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  • Thanks, Juan Williams, for Echoing What Black Conservatives Have Been Saying for Years  BlackAmericaWeb.com, By Gregory Kane, August 30, 2006
    . . . . . Juan Williams' new book dropped Aug. 1. You can tell why I’ve had 31 consecutive good days just by the title: “Enough: The Phony Leaders, Dead-End Movements, and Culture of Failure That are Undermining Black America — and What We Can Do About It.”. . . . . So, here’s some of what the visionary Williams has to say:. . . . . “In the 30 years from 1950 to 1980, households headed by black women who never married jumped from 3.8 per thousand to 69.7 per thousand. That, too, had real consequences. In 1940, 75 percent of black children lived with both parents. By 1990, only 33 percent of black children lived with a mom and a dad … And there is no question about the impact on black children. With both parents in the house, they do better in school; the children of married people also have fewer run-ins with the police, as well as better self-esteem, and are more likely to enter into marriage before having children. This is a cycle of success, creating more success and prosperity.”. . . . . .

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    Parenting Issues: Bill Cosby: African-Americans 'Not Holding Up Their End of the Deal'   ABCNews.com, June 29, 2005

  • Barkley speaks out on religion, gay marriage
    Ex-NBA star elaborates political views while considering gubernatorial run
      MSNBC.com-AP  August 30, 2006
    - Charles Barkley was his usual outspoken self during a recent television interview in which he said, among other things, that he advocates gay marriage, believes Republicans have screwed up the country and is “struggling with my idea of what religion is.”. . . .  .“I think if they want to get married, God bless them,” Barkley said. “Gay marriage is probably 1 percent of the population, so it’s not like it’s going to be an epidemic. Hey, trust me, I’m never going to kiss you and say, ‘Chris, you’re sexy.”’. . . .
Charles Barkley speaks out on religion and gay marriage

  • Beyond babies?  TownHall.com, By Maggie Gallagher,  August 29, 2006
    What lies "beyond babies"?
    That's the question Newsweek raises in its latest cover story on the looming depopulation crisis in Europe and Asia. But Newsweek (I kid you not) says it means "good things for restaurants and real estate". . . .  So Newsweek tries to stuff perhaps the biggest story of our time -- the sudden collapse of childbearing to below-replacement levels in virtually every free, democratic and affluent nation on this Earth -- into a happy tale of a new generation's lifestyle liberation from that old ugly "social corset" of marriage and family. . . . What lies beyond babies? Death. Death of the individual, and of his or her family. Death of the nation, tribe or culture that adopts a set of beliefs, practices and institutional arrangements that fail to respect and support generativity. . . . .

    RELATED ARTICLE: 
    Beyond Babies: Why More Married Couples Are going Childless   Newsweek International, By Stefan Theil, Sept. 4, 2006 issue

    RELATED ARTICLE:   REPORT: Life Without Children The State of Our Unions: The Social Health of Marriage in America 2006  National Marriage Project-Rutgers University, By Barbara Dafoe Whitehead & David Popenoe
     

Couple's marriage strained by Katrina 1 year later
  • Couple's Marriage Strained By Katrina 1 Year Later  cbs4denver.com-CO, By Molly Hughes, August 29, 2006
    A year after Hurricane Katrina forced Betty Sanchez and her children to flee Louisiana and head for her mother's house in Denver, she is dealing with the collateral damage to her marriage and the rest of her life.  Betty's husband Carlos has stayed in Louisiana to do his job with the National Guard. "In a way, it's a blessing that I've had so much growth and I'm stronger now as a person," Betty said. "But the bad thing about it is, it might be tearing my marriage apart." . . . . .

  • Postnuptial depression: from white to blue The Independent- UK, By Maxine Frith, August 29, 2006
    It was the best day of your life. But if you're still waiting for the 'happy ever after' bit, you may have postnuptial depression. For Hayley Brown, the post-wedding blues hit soon after the honeymoon with her husband Wesley. "It was really weird," she says. "We had spent 18 months saving and planning and making sure everything was perfect, and then, in a single day, it's all over. I kind of thought - what now? There didn't seem to be anything to talk about or look forward to, and then I just felt really, really down - it was horrible." She is not alone. According to relationship experts, one new spouse in 10 will experience postnuptial depression to a greater or lesser degree. . . . .

    RELATED ARTICLE: 
    Even Bridezillas get the post-nuptial blues  The Austrailian- The Sunday Times, August 7, 2006

Warren Jeffs- Polygamist sect leader arrested in Las Vegas
  • Polygamist sect leader arrested in Las Vegas  USA Today - August 29, 2006
    Warren Steed Jeffs, head of the nation's largest polygamist sect and one of the FBI's 10 Most Wanted fugitives, was captured in Nevada late Monday in what began as a routine traffic stop, authorities said today. Jeffs, 50, was pulled over by a Nevada Highway Patrol trooper on Interstate 15 just north of Las Vegas, FBI spokesman David Staretz said. Jeffs, who had a $100,000 reward hanging over his head, is wanted in Utah and Arizona on suspicion of sexual misconduct for allegedly arranging marriages between underage girls and older men. . . . .

    RELATED ARTICLE:
     Polygamist charged with rape: Jeffs arranged marriage for a child, county says Deseret News, UT, By Ben Winslow and Nancy Perkins, Apr 7, 2006

    RELATED ARTICLE:  Court transcipt offers teen girl's view on plural marriage  Scripps Howard News Service- Salt lake Tribune  By Brooke Adams, Apr 5, 2006


  • Life Support: What's the key to a good marriage? Backrubs  Pittsburg Post Gazette- PA, By Chris Erskine- LA Times,  August 28, 2006
    -- I love her ferociously, but after 24 years of marriage we can argue over almost any little thing, and then not resolve it. Like where the bed should go, against the wall, under the window, in the street. . . . Besides that, I'm the Dick Butkus of backrubs, all elbows and knees, hurling myself into my work with reckless zeal, no matter the score. I once pulled a hamstring giving my wife a backrub. And there was talk of a mild concussion. . . . . .
What's the key to a good marriage? Backrubs

  • First gay marriage in Nepal  Nepal News, August 27, 2006
    In what seemed as a strange event for general Nepali people, two men Anil Mahaju and Diya Kashyap got married on Saturday, on the day of the Haritalika Teej, one of the greatest festival of Hindu women. . . . Dressed in a red sari and a glittering see-through veil, the shy bride looked just like any other Nepali bride. The male bride also said that the new constitution should guarantee the rights of homosexuals in the new constitution. . . .

Lily Tomlin: Marriage 'everyone's right'

  • Hasselhoff 'tricked' wife into signing pre-nup  The Daily Mail-UK, By CAROLINE GRAHAM, August 26, 2006
    Baywatch star David Hasselhoff was so desperate to protect his £25million fortune that he made his wife sign a pre-nuptial agreement just 30 minutes before they were married. Pamela Bach was in her wedding dress waiting to walk down the aisle when her husband-to-be thrust a pen and paper into her hands. Thinking it was a marriage licence, the bit-part actress put her signature on it. The astonishing events were revealed in new court papers filed in Los Angeles last week as part of one of Hollywood's most notoriously bitter divorces. . . . . .

