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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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- Paris Hilton Engaged to Shipping
Heir ABC News.com,
May 31, 2005
Reality Star Paris Hilton Engaged to
Boyfriend, Greek Shipping Heir Paris Latsis. . . .Latsis, 27,
proposed to Hilton, 24, on Wednesday after she returned from a
three-week publicity tour in Europe to promote her horror flick
"House of Wax" and her new fragrance. . .
RELATED ARTICLE: Paris
Hilton Engaged to Greek Shipping Heir
People magazine, May 30,
2005
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Just the FAQs for a happy marriage Gwinnett
Daily Post- GA, By Jim Hendricks,
May 31, 2005
. . . . Still, we
persevered night after night after night to compile The Happy Guy’s
Guide to Marriage, a list of answers to frequently asked questions.
. . . Q:
After the ceremony, how long should I wait before I make it clear
to my wife just who the boss is in our family?
A: This should be addressed immediately. You’re approach should be
simple, direct and concise. Go right up to your wife, take her hand
firmly, look her straight in the eye and say, “Honey, you’re the
boss.”. . . .
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- Marriage may well need
work Metro
Toronto, Canada, By Lisi Tesher,
May 30, 2005
--Once again,
Donald Trump and I are in disagreement. Recently, on Live With
Regis And Kelly, The Donald boasted that his relationship with his
new bride, Melania, doesn't need any work...Not only that, but I
worry for The Trumpster if that's really the way he feels. This
could be part of the reason why Melania is his third wife. And if
he continues to walk around with that laissez-faire attitude, she
may not be the last. . . . .
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- Charities benefit as couples redirect their wedding gifts Times Online-UK, By Helen Nugent, May 30, 2005
... Of the 95 couples that have used the site, the average wedding has raised about £650 for charity. As the average age of marriage...“Couples spend an average of £15,764 on their wedding with the largest portion, averaging £2,828, going on their honeymoon. We felt that if Wedding List Giving can help redirect even a small portion of this estimated £3.5 billion annual spend to charity, then our efforts will have been worth it.”...
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Bride gang-raped after wedding News24 - Cape Town, South Africa, May 30, 2005
The daily Times said Mujahid Hussain and his family allowed the bride, Kaneez Kubra, to be dishonoured in revenge for her brother's crime of having sexual relations with their daughter... In Pakistan's tribal and rural Punjab, women are married without their consent in compensation for the crime committed by their male family members to settle the dispute under "Swara" and "Vani" customs...
Wedding addresses HIV stigma Guardian Unlimited - UK, May 30, 2005
An HIV-positive couple were married in a ceremony conducted by the mayor of Bangui, Central African Republic state radio said, in an unusually public acknowledgment of those living with the disease in Africa. ... About 16% of the impoverished republic's 3.6 million people are infected with HIV. Average life expectancy has fallen below 40 years...
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- Advice Column: Amy
Dickinson Chicago
Tribune-Chicago, IL,USA, May 30, 2005
She's
staying but, wistfully, with a sad man... I love and respect my
husband and will never leave him or stray from our marriage.We are
no longer intimate because of the side effects of his medications,
but we are still best friends. I'm thankful that he is in my life.
I struggle with the fact he can never be happy...
- What is the best way to prevent
abortions? Townhall.com, By Nathan Tabor, May 29, 2005
...all of these needless tragedies could be avoided
by curtailing the illicit sexual activity that leads to unwanted
pregnancies. Without intercourse, conception simply cannot occur.
The sure-fire cure for unwanted pregnancy is not more classroom
instruction in putting condoms on bananas, but sexual abstinence
until marriage...Old-fashioned sexual morality may not seem so cool
or hip, but it can sure keep you out of
trouble.
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- Parenting Issues: Connecting the dots
Townhall.com, By Rebecca Hagelin, May
27, 2006
Crammed upside down at the bottom of a trash bin with
cement blocks piled on top of her tiny body, yet another of
America's little girls was seen as nothing more than garbage.
Kidnapped, raped and left to die a horrible death, the
eight-year-old child is the latest in an ever-growing torrent of
victims of a toxic culture...Few seem to be “connecting the dots”
from the obvious cultural corruption, to the failure of parents to
truly "parent" their kids to the brutal consequences being suffered
by our children...
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- Mary Kay's crime pays Townhall.com, By Brent Bozell, May 27,
2006
Today's celebrity
journalism is only interested in that which is interesting ,
no matter how vile the atrocity. It will make all kinds of excuses
for the infamous if they can be milked for Nielsen ratings points.
