impossible? National
Ledger, AZ - By Lynda Johnson, May 9, 2006
RELATED CELEBRITY
ARTICLE: 'TomKat'
thumbs nose at marriage and reality
IndyStar.com, By Lori
Borgman, April 23,
2006
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- Are Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt 'Colonial
Overlord's? Entertainmentwise.com- By Lowri
Williams, June 21, 2006
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have come under fire from
Namibia's National Society For Human Rights. The NSHR have labelled
Brangelina as "colonial overlords" and has accused the celebrity
couple of "using heavy-handed and brutal tactics" in their bid for
privacy while staying in the African country. An NSHR spokesman has
said: "To shut down a national border so she can give birth in
peace is a massive abuse of power." . .
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ARTICLE: Brad
and Angelina's Baby Girl People magazine, June 1,
2006
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- Beyond Gay Marriage
A circle of friends point toward the next battle for
acceptance VILLAGE VOICE- NY, By Corina
Zappia, June 20, 2006
Watch the news reports on gay
marriage and you'd think the queer community had magically morphed
into a Noah's Ark of same-sex couples—all conveniently packaged two
by two, a place for everything and everything in its place. Fit
neatly into one of these circumscribed categories and maybe we'll
make room for you at the dinner table. Now consider this proverbial
wrench: a Brooklyn-based group of lesbian, gay, transgender, and
straight friends who hang out, make out, and uphold an
anything-goes policy on who gets with whom. A lesbian can kiss a
gay man, a transgender can sleep with a straight woman—without fear
of the reproach they might receive elsewhere from members of the
queer and straight communities alike.
. . The battle for gay marriage is just the
beginning. . . .
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- Robert Evan's Seventh Wife seeks
Divorce The Washington Post-AP, June 20, 2006
-- Robert Evans is headed to divorce
court _ again. His seventh wife, Victoria White O'Gara, filed for
divorce June 16 in Superior Court, citing irreconcilable
differences, according to People magazine. Michael Levine,
spokesman for the 75-year-old former Paramount production chief,
declined comment Tuesday. The pair were married last August in Cabo
San Lucas, Mexico. . . .
RELATED ARTICLE: Divorce No. 7 for Producer Robert Evans People
magazine, Mary Margaret Acoymo, June 20, 2006
RELATED
ARTICLE: When Love and Fame aren't enough MSNBC.com, Commentary By
Michael Ventre, Oct 5, 2005
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- Taking your marriage vows
seriously EnidNews.com- OK, By Peggy Goodrich, June 20, 2006
Do you take your
marriage vows seriously? Think about it. June is National Wedding
Month. Many young people are united in marriage to start wonderful
lives together. Their world is all ahead of them. They have a plan
for the future. New families are formed. New horizons are in view.
What a great time in their young lives. . . . We take the phrases
of the marriage vows very seriously about “through sickness and in
health, for richer or poorer, until death parts us.” We want them
to love, honor, trust, and cherish each other forever. We want
every happiness for them in their new life together. . . . .
- June ... A Sacred Month For
Marriage Wedlock.com- By Laurie Sue Brockway, June 20, 2006
Rejoice! If you are in Las Vegas to
tie the knot or renew your vows this Wednesday, June 21, you've
made a very lucky choice. It’s summer solstice … the longest day of
the year, a time when the sun is at the height of it’s power and
good vibrations abound. . . . . Because the midsummer celebration
marks the center of the year, a complete six months away from
winter solstice, it is viewed as an aspect of yin-yang,
male-female. The two points of the year, together, are considered
the marriage of heaven on earth. It is a time of year that
celebrates the rites of summer and encourages people to fall in
love and consume each other in fiery summer passion. .
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- Parenting Issues:
Giving Parents a break
TiVo helps out
Townhall.com, By Chuck Colson, June 20,
2006
Kids
are revealing everything about themselves to complete strangers
over the Internet on MySpace. The TV networks are suing to keep the
FCC from cracking down on indecency. And ingenious minds are making
it easier than ever to access porn, by way of cell phones and
iPods. It seems as though technology is always working against us.
The more innovations and inventions go on the market, the harder
parents have to fight to protect their kids from a steady stream of
smut, violence, and even sexual predators. But that gives us all
the more reason to celebrate when we find technology that can
actually benefit our families. . . . TiVo has now unveiled a new
product called KidZone, designed specifically to help parents find
and record family-friendly programming and to block kids from
finding not-so-friendly programming. . . . .
RELATED SITE: TiVo Kid
Zone
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- Is Catholicism now
"Unacceptable"? TownHall.com, By Pat Buchanan,
June 20, 2006
On the political roundtable
"21 This Week," on Maryland's tiny Access Montgomery cable channel
21, Robert J. Smith has been a regular panelist. Introduced as a
"Republican activist," Smith was also Gov. Robert Ehrlich's
appointee on the Metro Transit Authority board. No more.
Smith has been fired for remarks that the GOP governor considers
"inappropriate, insensitive and unacceptable." What did Smith
say? . . . . . Smith interrupted: "That's fine, that's
fine. But that doesn't mean that the government should proffer a
special place of entitlement within the laws of the United States
for persons of sexual deviancy." . . . . . Smith held his
ground. "Homosexual behavior, in my view, is deviant," Smith said.
"I'm a Roman Catholic." . . . .