    RELATED ARTICLE:
      Sign before tying knot, or not?  Leader-Post- CANADA .com, By Fiona Anderson- CanWest News Service, August 28, 2006
Hasselhoff 'tricked' wife into signing pre-nup

Castro has the marriage relapse
  • Castro Has the Marriage Relapse  Kommersant- Moscow, August 26, 2006
    Mirta Diaz-Balart, 78, has arrived in Cuba this week. She is the sole of many beloved, whom the Cuban leader married officially. Diaz-Balart lives in Spain, going to Cuba from time to time to meet the son. But the purpose of the current visit is different. For the first time in many decades, she has come to the hated former husband, signaling the 80-year Castro is living his dying days actually. . . . . . Nearly all former sweethearts of Fidel Castro have one feeling in common – the hatred for Fidel, whom they once loved so dearly. . . . 

  •  I've given away seven babies, but I'd like to keep the next one  The Daily Mail, By HELEN WEATHERS, August 25, 2006
    . . . So what has happened to change Jill Hawkins's mind? So much so that - after years of firm insistence that she has never wanted children of her own - she is now talking about the possibility of falling in love, getting married and having a baby. Her own baby. . . . Jill, who has since lost 7st, insists that her depression was not caused by the emotional strain of giving away so many babies, but rather by underlying issues which have always been there - but one wonders if she is being entirely honest with herself. For the two appear to be inextricably linked. . . .


  • Laptop Slides Into Bed in Love Triangle   NEW YORK TIMES, By KATIE HAFNER, August 24, 2006
    LARRY SMITH knows he is treading a fine marital line. Mr. Smith, 37, is the editor of Smith, an online magazine he founded, and he loves to work in bed at all hours — midafternoon, 2 a.m. if insomnia strikes, then again in the morning. Yet Mr. Smith is all too aware of his wife’s mounting disapproval of his routine and suspects that a laptop-in-bed ban could be imminent. . . . .
Laptop slides into bed in love triangle

Puff Diddy should consider marriage
  • Puff Diddy Should Consider Marriage   Playfuls.com-Romania, by Andreea P., August 23, 2006
    Rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs and his girlfriend Kim Porter are "happy to confirm that they are expecting their second child together and they are thrilled about the news” Combs' representative, Keesha Johnson, said Tuesday. The couple already has a son, 8-year-old Christian since their previous relationship. The two have been on and off sice 1990 and in late 1999 the two broke up. They’ve got back together in March 2003, and Diddy confessed back then "My love life is straight. I’m back with Kim", and since they ended up together, why not get married. . . . .

    RELATED CELEBRITY ARTICLE: 
    'TomKat' thumbs nose at marriage and reality
      IndyStar.com, By Lori Borgman, April  23, 2006

RELATED ARTICLE:  The case for Black marriage  Rabble.ca- Canada, By Tricia Hylton, Dec 28, 2005

RELATED ARTICLE: MARRIAGE FOUND TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF BLACK FAMILIES  National Center for Policy Analysis, US, October 28, 2005


RELATED ARTICLE: The Most Effective Anti-Poverty Program Ever Created? Marriage  BlackAmericaWeb.com, By Joseph C. Phillips, Oct 10, 2005


  • Careers and Marriage  Forbes.com, August 23, 2006 
    Forbes.com published a story Aug. 22 by editor Michael Noer on two-career relationships that provoked a heated response from both outside and inside our building. Elizabeth Corcoran, a member of our Silicon Valley bureau and principal author of the magazine's current cover story on robots, sent in this rebuttal. . . . .

    POINT:
      Don't Marry Career Women  Forbes.com, By Michael Noer, August 22, 2006

    COUNTERPOINT:  Don't Marry A Lazy Man  Forbes.com, By Elizabeth Corcoran, August 23, 2006

    RELATED ARTICLE:  Working women more likely to divorce  Telegraph.co.uk- UK, Jul 10, 2005
      

  • Leap of faith but no quick fix  The Daily Telegraph- Austrailia, By Anita Quigley, August 23, 2006
    THIS time last year I attended religious instruction classes to convert to Islam. Not because I intended to become a Muslim but because I was keen to see who did. . . .Yet equally crucial to being a good Muslim is getting married. Indeed, the prophet Mohammed insisted upon his followers marrying. However it is this aspect of their new religion that they have so rapidly and willingly embraced that gives concern. . . . .

  • Marrying again to get her husband back  IBNLive,  August 22, 2006
    Kolkata: Islamic clerics have ruled that a woman divorced by her husband in a fit of drunkenness can remarry him only after she takes another husband for one day. Ershad, a rickshaw puller, uttered the word talaq, three times earlier this month while he was drunk, and when news leaked out in their village in eastern Orissa state, the clerics said they must separate. . . . Earlier this year, another Muslim couple in West Bengal was told by local religious leaders they must separate after the man uttered talaq three times in his sleep. . . .

    RELATED ARTICLE: 
    Court Annuls Marriage for Violation of Social Custom  Arab News, Saudi Arabia, August 21, 2006
Leap of faith but no quick fix

  • What marriage means in the New York Times  Lansing State Journal, MI, By Matt Katz, August 22, 2006
    ... The New York Times wedding section is like the richest kid in class. School bus drivers, dishwasher repairmen and union carpenters need not apply. This is for high-powered lawyers and hot models, cancer researchers and dentists who have small, white dogs and live in shiny apartment buildings. Not only are the people getting married of a certain pedigree, but The Times actually explains just how rich, educated and fancy these people are. . . .Since The Times started including gay couples in its papers in 2002, newspapers across the country have followed suit, and in the process a new vocabulary has been introduced to the world of weddings. The gay couples "affirm their partnerships" with both male and female "interfaith ministers" at "commitment ceremonies." It's a description of marriage that is hardly religious and entirely gender neutral - reflective, maybe, of what marriage for many people has already become. . . .

    RELATED SITE: 
    Weddings & Celebrations  The New York Times

  • Las Vegas marriage business no longer 24-7   KARE 11-MN, August 22, 2006
    Getting married is as much a tradition in Las Vegas as slot machines and buffets. But when the urge to merge comes in the wee hours, you'll have to wait. The county government says starting next week, its marriage license bureau will no longer be open 24-seven. . . . . .

    RELATED ARTICLE:
      Changes Proposed to Las Vegas' 24-Hour Marriage Licenses  KLAS-TV 8, By I- Team Reporter Mark Sayre, July 24, 2006

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Tips on surviving the top five most common newlywed roadblocks
  • Tips on surviving the top five most common newlywed roadblocks  The Wichita Eagle, KS -BY ALONNA FRIEDMAN,  -The Nest, August 22, 2006
    Nothing in life is seamless (OK, maybe quality stockings).  As you begin life as newly hitched, you will likely encounter a hitch or two (we couldn't resist). Seriously: It's totally normal, and you have nothing to fear. Yes, even that happy-looking couple holding hands in the park, who seem perfect and without conflict in their lives, are adjusting to snags in their relationship. Maybe they just know how to handle bumps better than you. Well, not for long. Here are the top five most common newlyweds dilemmas -- and how to solve them.
        *    Issue No. 1: My in-laws are too involved in our lives: You live in the same house, share a bank account and use the same shower soap, but your in-laws (and maybe even your own parents) might not recognize that a new fledging family needs room to grow.  Parents will always see their child as an extension of THEIR family -- new spouse included. . . .