Worse yet, it will pay the infamous for the privilege of
wallowing in their vomit-inducing lives...
RELATED ARTICLE: Mary
Kay Letourneau Weds Her Former Student ABC News-AP, By
Melanthia Mitchell, May 21, 2005
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Sacrificing Science:
Hardwired for Homosexuality? Breakpoint.org,
By Chuck Colson, May 26, 2005
The
media is trumpeting a new study that seems to suggest that
homosexuality is genetic. But a closer look reveals something quite
different. . . . Now, to put it in lay terms,
this is the “smell test.” Males sniffed women and were attracted,
and vice versa. But gay men were exposed to both types of odors,
and they were aroused by men, not females. . . . .
At this point, what the research
suggests is that human pheromones may indeed exist. But what caused
the preferences—nature or nurture—is not known. You wouldn’t know
that, however, from media accounts. .
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RELATED ARTICLE: Sniffing out the gay gene International Herald Tribune- NEW YORK TIMES, By Steven Pinker, May 18, 2005
RELATED ARTICLE: The Scent of a Man Time magazine, By Michael D. Lemonick, May 15, 2005
RELATED ARTICLE: Myths and Facts: Is homosexuality just another way to love, or is there danger ahead? Family.org RELATED ARTICLE: Myths and Facts About Homosexuality, Part 2 Family.org, RELATED ARTICLE: Myths and Facts About Homosexuality, Part 3 Family.org
RELATED SITE: National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH) |
ELTON SETS WEDDING DATE Contactmusic.com, UK - May 27, 2005
Flamboyant rocker SIR ELTON
JOHN is set to marry for the second time on 21 December (05) -
making an honest man of his long-term love DAVID FURNISH. . .
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- Divorce: Helping your child cope with the
breakup MayoClinic.com, May 26, 2005
Explaining to children
why mom and dad are calling it quits is easier said than done. Find
out how you can help your child cope with separation and divorce. .
. . . More than a million children a year experience their parents'
divorce. It's a stressful time for the entire family, full of
changes for everyone involved. Children are creatures of habit and
routine, so divorce often turns their world upside down. The good
news is that you can make your child's adjustment to these changes
much easier, simply by the way you choose to interact with your
spouse. . . .
- Divorce and Marriage Affect
Black Children More UC Davis (press release)-CA, May 25, 2005
Divorce and marriage play much bigger economic roles for
black children than white children in the United States, according
to a new study by two UC Davis economists. Marianne Page and
Ann Huff Stevens find that in the first two years following a
divorce, family income among white children falls about 30 percent,
while it falls by 53 percent among black children. . . . In fact,
three or more years after the divorce, the black families' income
remains 47 percent lower than if the parents had remained together.
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- 'Love marriages have led to increase in
divorce' Hindustan Times- India, May
25, 2005
Love is a fickle emotion that has
led to a large increase in divorces, remarriages, premarital sex,
single parenting and same sex marriages, compared to olden days,
according to a book tracing the history of marriage. . .
. However, a devastating by-product of the personal love match
is divorce because, "as millions of couples have discovered, once
love flees, marriages end.". . . .
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- Angelina Jolie: I never slept with
Brad AZ Central.com- AZ, May 25, 2005
We've all seen the African beach photos and have
heard the speculation of the romance between Brad Pitt and Angelina
Jolie. ET on Yahoo! has the lowdown on a new tell-all interview the
leggy actress has given to Marie Claire. . . . He's
extremely down to earth, goofy and funny and very good." So who is
she dating, if it isn't Pitt? . . . .
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- Runaway Bride Indicted
CBS News, May 25,
2005
Runaway bride Jennifer Wilbanks was indicted
Wednesday for allegedly filing a false police report claiming she
had been kidnapped, charges that could mean up to six years in
prison...This indictment does not rule out a possible plea
agreement to lesser charges, Porter said. Authorities had said they
were talking to the Wilbanks family about a possible deal...
RELATED ARTICLE: There goes the runaway bride Townhall.com, By Suzanne Fields, May 9,
2005
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- Boston Hotel Features 'Runaway Bride Escape'
Package Boston Channel.com- MA,
May 25,
2005
The new luxury hotel in Boston's Kenmore
Square has created a "Runaway Bride Escape" package for brides and
bridal parties to relieve the stress of planning their
nuptials...