RELATED ARTICLE: Banned
in Boston: The Coming Conflict Between Same Sex Marriage and
Religious Liberty Cover Story- The Weekly
Standard, By Maggie Gallagher, May 15, 2006 Issue
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- A Father's
Presence Helps Young Girls Resist Shallow, Sexualized
Self-Images BlackAmericaWeb.com- By Tonyaa
Weathersbee, June 20, 2006
. . . . While there’s a saying
that it takes a father to teach his son to be a man, I believe that
an addendum ought to be that it takes a father to teach his
daughter to love herself for what’s inside, not for what’s on the
outside. . . Look at the teen magazine racks these
days, and you’ll find not only pouty, sexualized teen models
gracing the covers, but teaser articles that tend to be more about
how girls can make boys like them than how to prepare for college.
There’s Lil’ Kim, who has found lewdness and lawbreaking to be
lucrative, and Kim Roberts, the second stripper and convicted
embezzler who e-mailed the public relations firm that represented
Lil’ Kim for advice on how she could market the Duke lacrosse team
rape scandal to her advantage. . . . . And who can forget
Karrine Steffans, the video vixen whose sexual prowess with
assorted rappers earned her the nickname “Superhead.” . . .
RELATED ARTICLE: Real fathers don't abandon their
children Philly.com, June 18, 2006
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- Father's day and
the current state of fatherhood TownHall.com -By Armstrong Williams, June 17,
2006
As Father’s Day 2006 approaches I am
absolutely devastated about the current state of fatherhood in this
country. It is terribly troubling that our society accepts
fatherhood as a luxury, not a necessity. An involved, loving,
active father has become the exception in this country, and it’s
time we make it the norm again. There are some things that only a
father can provide his children. . . . As we celebrate Father’s
Day this year, we should praise the men who are true fathers - the
men who willingly involve themselves in their children’s lives. We
should thank them for their love and dedication, and be proud of
their achievements. However, we must also call attention to the
cowards who father a child but never become a true dad. . .
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- Parenting Issues: The Price of Day Care Can Be
High New York Times (Free
Subscription), By David Leonhardt, June 14, 2006
THERE is one place in North America where parents of
young children don't have to worry about child care. In Quebec,
full-time day care costs just $7 a day — Canadian dollars, at that
— thanks to a government program aimed at one of the thorniest
problems that workers in their 20's, 30's and 40's face. . . .
. Almost a decade after the family policy started,
however, there was still a big mystery about it. Nobody had done
the work to find out how it had affected children. The province was
spending $1.4 billion a year on a grand social experiment, yet no
one had bothered to look at the results. So three economists took
up the challenge a few years ago, realizing that the program
offered an excellent way to examine a much-debated topic. . .
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- Marriage always requires tinkering Toronto
Star, Canada -By Ellie, June 14, 2006
Q. My first wife died
suddenly. Ten years later I married a widow whose husband died
three years prior. I'm 59, semi-retired; she's 54. While dating, we
enjoyed many activities together and our sex life seemed terrific.
Then, when her daughter gave birth to a son, my wife agreed to look
after the baby two days weekly while her daughter worked. I was not
asked. Now my wife is devoted to her grandson and daughter's family
at every moment.... I'm
uncomfortable having her family in my face daily. And she's
uncomfortable having me around the house when I'm not working. .
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- And now, FEMA
fixes marriage Chicago Tribune, By Charles M. Madigan, June 13,
2006
A brilliant idea came to me as the Senate Republicans
pushed their hopeless proposal for a constitutional amendment to
protect marriage from amorous gay people. I agree with all of the
arguments about marriage being a foundation in our culture and the
best way to raise a family and nourish values. That being the case,
let's focus on the real threat. It's time to arrest and imprison
everyone who has ever been divorced, make it illegal to have
serious marital problems and set up a federal agency to enforce it.
It's just that simple. . . .
RELATED STORY: Cupid: Not enough
arrows Chicago Tribune, By Charlie Madigan, Feb 13,
2006
- Marriage.
Commitment. Forever. How Do I Know If I Love Him? New York Observer- The Bridal
Blog, June 13, 2006, Posted by Mary Dixie Carter
. . . . . The answer feels hollow and
it brings to the forefront the nagging question that's been in the
back of my brain. How do I know if I really love Todd? Do I really
love him or is it just that he puts up with me and loves me,
seemingly unconditionally? Am I getting married to fulfill some
societal standard of what I should be doing at 34? . .
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- Getting Creative to Pay for
Your Wedding? Tell Your Story ABC News, June 13, 2006
— It's June and wedding bells
chime. But with the national average cost of a wedding at $28,000,
saying "I do" has become an increasingly expensive proposition. To
ease the cost, some enterprising brides are finding creative ways
to finance their dream weddings, such as finding corporate or local
business sponsors who place ads in the wedding program or on place
cards at the reception. One New York couple even rented out a
baseball stadium and is busy selling advertising space on the
billboard. Is this tacky or practical? Have you or anyone you know
tried something like this for an upcoming wedding? ABC News is
looking for people who have gotten creative to pay for a wedding. .
. . .
RELATED ARTICLE: Couple Signs Advertisers to Sponsor Wedding
Day Advertising Age- By Willow Duttge, June 13, 2006
- Thousands of Weddings Tied Up in Red Tape
Homeland Security Paperwork Glitch Delays
Citizen-Immigrant Marriages AOL News-AP, By Lara Jakes Jordan,
June 13, 2006
- True love waits for no one - except
maybe the Homeland Security Departme
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