    RELATED ARTICLE: 
    7 mistakes even smart newly weds make  The Wichita Eagle, KS, August 1, 2006

  • Make time to baby your marriage, too
    Swap that kids-first approach for a marriage-first mind-set; your children will thank you for it
      The Free Lance-Star- VA,  By Kim Baer, August 22, 2006
    A FEW WEEKS ago, my husband and I took a day off together. We went out to breakfast together, took in a movie and relaxed. It was long overdue. Between the demands of work and raising two young children, we'd put "couple time" on the back burner. Believe me, it was starting to show.  Parents should rethink this "kids first" approach, family counselors say. . . . . Children feel more safe and secure when their parents put their marriage first. When your children see that you have a great marriage, they can grow up and leave without guilt. Think of it this way: you are modeling a marriage for your children. They'll learn what to expect from a partnership from you. . . . .

    RELATED ARTICLE:
      Sorry, but my children bore me to death!  The Daily Mail, By HELEN KIRWAN-TAYLOR, July 26, 2006

  • Catch 22: Get caught in a good marriage  YourHub.com, By Jan Fallon, August 21, 2006
    Does this sound familiar? A wife has exhausted herself pursuing a husband who has disengaged from her and the kids. She finally reaches her limit and threatens to file for a divorce. That gets his attention and he makes an attempt to engage - perhaps by asking her out on a date, or by taking the kids to the zoo. He soon discovers he's not earning any points. His wife is distant and unimpressed. He ends up thinking, "Why do I bother?" Catch-22 is in full swing. . . . .

    RELATED RESOURCE:
      Secret that Cracks the Communication Code {Love and Respect.com}  By Emerson E. Eggerichs, PhD
Catch 22: Get caught in a good marriage

  • ISTAT: ITALIAN COUPLES LIVE TOGETHER BEFORE MARRIAGE  Agenzia Giornalistica Italia, August 21, 2006
    - Istat  (Italy's statistics institute), has provided an interesting picture of Italian couples from engagement to marriage conducting a study based on a research carried out in November 2003 on a sample of 19,000 families (totalling 49,000 people). Prospect partners usually meet for the first time and get to know each other at friends', on holidays or in the workplace (or at school). Their engagement usually lasts five years and they often choose to start living together a couple of years before the marriage. Finally they get married either because their relationship has proven successful or because they want a baby. On the day of the marriage. . . .

  • Marriage in Africa: Women Unable to Divorce Easily   Voice of America -By Douglas Mpuga, August 21, 2006
    . . . Nakakande told VOA English to Africa reporter Douglas Mpuga that divorce is not common in Africa. People do not have a clear understanding of what divorce actually is.” Nakakande said that given the power relations created by culture and traditions, it is easier for men than women to initiate divorce.  “In Uganda, even when a woman is widowed, it is the male relatives who decide her fate. Rural widows are not even allowed to remarry. . . .

Man shoots wife after seeing India film (Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (Never Say Goodbye) on marriage.
  • Man shoots wife after seeing India film on marriage   Reuters.uk, UK - August 21, 2006
    MUMBAI (Reuters) - An Indian man who took his wife to a hit Bollywood film about marital tensions hoping she would allow him to marry again shot her after she refused, police and a newspaper said. The Mumbai Mirror daily said on Monday the wife had left his home with their two children after a marital spat. But on Saturday, they had made up and went to see "Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna" (Never Say Goodbye), a Hindi film about couples finding love outside marriage, which has been playing to packed houses in Indian cities.  The newspaper said the 32-year-old man's real intention in taking his wife to the movie was to persuade her to allow him to marry his girlfriend. . . . .

RELATED ARTICLE:  At local cinemas, it's hooray for Bollywood  Boston Globe (Free Subscription)- US, By Swati Gauri Sharma, August 20, 2006.

RELATED ARTICLE:  Separated happily ever after?  Mumbai Mirror, India - August 21, 2006

RELATED ARTICLE:  Bollywood Gets Real, Taking On the Modern Indian Marriage  NEW YORK TIMES, By Anupama Chopra, July 30, 2006


  • Court Annuls Marriage for Violation of Social Custom  Arab News, Saudi Arabia, August 21, 2006
    DAMMAM — A happy three-year-long marriage of a Saudi couple with two children has been annulled by a court on the grounds that it violates social custom and practice, Al-Watan reported. The woman, Fatima, is a tribal Saudi and the man, Mansoor, is non-tribal. The court in Al-Jouf ruled that the marriage was illegal because the man’s social status was not equal to the woman’s. . . . .

  • Marriage in glass houses  Arbiter Online- ID, By Shannon Morgan, August 21, 2006
    Marriage. What kinds of feelings and thoughts do you experience when you hear that word? I recently went to a friends bachelorette party to celebrate one of her last nights as a single woman. When you say the word marriage to her she lights up with excitement and is quite simply radiant. The word marriage to me brings about an entirely different feeling that I can safely say makes me in no way radiant. Not by any stretch of the imagination. Having just begun my divorce proceedings I have a completely different perspective on this cultural staple in our society. . . . . It occurs to me that this country needs to be less concerned with how gays and lesbians will dirty the sanctity of marriage and more concerned with how we have done a fine job of that ourselves. More than half of the families with children who experience divorce move into poverty. . . . .

    RELATED ARTICLE: 
    Love, marriage and ... lutefish?  Winona Daily News, By  T.J. Lettner, August 20, 2006

    RELATED ARTICLE:  What marriage really needs is rewards   NorthJersey.com (Scripps Howard News Service), By David Waters June 22, 2006
Marriage in glass house

  • Black teens wary of marrying, say it ends in disaster  Chicago Tribune-US, By Vanessa E. Jones, The Boston Globe,  August 20, 2006
    BOSTON -- As African-American teenagers offer their opinions on marriage, their comments reveal a dreary view of the institution.  "I'm not looking forward to marriage," says Nakeeda Burns, a 17-year-old resident of Revere, and daughter of a single mother, "and I don't think we [people in general] should be married because I see how other marriages ended up in my family and on television. It's always a disaster.". . . . .

    RELATED ARTICLE: 'Marriage Is for White People'  The Washington Post- Joy Jones, By Mar 26, 2006


  • Pass the Aspirin, Wedding Bells Are Ringing and Ringing and Ringing    NEW YORK TIMES, By NICHOLAS KULISH, August 20, 2006
    It’s exactly this time of year, as August grinds along, that you see young men and women suffering from a powerful seasonal affliction. They drag through their days looking drained, sluggish. It’s not the heat. It’s not even the humidity. It’s the weddings. Summer is supposed to be a season of peace, of relaxation — time to hang the Gone Fishin’ shingle and take a break. Instead it has become a gantlet of festivities. Five weddings in a single season have left me a nearly broken man, and I have several friends and acquaintances who have gone to even more. I have wedding fatigue and I am not alone. . . . .