- Man Accused Of Jilting Bride
Arrested NBC 17.com- NC, May 25,
2005,
-- A Durham man
was arrested Wednesday morning on charges he took thousands of
dollars from a bride-to-be and then failed to transport her wedding
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- Jessica: No
Divorce Sky News- UK, May 25,
2005
American
entertainment company E! has been forced to retract a story that
Jessica Simpson has filed for divorce. Jessica and hubby Nick
Lachey, who filmed TV reality show The Newlyweds around their first
year of marriage, have been fighting rumors about the state of
their relationship for months. The couple have been married two and
a half years. E! Online leaked a story about their split but
retracted it within the hour. Dukes Of Hazzard star Jessica told US
Weekly: "It's completely false and we would sue them if they hadn't
taken it down.". . .
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- Pregnant
Rutherford splits from Husband Contactmusic.com-UK, May 25, 2005
British actress CAMILLA RUTHERFORD and her
husband RUFUS ABBOTT have split - only months before the beauty
gives birth to their second child. . . .
- Buzz over Chirac rival
focuses on his marriage International Herald
Tribune-France, By Elaine Sciolino, May 25, 2005
Nicolas Sarkozy, the party leader who wants to be France's
next president, and Cécilia, his wife, have worked long and hard to
portray themselves as the ultimate power couple of
France... likened in the media to the Kennedys and the
Clintons... But if the French media is to be believed, the couple's
marriage is on the skids. . . .
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- 9000 Attend Toronto
Marriage Rally - All Faiths and Cultures ...
Lifesite- Canada,
May 24, 2005
Nine thousand people representing nearly every creed
and nationality in Canada crowded into Queen's Park yesterday to
stand for traditional marriage. Echoing similar rallies around the
country in recent months which have collectively gathered some one
hundred thousand Canadians, pro-family and religious leaders spoke
strongly of the need to protect the institution of marriage from
radical redefinition to include homosexual couples....
- Canadian Media Up to Usual Tricks Following
Toronto Marriage Rally Lifesite- Canada, May 24, 2005
The moment yesterday’s heavily attended Toronto
Marriage Rally at Queen’s Park disbanded, media
all across Canada launched into their all-too-familiar numbers
games...
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- Rob And Amber's
Prime-Time Wedding CBS
News, May 24,
2005
"I'm a kid from Boston," Rob says, "She's a
kid from Pennsylvania. We got together on a show; they're throwing
a boatload of money at us and saying, 'Make the wedding of your
most wildest dreams.'" So to do that, they chose the Bahamas and a
place called Atlantis Paradise Island...
- Create Your Own Rob-Amber Wedding CBS News, May 24, 2005
..."Rob And Amber Get Married," and the whole
thing was designed and planned by celebrity party planner Colin
Cowie.He also happens to be an Early Show
contributor...Initially, he says he didn't get much direction from
the couple and notes the whole thing was planned in just 30 days.
The following is the explanation of how he incorporated his
ideas...
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- Cruise's 'Oprah' trip: Love or
hype? AZ Central.com- AZ,
May 24, 2005
"The boy is GONE," Winfrey joked on her talk
show Monday, shortly after Cruise, 42, jumped up and down on her
couch like a giddy schoolboy...Technically, Cruise's appearance on
Oprah (taped Thursday) was to promote his upcoming film, War of the
Worlds. But lately, Cruise seems to be on a media campaign to prove
to naysayers that his romance with Holmes is genuine. . . . .
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- Letter: Mom has visitation
concerns San Bernardino Sun, CA - May 24,
2005
Question: I am considering divorcing the father of
my 8-year-old daughter. However, I am concerned about the increased
time the two of them would spend together...My concerns are
two-fold: he is often harsh with her and I would not be there to
serve as a buffer, and I would be missing quality time with her
when she is gone...
- Letter: Teen must be clear with parents
about aftermath of divorce Lowell Sun- MA, May 23,
2005
DEAR MIKE: I am a 14-year-old whose
life has been miserable the past year. It started when my mother
found my father was cheating on her with his secretary. She filed
for divorce and forced him to leave right away....Adding insult to
injury, my mother began dating this guy about six months ago and
now informs me he is moving in with us now that the divorce is
settled. I cannot stand this man...
- Wife Of Man Who Allegedly Faked Kidnapping Files
For Divorce TheDenverChannel.com- CO, May 23, 2005
Police
Arrest Suspected Accomplice In 'Kidnapping' ....The wife of a Vail
man who allegedly faked his own kidnapping earlier
this month has filed for divorce. "Of course she's filing for
divorce," her attorney, Dave Lugert, told the Vail Daily News.