  • Parenting issues:  Fatherhood, I now learn, Is a Young Man's Game  The New York Times, By Rand Richards Cooper, August 20, 2006
    THE first time in my life I had unprotected sex, one August night three summers ago, I was 45. No pill or condom, no diaphragm or IUD — none of the sundry devices deployed to keep me careering, childless, through a quarter-century of romance with women I had lusted after and sometimes loved. This time the woman was my wife, Molly, and we had decided to have a baby. . . . .

34-year age gap wrecks Andre Previn's fifth marriage to Anne Sophie Mutter
  • 34-year age gap wrecks Previn's fifth marriage  Daily Mail- UK, By CAROLINE GRAHAM, August 20, 2006
    It was a match seemingly made in classical music heaven. When conductor Andre Previn married elegant violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter four years ago, they declared themselves "blissfully in love" - despite a 34-year age gap. But now 77-year-old Previn is contemplating the end of his fifth marriage after the couple quietly divorced in Mutter's home town of Munich, Germany. . . . .

  • Marriage, ultimately, requires a great leap of faith  Lansing State Journal- MI, By John Schneider, August 20, 2006
    It's the final night of our nuclear-family reunion. The cocktails are flowing. A slab of ribs sizzles on the Weber. An orange moon rises from the lake like a hot-air balloon. The chitchat is 100 percent lightweight. And then ..."So, how do you know when to get married?" my older son asks. The chitchat drops off the deck. Nothing immediately imminent, he rushes to explain, in response to the gasps from his sister. He's just interested in, you know, some general guidelines. . . . . People change. Circumstances change. Ultimately marriage is a leap of faith. . . . .

  • A Bit of Humor: Marriage means always having to say you’re sorry  Denver Daily News, By DDN STAFF REPORT, August 20, 2006
    Welcome to Town Talk, and we’re sure you could use a laugh on a Monday, so here’s something on marriage we had sent to us yesterday:
    • “I recently read that love is entirely a matter of chemistry. That must be why my wife treats me like toxic waste— David Bissonette
    • “When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her— Sacha Guitry. . . . .

  • Save your energy and sanity: just stay faithful  The Observer-UK, By Cristina Odone, August 20, 2006
    Syphilis is back. Chlamydia is out of control. Sexually transmitted infections went up 20 per cent between 2000 and 2004. This time, though, the epidemic of venereal diseases is not limited to youngsters raging with their hormones and against authority. Increasingly, their mothers and fathers are victims, too. The number of syphilis cases treated among women aged 45 to 64 is up sixteenfold since 1996; incidences of gonorrhoea have more than doubled. Who should we blame for this new trend? An urban myth dating back to the Seventies is of middle-class, wife-swapping sessions where men throw their car keys into a bowl and women pick a set at random and go off with the owner. But now, there are swinging singles parties, gaining new popularity among divorcees, with condomless sex as an added thrill. . . .
Save your energy and sanity: just stay faithful

Alfresco marriage market in China
  • Alfresco marriage market
    In China, parents are clinging to low-tech matchmaking methods
       San Francisco Chronicle, By Olivia Wu, August 20, 2006
    "Male, 26, 1980, Associate's Degree, 1.7 meters, realtor-manager, 2 homes (3-bedroom and 2-bedroom), 5,500 RMB. "Wanted: Female, 1.6-meters, Associate's Degree, steady workplace in Pudong, kind-hearted, diligent at livelihood, 3,000 RMB." The above is not an item in the personals classifieds, an online service, or some dating bulletin board. Instead, the message is handwritten in a faded felt-tip pen on a 9-by-11 white sheet of paper, protected by clear plastic and cradled in the lap of a middle-aged man. . . . . He's one of some 50 brokers who congregate at the centrally located park for an informal marriage mart that materializes every fair-weather weekend. . . .

    RELATED ARTICLE:  Seeking marriage on the streets, romantic or what?   China Daily- China, Oct 14, 2005

  • Man Wants 10-Year-Old For Marriage   Public Agenda- Ghana, August 19, 2006
    A 45-year-old man from Beposo in the Pru District of the Brong Ahafo Region caused a stir when he stormed the cottage of a neighbour with a machete and seized his wife and children. Caabor Sula is said to have acted that way because his neighbour, Mr. Gyapong who is his brother- in- law had refused to give his 10-year-old daughter to him for marraige. He told the chief and elders of Beposo who intervened that, it was their custom that a man who married from another family and has no sister was bound to give his first daughter to any male of the family he married from. . . . .

  • Marriage: A fountain of youth  Renewamerica.us, D.C., By David N. Bass, August 19, 2006
    With cohabitation, pre-marital sex, single-parent families, divorce and even adultery rampant in our society, it's obvious that some Americans view marital commitment with suspicion and contempt. By and large, popular culture teaches that wedded fidelity is secondary to pleasure, self-fulfillment and autonomy. Sexual freedom is seen as a necessary and almost sacred component of life in our post-modern age. Marriage is still a good thing, many feel, but there are a variety of more "progressive" alternatives available that are just as legitimate if not better. Yet this downplaying of the importance of marriage is ironic given what contemporary social researchers are continually finding. . . . .

    RELATED STUDY: 
    Marital status and longevity in the United States population  By Robert M. Kaplan, Richard G. Kronick 


  • Couples Join Israel's Biggest Marriage Ceremony  Totally Jewish- UK, By Lauren Wallis, August 17, 2006
    Fifty couples from the north of Israel, whose wedding plans were scuppered by Katyusha rockets, came together this week to celebrate the country’s biggest ever mass marriage ceremony. The sensational simcha on Monday, which was held in Tel Aviv, was conducted by Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Yonah Metzger and was attended by 5,000 guests, including a representative of the Guinness Book of Records. . . . .
Couples join Israel's biggest marriage ceremony

  • Is it ever too late to leave a bad marriage?  Inland Valley Daily Bulletin- CA, By Michael Stone, August 17, 2006
    Dear Michael: After going by the New Material section at the local library, I came across "A Kidnapped Mind." Although the story in the book was a very, very sickening and an extreme example, I felt that it would have happened to me had I left my marriage. I felt in my gut that something wasn't right when I was engaged to be married and basically was convinced by my fiancee, who had been married before, that I was immature, and knew nothing because I came from a dysfunctional family (my dad was frequently violent with my mother, the European doormat, and then became an alcoholic, which worsened things). I soon learned how dysfunctional a background he came from, although that was never acknowledged. . . . How does one deal with "I did what I thought was best but it screwed up my child anyways." You have no idea how much guilt I feel, which I also would have felt had I left his father.  Is there still time for him to recover from his losses -- an example of a good marriage, for one, and to finally see his "real" mom?. . . . .

  • Husband's incredible journey to make his anniversary  Daily Mail-UK, August 16, 2006
    When Garry Mulcahy's flight home from Spain was cancelled after the terror alerts, it seemed inevitable that he would miss his third wedding anniversary. But Mr Mulcahy was determined to keep his promise to be with his wife Victoria for a romantic meal on their special day. So he decided to go over land and under sea in a gruelling two-day, 800-mile journey that would cost him £500. It involved two taxis, three trains, two coaches, two car journeys - and a great deal of stress. But he made it home, albeit with only moments to spare. . . . .

The collapse of marriage and the rise of welfare dependence
  • The Collapse of Marriage and the Rise of Welfare Dependence  The Heritage Foundation, By Jennifer A. Marshall, Robert Lerman, Ph.D., Barbara Dafoe Whitehead, Ph.D., Hon. Wade Horn, Ph.D., Robert Rector-  Heritage Lecture #959, August 15, 2006 (Delivered May 22, 2006)
    JENNIFER A. MARSHALL: This is the first in a series of events that will focus on the tenth anniversary of the welfare reform of 1996. One of the most impor­tant features of that reform was to establish in policy that poverty is linked to lifestyle issues like fatherless­ness, unwed childbearing, and the loss of a culture of work. In 1996, work requirements and caps on ben­efits were some of the significant changes in federal welfare policy. As a result of that reform, black child poverty fell to its lowest level in history, and 1.5 mil­lion fewer children are in poverty today. But good news like that had been a long time in coming. The link between family breakdown and poverty had been noticed much earlier than the 1990s. . . .

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      Marriage as Anti-Child-Poverty Program   Connect for Kids.com, By Roshin Mathew, July 24, 2006

    RELATED ARTICLE:  Program Seeks to Fight Poverty by Building Family Ties  NEW YORK TIMES, By Erik Eckholm, July 20, 2006


  • Gay "Marriage"  Townhall.com, By Thomas Sowell, August 15, 2006
    Now that a number of state courts have refused to redefine marriage to include same-sex unions, cries of "discrimination" are being heard. The "equal protection of the laws" provided by the Constitution of the United States applies to people, not actions. Laws exist precisely in order to discriminate between different kinds of actions. . . . Analogies with bans against interracial marriage are bogus. Race is not part of the definition of marriage. A ban on interracial marriage is a ban on the same actions otherwise permitted because of the race of the particular people involved. It is a discrimination against people, not actions. . . . .

    RELATED ARTICLE:
      The State of the Nation on Same-Sex Marriage: Key Court Losses Mean It May Be Restricted to Massachusetts For Now  FINDLAW.com, By Joanna Grossman, August 08, 2006

    RELATED ARTICLE:  The Senator who cried 'bigot'  Townhall.com- By Maggie Gallagher, June 6, 2006

  • Passion dies 'as soon as a woman is sure of her man'  Daily Mail, August 15, 2006
    It is a common complaint for many couples. However amorous they may have been in the first few years of the relationship, after a while the passion fizzles out. Now researchers have provided an explanation. Apparently, a women's libido starts to wane as soon as she feels sure she has got her man. Scientists believe the different sex drives of men and women result from the way humans evolved. . . . . Scientists have found that after four years in a relationship, fewer than half of women say they want to make love regularly. In contrast, men's sexual desire remains just as strong regardless of how long they have been with their partner. . . .

  • But not tonight, darling IFA Online- UK, By Jonathan Boyd, August 15, 2006
    . . . . . Why would the male of the species continue to commit to the idea of a relationship of diminishing returns, added to which is the risk of losing one’s shirt? (I know, I know, men are stupid and never ask for directions.) . . . . . Given the propensity for divorce to destroy value, and given the risk couples who remain married may maintain an increasingly dreary togetherness, perhaps it is time financial advisers added relationship gurus to their roster of staff, to provide a truly lifetime experience that will help their client couples maintain healthy relationships, and build better long-term business for the books. . . . .
Does passion die as soon as a woman is sure of her man?

  • Saving parents' marriage not responsibility of a 13-year-old  Newsday- NY, By Amy Dickinson, August 15, 2006
    Dear Amy: I am a 13-year-old girl living in a "war zone." My parents constantly battle about unimportant things and usually end up making me and my sisters take sides.  Unfortunately, it has always been like this. Long story short, my parents met, fell in love and got married, already burdened with debt and family sicknesses on my father's side.  My mother was very supportive of my dad for several years, helping him and his family financially, opening up her house to my father's relatives. My father never supported her as she did him during those times. Now flash forward 15 years. They have four children, but their relationship is broken. They are so sick of each other that they can't stand to even touch each other.  My parents are avid Christians and do not believe in divorce. They are extremely encouraging and wonderful parents, but they aren't open to counseling. I've tirelessly tried to unite them again, but nothing seems to work. Please help me. . . .


Heading back to school can be tough in divorce cases
  • Parenting Issues:  Heading back to school can be tough in divorce cases  Charlotte Observer, By BETSY FLAGLER, August 15, 2006
    As about 60 million U.S. children head back to school this fall, plenty of fights are sure to crop up -- about clothes. . . . But the back-to-school squabbles that concern divorce attorney Sharyn Sooho the most have to do with divorced parents battling over who pays for what. "Don't wait until the day before school starts to settle these matters," says Sooho, co-founder of www.divorcenet.com.  Preferably parents have financial issues spelled out in their custody agreements, but new school-related issues continue to crop up each year, Sooho says. Not just about clothes but who gets to chaperone what field trip? What activities will the child get to be involved in? Even what school will the child attend, near dad's house or mom's? . . . . . .

  • Parenting Issues:  Co-parenting after divorce  SheKnows.com, AZ, August 15, 2006
    Each year divorce impacts millions of lives in the U.S., from young children to adults whose parents divorced decades ago. Because children can be caught in the middle of post-divorce conflict for years, parents need to understand how their behavior impacts children following a divorce, and strive to work together to shelter them from behaviors that can negatively impact the adjustment of the entire family for years to come. . . . .As noted in the "Children's Bill of Rights," from the University of Missouri Cooperative Extension, children of divorce have:
    • The right to be free from parental conflict.
    • The right to love both parents. . . . 

  • Kate Hudson Splits with husband   The Age- AU, August 15, 2006
    You, Me and Dupree star Kate Hudson and her rocker husband Chris Robinson have separated after six years of marriage, a spokesman for the actress said on Monday.  Publicist Brad Cafarelli confirmed that Hudson, 27, and Robinson, 39, had split. He offered no details. The couple, who were married on New Year's Eve in 2000, have a 2-year-old son, Ryder. . . . .

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      Marriage break-up mystifying   Melbourne Herald Sun, Australia, August 16, 2006

    RELATED CELEBRITY NEWS:  Raymond's Brad Garrett Secretly Divorced  People Magazine, By Stephen M. Silverman, August 15, 2006

    RELATED CELEBRITY NEWS:  Charlie & Denise Make Peace, For Now  People Magazine, By Ken Lee, Aug 14, 2006
Kate Hudson splits with husband Chris Robinson

  • Heather In The Sky With Beatrice
    She Takes Helicoptor After Macca Bans Her From Home
      The Mirror-UK, By Fiona Cummings, August 16, 2006
    SIR Paul McCartney went out of his way to avoid Heather Mills yesterday as she collected their daughter Beatrice by helicopter. In a fresh sign that the break-up of their four-year marriage is becoming increasingly messy Sir Paul, 64, had insisted Heather could not collect their two-year-old daughter from his estate at Peasmarsh, East Sussex. . . .