"This is a swift, understandable and much-needed response to a
horrific crime perpetrated against
her"...
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- Health &
Parenting Issues: US Surgeon General Issues Second 'Healthy
Dozen' List - Toddlers Medical News Today -
UK, May 23, 2005
As parents and children look forward to summer fun, U.S.
Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona, M.D., M.P.H., today outlined a
dozen tips to help keep toddlers safe and healthy... Parenting is
the most difficult job in the world... All parents sometimes feel
overwhelmed and frustrated as they tackle the challenges involved
with parenting. . .
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- Lesbian Child Custody Cases Head to
Court ABC News-AP, By Lisa
Leff, May 24, 2005
Same-Sex Child
Custody Battle Headed to California Supreme Court...If you're a kid
who has two moms instead of a mom and a dad, what happens to you if
they break up? Does one pay child support? Does she also get
visitation rights? The answers might be clear if your parents were
a man and a woman who weren't married. But if your moms didn't
register as domestic partners, what are everyone's rights in the
eyes of the law?. . . .
- First gay marriage sees vicar
wed BBC
News, UK - May 24, 2005
A
gay clergywoman will take part in the UK's first same-sex wedding
in Brighton later this year. The Rev Debbie Gaston, 46, will marry
partner of 16 years Elaine Cook, 53, at one second past midnight on
21 December - the first day gay weddings are
legal...
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- Wedding in Philadelphia was just
Phan-tastic Indianapolis Star -IN, May 23, 2005
Army Sgt. Thomas Miller, awaiting deployment to Iraq, and
Angela Baldwin got married Thursday at Citizens Bank Park. The Rev.
Richard Sparling, the Phillies' chaplain, conducted the ceremony
before about 40 family and friends two hours before the St. Louis
Cardinals played the Phillies. . . .
- 6 more wedding malls in
North Business
Standard - India, By Vishal Sharma/Agra, May 24, 2005
The wedding market in India is
growing each year, and with this exponential increase in the
expenditure made by Indians in their lavish weddings a new
concept ...The ground floor shall be dedicated only to the
wedding wear & jewelry and the upper ground floor to other
accessories like footwear, luggage & electronics. The first
floor shall present the attractions of a food court and a three
screen multiplex cinema. . . .
- TIP SHEET: Insurance -- Wedding policy doesn't cover it
all Detroit Free
Press- MI, May 23, 2005
If you're getting married,
do you really need wedding insurance?...Consider your needs and
what a policy covers before you decide, according to Alan Fields,
author of "Bridal Bargains." Wedding insurance premiums start at
$155 . . .
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- Law to Face Frost over
Divorce Contactmusic.com- UK, May 22,
2005
JUDE
LAW will finally thrash out his divorce settlement with SADIE FROST
in court next month (JUN05) as she fights for a $19 million (GBP10
million) share of his fortune....
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- It Must Be Love, but Let's Be
Sure
Los
Angeles Times-CA, By Ellen Barry, May 21, 2005
Couples these days are undergoing counseling to see whether
they should get engaged. In the divorce-heavy South, churches
recommend it...Increasingly, couples are seeking
out "pre-premarital" or "pre-engagement" counseling — the
opportunity to sit down with trained advisors to examine,
dispassionately, whether their love is a passing fancy. This step,
though still rare, is on the rise across the
country...
- This wedding was no
accident South Bend
Tribune- IN, By DUSTIN GROVE, May 22,
2005,
-- Wedding attire often includes a white dress, a veil,
maybe a tuxedo and, of course, rings. Michelle
Martin, 36, and Jeff Kelly, 35, of Bremen wore hospital bracelets
on their big day. . . .
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- Mary Kay Letourneau Weds Her Former
Student
ABC News-AP, By
Melanthia Mitchell, May 21,
2005
...Mary Kay
Letourneau, whose notorious seduction of 12-year-old boy led to
more than seven years in prison, has married the former student she
was convicted of raping. Letourneau, 43, and Vili Fualaau, 22,
exchanged vows they had written themselves during a tightly guarded
ceremony Friday night, said Janet Annino, co-executive producer of
the TV show "Entertainment Tonight.". . . .