  • Divorce planners help when honeymoon is over   Independent Online-South Africa, Aug 14, 2006
    - A German company has come up with a novel idea to help separated couples: divorce planners. Sieglinde Vauth, who runs the Agentur Rosenkrieg, or War Of The Roses Agency, offers to help couples on the path to divorce by mediating between spouses, giving them advice and helping to arrange all the practical aspects of a divorce - including sorting out the finances. . . .


  • Depressed? Marriage May Help, Study Says   FORBES.com (HealthDay News), August 14, 2006
    -- With apologies to about 10,000 stand-up comedians, marriage may be the cure for depression, rather than the cause of it. In fact, researchers say, people who experience depression before they get married are the most likely to get emotional health benefits from marriage. . . . .This research comes on the heels of another study that found that people who never marry had a greater chance of dying early than people who were married. In fact, people who'd never married had an even higher risk of early death than people who were divorced, separated or widowed, suggesting that marriage confers some sort of health benefit, even if it doesn't work out. . . . .

  • Some Thoughts on Marriage, Divorce and Children  MensNewsDaily- By Eva Ellsworth, August 13, 2006
    . . . . .Changing our attitudes toward marriage may prevent some divorces.  People of both sexes have increasingly come to see everything as being about fulfillment of their wants and needs.  Marriage is a partnership that often involves putting the other spouse’s needs ahead of one’s own.  At least it is supposed to be: I am shocked when I watch television programs that depict married women making major decisions that affect both spouses without consulting their husbands. Do most married women do this?  If so, I can see why many marriages end in divorce.  Our society has not only become increasingly self-centered, but it also expects instant gratification and that all experiences be satisfying.  Marriage may have been idealized into something it can never be: Nothing but prosperity, good times, great sex and perfect children. . . . .

Good sex is good for the family
  • Good sex is good for the family  The Malaysia Star, August 13, 2006
    I DO agree with “A Satisfied Husband” who wrote "Ladies, good sex makes happy marriages" (Your Say, StarMag, July 30). What makes those of you who disagree ("Try being a wife, More to marriage than just sex," Your Say, StarMag, Aug 6), think his wife is not enjoying herself having good sex with her husband too? Good sex would be an act of love between husband and wife, with both deriving satisfaction from each other and enjoying it together. . . .

    RELATED ARTICLE:  
     Ladies, good sex makes happy marriages  Malaysia StarMag- Malaysia, July 30, 2006

    RELATED ARTICLE:  Try being a wife  Your Say, Malaysia Star- Malaysia, August 6, 2006

  • The Trouble with Men  uExpress.com, By Maggie Gallagher, August 8, 2006
    At the highest echelons, men are doing well. Just look at the list of Nobel Prize winners, corporate presidents, senators, movie directors and entrepreneurs, all heavily male. But underneath the highest echelons, there is growing evidence that men, as a gender, are not doing so well. . . . . So why do we care? Here's one reason: Men and women are not from different planets, we are from the same families. When men do badly, women have a hard time finding good mates for themselves and good fathers for our children. . . .  .

    RELATED ARTICLE: 
      Facing Middle Age With No Degree, and No Wife  NEW YORK TIMES, Eduardo Porter and Michelle O'Donnell, August 6, 2006

  • Never Marrieds Run Highest Risk of Early Death  Newswise- British Medical Journal, Aug 8, 2006
     — People who never marry have the greatest chance of an earlier death, reveals a study in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. The findings are based on national census and death certification data, involving almost 67,000 adults in the USA between 1989 and 1997. . . . "Risky” behaviours could not explain the differences, say the authors, because the unmarried group were only slightly more likely to smoke than their married counterparts, and they were less likely to drink alcohol regularly. They also exercised slightly more and were less overweight. . . .

    RELATED STUDY: 
    Marital status and longevity in the United States population  By Robert M. Kaplan, Richard G. Kronick

    RELATED ARTICLE:  More People Prefer Single Life to Marriage   The Seoul Times-KOREA, By Tim Park, August 8, 2006
Never marrieds run highest risk of early death

  • Satan Announces Opposition to Gay Marriage  Huffington Post- NY, Blogged by Toby Barlow, August 8, 2006
    In a crowded press conference early Tuesday morning, Satan announced his disavowal of both gay marriages and civic unions. "I know there is are a lot of people who might think I'm in favor of this," he said, "but you couldn't be more wrong. . . .

  • When a marriage ends, what do you do with the keepsakes?  Quad-Cities Online, By Robin J. Youngblood, August 8, 2006
    When a marriage ends there's still a nagging question: What do you do with the stuff that reminds you of him or her? . . . . .  A recently single person should allow plenty of time to grieve for the relationship before sorting out the good from the bad. Until then, Ms. Ricketts said to "box it up, put it away and, hopefully, you don't have to rent a storage unit." For some people, however, the nagging memories are enough reason for them to get rid of whatever reminds them of their ex-spouse. . . .
When a marriage ends, what do you do with the keepsakes?

Blind date + one unhappy newlywed = 32.5 years of marriage
  • A blind date + one unhappy newlywed = 32.5 years of marriage  HappyNews.com, By Davey Jolly, August 8, 2006
    Placing your love life in the hands of others can be a daring move—especially in today's age of higher divorce rates and unconventional courtship practices. But as an 18-year-old in 1972, agreeing to a blind date didn't seem like such a bad idea. After all, my ex-girlfriend had recently dropped the bomb that she didn't think we should see each other anymore, and Mary was my cousin's best friend. It couldn't possibly be that bad. . . . . On our wedding day, as I was standing before the preacher with our families watching, I said, "I do." And then suddenly, I developed extremely cold feet and realized I wasn't ready for marriage. . . .

  • More People Prefer Single Life to Marriage   The Seoul Times-KOREA, By Tim Park, August 8, 2006
    Traditional norms have pushed people to settle down and form families through marriage. Thoughts and values have drastically evolved with time, however, and many people prefer independence and wealth more than ever before; thus, they would rather stay single. . . . . The number of marriages in the U.S., excluding only a few states, decreased from 2,366,623 in 1999 to 2,355,005 in 2000, while the number of divorces increased from 944,317 in 1999 to 957,200 in 2000. Avoidance of commitment, being able to get sex without marriage, not wanting to make a mistake, and the fear of financial crisis and fear of emotional stress due to divorce were few of the many reasons why people preferred staying single. . . . .