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- My best wishes Townhall.com, By Jeff Jacoby, May 23, 2005
May 17 was a milestone: the one-year anniversary of
same-sex marriage in Massachusetts...I mention my sincere good
wishes only because so many supporters of same-sex marriage think
that anyone who disagrees with them must be an ignorant bigot. Time
and again, I have been told that my views on marriage are morally
equivalent to the views of a segregationist on race, or a Nazi on
Jews. It is remarkable: Express the conviction that marriage should
mean what it has always meant -- the union of male and female --
and you are likely to be told that you are peddling hate. . .
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- Psychiatrists May Push for Gay Marriage OK ABC News-AP, By DOUG
GROSS, May 22, 2005
Representatives of the nation's top psychiatric
group approved a statement Sunday urging legal recognition of gay
marriage. If approved by the association's directors in July, the
measure would make the American Psychiatric Association the first
major medical group to take such a stance. . .
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- The modern wedding Sioux Falls Argus Leader- SD,
May 22, 2005
When it comes to etiquette, no two versions are the
same...The Sioux falls bride-to-be has studied magazines. Then
there are books, Web sites and friends with their own expertise...I
didn't know that," she says. Welcome to the world of modern wedding
etiquette. There are many rules, and plenty of interpretations. .
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- Web sites are resource for guests,
services Sioux Falls Argus Leader- SD,
May 22, 2005
Last spring, when Holly Christensen
was planning her Aug. 28, 2004, wedding, she faced many planning
obstacles. She and her husband. . .
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- Ka-ching! Wedding price tag nears
$30K CNN, By Grace Wong, May 20,
2005,
Survey: Bridal spending tops $125 billion;
prents less likely to foot ballooning bill... Couples can expect to
hear more than the "bling bling" bouncing off the
bride-to-be's ring -- they'll also hear the ka-ching of the cash
register as the average cost of a wedding soars to $26, 327,
accordig to a new survey. . . .
- The wedding of the season Helena Independent Record -MT,USA,
By Martin J Kidston, May 22, 2005
What the Cheap and Easy Doll Club has joined let no man (or
mouse) put asunder.. This is how the night began as members of the
Cheap and Easy Doll Club arrived to celebrate the wedding of Rick
Rat and Tilly, the Mouse - two dolls united by destiny. No, you are
not imagining things. . . .
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Cruise gushes over new squeeze
Holmes Canada.com, May 19, 2005
"I
love this woman," Cruise says in an interview to air Monday on
Access Hollywood. "She's magnificent.".... Cruise tells Access Hollywood co-anchor Billy Bush: "I
am so happy and I am not going to pretend or hide it or be
shy...."
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- Garner Should Just Say NO to Affleck's
Prenup New Age
Media Concepts (press release) - May 19, 2005,
She's losing Peak Earning Years to have
Ben's Baby says Bev Pekala, America's Divorce Handicapper. . .
."Jennifer Garner will need an Emmy winning performance to stop
fiancee Ben Affleck from demanding a prenuptial agreement. . .
. If Garner plays
stay-at-home mom, she could lose just under $10 million for the
next three seasons Alias is slated to continue. A family could cost
Jennifer $25 million over the next five years. . .
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- Staying married for all the right
reasons DetNews.com- MI, By Michael Hodges,
May 19, 2005
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As bleak as the statistics sound, divorce rates have actually
declined from their 1981 high, when fully 50 percent of marriages
went bust...Here's the paradox: More than at almost any other time
in human existence, we can reach for happiness in marriage. For
millennia, marriage was about acquiring property, cementing
alliances and consolidating power, great or small. Until the 19th
century, marrying for something as ephemeral as love was seen as
simply absurd. If you found love, great. But that wasn't the point
of the union. . .
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Chesney faces questions about surprise
wedding MSNBC, May
18, 2005
Entertainer of the Year says Zellweger simply asked
when, where to show up...Although Kenny Chesney won the Academy of
country Music's "Entertainer of the Year" award, the media was more
anxious to talk about his recent marriage to Rene Zellweger than
music. The wedding questions flew fast and furious backstage at
Tuesday night’s ACM Awards, so much so that Kenny’s publicist
stepped in at one point and asked for a few questions about his top
honor. But Kenny did provide his first extensive comment on his new
marriage. How is married life? “To be honest with you, it’s not
that different,” said Kenny. “I’m a little more at ease, you know?
I’m not searching and that’s what’s great about her. She’s a great
girl.” Kenny said Renee didn’t let him propose. “She just told me
to name a time and place and she’d be there.’’. . .