  • Reinventing the invented tradition of marriage  The Royal Gazette- Bermuda, By Michael McAuley, August 7, 2006
    Today the law is intent on examining all relationships of emotional, financial, sexual, and social support. Of particular interest is the institution of marriage. In the New Yorker a recent cartoon was captioned: "Gays and lesbians getting married – haven't they suffered enough?" The law of marriage is part of family law, and family law is a dismal subject. For the most part, it deals with the end – love's final gasp – of what might well have been a momentary liaison. . . . In other words – and less delicately – marriage exists to contain lust. "Better to marry than to burn." (1 Corinthians 7:9) For so many reasons, no one should want traditional marriage, least of all women. . . .

    RELATED ARTICLE: 
    Marriage didn’t crawl out of a primordial swamp of immorality  Journal Gazette Times/Times Courier Online, By CLAY HARDY, August 7, 2006


  • Marriage sans sex is a curse: HC Times of India, August 7, 2006
    JAIPUR: The Rajasthan High Court has observed that non-consummation of marriage amounts to cruelty and said it was the principal obligation on the part of the husband to satisfy the biological urge of his wife. Passing a decree of dissolution of marriage, the Jodhpur division Bench of the High Court said that married life without cohabitation would be a curse to the wife. . . .


  • For Some, Escaping From Casablanca Took a Promise of Marriage  The New York Sun, By JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN, August 7, 2006
    Over the years, people have come up with many desperate schemes to leave behind Casablanca. One of the most recent involved a Moroccan man, Abdellatif Nouira, who told winners of the local green card lottery that he could help them breeze through a final background check if they would marry his siblings and bring them along to America, law enforcement officials say. Today, eight years after the alleged scheme began, the trial of Mr. Nouira and two of his brothers, a sister, his ex-wife, and a consulate employee opens in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn. . . . .
For some, escaping from Casablanca took a promise of marriage

RELATED ARTICLE:  Female teachers use fake marriage certificates  The Daily Times- Malawi, By MAURICE NKAWIHE, August 8, 2006 

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Feds Say They've Broken a Phony Marriage Scheme KUTv.com, August 8, 2006


Nick Lachey: Only death beats divorce
  • Only death beats divorce, says Lachey  The Austrailian News.com.au, By Erin McWhirter, August 6, 2006
    US pop star Nick Lachey says the only thing worse than his public split and divorce from Hollywood star Jessica Simpson is death. . . . Lachey is currently in Australia to promote his latest album, What's Left Of Me. "The only thing I can think of that can be harder would be losing someone. This has been such a drawn out, long thing, that it really is a difficult thing to go through, not just for me, but for anyone that has ever gone through it.". . . Rumoured to be dating MTV host Vanessa Minnillo, Lachey says he is enjoying single life. Dating an Australian girl isn't out of the question. . . . .

    RELATED ARTICLE: 
    Vanessa Minnillo: Nick Lachey Not Pining Away for Jessica Simpson  National Ledger, AZ, By Lynda Johnson, July 3, 2006

    RELATED ARTICLE:  Nick: 'It's Time to Move On'  People Magazine - By Stephen M. Silverman, Jul 3, 2006


  • Yahoo! invests $8.65 million in Indian marriage portal   Strategy.com, August 6, 2006
    Yahoo! Inc., a leading global Internet company and Canaan Partners, a global early stage venture investor in innovative technology companies, have announced that the companies have both invested US $8.65 million in BharatMatrimony.com Pvt. Ltd, the No. 1 matrimony service provider with 7.5 million registered members. Both investors will be represented on the board of the company. Veda Corporate Advisors acted as a strategic advisor to the transaction. . . . . Yahoo! India said, “BharatMatrimony Group’s strength in matrimonial and other services complements the strong offerings we already provide in the Indian market across communications, search, and mobile. . . . .

  • More to marriage than just sex   Your Say, Malaysia Star- Malaysia, August 6, 2006
    I THINK a better pseudonym for A Satisfied Husband would be “A Neanderthal Husband” or “A Totally Chauvinistic Husband” or “An Extremely Antiquated Blockhead of a Man” (Ladies, good sex makes happy marriages, Your Say, StarMag, July 30). I don’t really know where or how to start my tirade against him because his entire premise seems to be a total reflection of his intelligence, or rather, lack of it. . . . . Mr Satisfied Husband here seems to think that sex is the answer to a great marriage and it is the wife’s duty to provide it. . . .

    RELATED ARTICLE:  
     Ladies, good sex makes happy marriages  Malaysia StarMag- Malaysia, July 30, 2006

    RELATED ARTICLE:  Try being a wife  Your Say, Malaysia Star- Malaysia, August 6, 2006

    RELATED ARTICLE:  Spot on, Satisfied Husband!  Your Say, Malaysia Star- Malaysia, August 6, 2006
More to marriage than just sex

RELATED ARTICLE:  LOVE AND MARRIAGE: Behind bedroom doors  MSNBC.com, By Correspondent Rob Stafford, July 14, 2006

RELATED ARTICLE: 
The politics of the bedroom   RenewAmerica.org, By Christian Hartsock, July 2, 2006

RELATED ARTICLE: 
Will This Marriage Last?  Time magazine, By Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman, Posted June 30, 2006


  • Facing Middle Age With No Degree, and No Wife  NEW YORK TIMES, Eduardo Porter and Michelle O'Donnell, August 6, 2006
    . . . . About 18 percent of men ages 40 to 44 with less than four years of college have never married, according to census estimates. That is up from about 6 percent a quarter-century ago. Among similar men ages 35 to 39, the portion jumped to 22 percent from 8 percent in that time. At virtually every level of education, fewer Americans are marrying. But the decline is most pronounced among men with less education. . . . Perhaps most significant, many men without college degrees are not marrying because the pool of women in their social circles — those without college degrees — has shrunk. . . .

  • Rich men 'in big trouble' after record divorce payout  The Austrailian.news.com.au, August 5, 2006
    LONDON: An insurance magnate has been ordered to pay his ex-wife pound stg. 48 million ($118.4 million) in what is believed to be the largest divorce award made by a British court. John Charman said he would contest the ruling, which was made in private at the Family Division of the High Court last week but became public yesterday. The sum is thought to be the largest awarded to an English wife in a contested case, although higher settlements have been reached outside the courts. . . . Mr Charman said: "This judgment is poor and blatantly discriminatory. The size of the award is grotesque and unfair. "I made a fair and open offer to my wife of pound stg. 20million, which would be impossible for any reasonable person to spend in their lifetime. . . .

    RELATED ARTICLE:
      The Big Question: Has divorce become too expensive for the rich?  The Independent Online- Legal- UK- By Maxine Frith, May 19, 2006

    RELATED ARTICLE: Wealthy turn to the pre-nup to cap multi-million pound divorces  Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom -By Andrew Alderson, May 21, 2006

Perils of 'living in sin'
  • Perils of 'living in sin'   Edmonton Sun, By Jennifer Parks, Aug 5, 2006
    . . . . Shacking up is no longer considered "living in sin" like it was in our parents' day, but is rather a viable - even responsible - way to test drive a relationship and see if there's forever potential. Today we're also more establishment-weary and less of a churchgoing generation, which affects how we think about getting hitched.. . . . We may want to save money, spend more time with our partner, have more regular sex or test our compatibility, but then we lose sight of our intentions and simply get comfortable. We take the path of least resistance, even if it leads us down a long, unhappy road of doomed-to-fail matrimony. . . . . .

    RELATED ARTICLE:
    Cohabiters, Especially Poor Women, Are Unlikely to Wed   Newswise (Press Release, Source: Cornell University) - Jul 9, 2006


  • CHINA STUDY: One in four brides regrets having tied the knot  China Daily, By Cao Li and Mark South, August 3, 2006
     The reluctance of young Chinese to tie the knot, a common cause of friction between parents and their grown-up children, has been given fresh impetus with news that almost one in four Chinese brides regrets saying "I do."  A survey of newly-weds, married in the last three years, found that if they could have their time again more than 24 per cent of wives would either choose a different husband or not marry at all.  Having celebrated her nuptials less than a year ago, Wen Jun, 29, already considers her marriage a failure.

  • Can Mel's Marriage Survive His Scandal?  ETonline, August 3, 2006
    Now that charges have been filed against MEL GIBSON in his DUI case, a larger question looms over the high-profile actor-director: can his marriage survive his arrest scandal? . . . . . In a variety of statements released to the public, the contrite actor has vowed to combat his relapse, saying he has "already taken necessary steps to ensure my return to health." But damage done to his wife and family (he has seven children) may be his toughest challenge yet. . . . .

    RELATED ARTICLE:
      Mel Gibson Charged with Drunken Driving  People magazine August 2, 2006
Can Mel's marriage survive his scandal?

  • When the Beard Is Too Painful to Remove NEW YORK TIMES, By Jane Gross, August 3, 2006
    THEY spend decades denying their sexual confusion to themselves and others. They generally limit their encounters with men to anonymous one-night stands and tell all manner of lies if their wives suspect. They consider themselves to be devoted husbands, conscientious fathers and suburban homeowners, and what typically brings them to the point of crisis in their 40’s, 50’s and even 60’s is their first emotional connection with another man. . . .

  • SAN FRANCISCO: Catholic Charities scaling back its role in adoption services  San Francisco Chronicle, By Cicero A. Estrella, August 3, 2006
    After spending nearly 100 years finding homes for children awaiting adoption, Catholic Charities announced that it will no longer provide full adoption services. . . . The decision to end adoptions comes five months after the archdiocese said it no longer would allow same-sex couples to adopt children through its Catholic Charities agency. . . .

    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

Elton: 'I'm not married'
  • ELTON: 'I'M NOT MARRIED!'  ContactMusic.com  August 2, 2006
    SIR ELTON JOHN is ecstatic to be united in law with his partner DAVID FURNISH, but hates it when the media or public label the couple "married". The flamboyant rocker interprets the term 'marriage' in relation to heterosexual Christian ceremonies - far removed from the same-sex civil ceremony the pair participated in last December (21DEC05). . . . .

    RELATED ARTICLE:
      For Some Gays, a Right They Can Forsake    NEW YORK TIMES, By Anemona Hartocollis, July 30, 2006

  • Star Jones Reynolds May Sue: Marriage Problems 'Categorically False"  National Ledger, AZ, By Jo Anne Way, August 2, 2006
    Star Jones Reynolds has made a strong denial that her marriage is in trouble as reported in The New York Post. Reynolds, 44, the former co-host of the View is also considering legal action against the leaker. The Post reported on Wednesday's Page Sixthat "Star Jones has been telling friends on the East End that her marriage is about to fade out.". . . .

    RELATED ARTICLE:
      JONES' MARRIAGE STAR CROSSED  New York Post-Page Six, By Richard Johnson with Paula Froelich, Chris Wilson and Bill Hoff, August 2, 2006
Star Jones Reynolds may sue: Marriage rumors 'categorically false'

  • Gender difference, not gay marriage at center of family fight  TownHall.com, By Michael Medved, August 2, 2006
    When social conservatives make the arguments against gay marriage, we usually lose the debates before we even begin. We make a terrible mistake whenever we focus the discussion on the nature of homosexuality – is it a sinful and destructive erotic perversion, or a valid, harmless way to express affection and sensuality? . . . . The real issue behind the gay marriage dispute isn’t the validity of homosexual attraction, it’s the importance of gender differences--- and that’s a question on which nearly all Americans can agree. . . . .

  • Fresh divisions emerge as gay priests 'tie the knot'  24dash.com, Publisher: Jon Land, August 2, 2006
    A leading Church of England clergyman has tied the knot with his long term partner, sparking fresh divisions over the issue of homosexuality. Evangelical groups have reacted with dismay after it emerged that the Rt Rev Jeffrey John, Dean of St Albans, entered into a civil partnership. But gay church campaigners expressed their delight and predicted a future when bishops would be able to do the same. . . . .

    RELATED ARTICLE: 
    Married priest ordained in Ukrainian Catholic church  Gateway Newspapers.com, By Jeffrey Widmer, August 2, 2006

Big families enrich our lives, society
  • Big families enrich our lives, society  ContraCosta Times, By Tom Purcell, August 2, 2006
    FOR THE SAKE of everybody, I wish more people could experience the family life I knew as a kid. I was raised the only boy with five sisters, an experience that was at once a blessing and a curse. Being the only boy caused me my fair share of difficulties. . . . .One of the great tragedies of current times is that so few people are experiencing family life, as my sisters and I got to. Fewer kids have brothers and sisters to enjoy, and what good is childhood if you can't get on the nerves of your siblings? What's worse is that fewer adults are enjoying the blessings my parents knew so well. A recent report from the National Marriage Project found that more Americans are postponing marriage and having fewer children. One of America's fastest growing demographics is that of single adults living alone. . . .  . 

    RELATED ARTICLE: 
      REPORT: Life Without Children The State of Our Unions: The Social Health of Marriage in America 2006  National Marriage Project-Rutgers University, By Barbara Dafoe Whitehead & David Popenoe

  • The marriage merge  Tonawanda News- NY, By Sharon DeMarko-Gordon, August 1, 2006
    When two become one, newlyweds might have to deal with more than just thank-you cards and a honeymoon sunburn. Nearly 5 million Americans cross the threshold into newlywedded bliss each year, creating a new industry called “the marriage or mating merge.” It’s mine, yours and ours when couples either exchange formal vows in a church or simply agree to become room- or housemates. Magazines such as Merge and The Knot and Web sites such as thenest.com are devoted to successful amalgamation of what couples have collected through their lives. . . . . .

  • 7 mistakes even smart newly weds make  The Wichita Eagle, KS, August 1, 2006
    Think you know it all? Think again. Don't let these common missteps of married life spoil your post-wedding paradise.
    Mistake No. 1: Not dealing with debt  We know it's not very romantic, but there are lots of financial to-dos the first year -- particularly if you want to set yourself up to buy a home within a few years.. . . . Mistake No. 2: Alienating your friends:  Friends are the foundation of a successful marriage, so you need to keep them as an important factor in your life. . . . .

 

 

7 mistakes even smart newlyweds make



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