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Essence of marriage
questioned Dispatch Online- South Africa - May 17,
2005
"We just want that little white piece of paper,"
Marie Fourie said during a break at the Constitutional Court
yesterday, drawing an air square ..."We just want it to be legal,
legal, legal," she told a reporter from the front of the public
gallery where she and Cecilia Bonthuys spent the day listening to
argument over what constituted a marriage. . . .Last year the
Supreme Court of Appeal ruled that the two should be allowed to get
married but they later found that they were unable to register
their Pretoria church wedding at the Department of Home Affairs. .
. . In a separate application yesterday, the couple and an alliance
of gay and lesbian organisations asked that the marriage formula
under the Marriage Act of 1961 be changed to include the words "or
spouse" instead of the current "husband" and "wife". Currently same
sex couples may marry, but the marriage will not be recognised in
law. . . .
RELATED ARTICLE: Not Courts Role to Define Marriage Law-
Moerane Business
Day-Johannesburg, SA, By Ernest Mabuza, May 19,
2005
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- Letter: One year after gay
marriage Concord Journal, MA - May 19,
2005
Gay marriage has
been in place for a year now in Massachusetts. Has this resulted in
any changes in our commonwealth? Consider what...Consider the case
of David Parker who was trying to protect his kindergarten child in
Lexington. All he wanted was to get assurances from the principal
of the school that she would obey Massachusetts law and notify him
if sexual material was going to be presented in his child's class.
He got no answer and was taken to jail for insisting on an answer.
This demonstrates the boldness with which administrators feel they
can operate now in teaching very young children that same-sex
marriage is perfectly normal and
acceptable...
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- Arranged versus love marriage
The New
Nation- Bangladesh, By FARIZAA
SABREEN, May 19, 2005
In
the western world people usually choose their own marriage partner
but this is not the way for all cultures living in western society.
Arranged marriages still happen. Often the most important aspect is
the bond between the two families, rather than the relationship
between the couple being married. Property or land with the aim of
securing social status sometimes secures marriage agreements. . . .
Many young people know that one day they will agree to an arranged
marriage. To deny their parents this would be a sign of deep
disrespect. Many families are able to discuss the issue and reach
compromises that are suitable for everyone. . . . In more
traditional arranged marriages (which are still very much alive and
well in Bangladesh) couples may get only one or two meetings before
their wedding day. Though this scenario is common, but some
families disapprove of or forbid dating. They don't want to
introduce their kids to someone to hang out with or move in with;
they want a wedding, and soon. . . . . . Education and exposure to
the media, started to make people to think and realize they need
not be bound by tradition and they can choose their own marital
partners without having to rely on parents, matchmakers, relatives.
This gave rise to love marriages. . . .
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- What's love got to do with it? Working for Change- MA, By
Ellen Goodman, May 17, 2005
Now that we
have celebrated the paper anniversary of same-sex marriage in
Massachusetts, may we pause for a moment to admit that the
opponents were right: Same-sex marriage is proof of a crisis in
traditional marriage. But gay marriage is not the cause of the
crisis, it's a consequence. The true culprit is, well, Cupid. .
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- Parenting
Issues: Poor Parenting at the Root of Problem Teens Atchison Daily Globe - KS, By
Jeff Schmucker, May 19, 2005
I never thought when I got older that I would become
a grouchy grownup, yelling at teen-agers and complaining
...Now maybe they were surprised that someone
would yell at them, or maybe I just look more intimidating when
it’s dark and I can’t be seen clearly, but even I was surprised
that they stopped. I was even happier to watch the movie in peace.
. . .
- Parenting
Issues: Second season of child's life turning
point Times-Leader-
PA, By John Redmond, May 19, 2005
The breakdown is occurring between the second and third
birthdays, when it is critical that the mother effect and complete
the transition between Season One and Season Two...Thus the Great
Paradox of Modern Parenting: Women have claimed authority in every
area of life except where their children are concerned.
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- Parenting Issues: The power of
parenting Townhall.com, By Rebecca
Hagelin, May 19, 2006
Whether you are happily married or raising children
on your own, whether you are a father or mother or a grandparent
who is filling in the gap, you must realize the tremendous power
you have as one who 'parents.'. . . . A decision to go with
the cultural flow - a decision on your part not to fight the
culture, to stay away from the conflict and take the easy route, to
just lay low- does not negate the influence you have on your
children but results in your influence being a negative one. . .
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- Health Issues: The H2O
Challenge Townhall.com, By John Stossel, May
18, 2006
Take a few ounces of water. Garnish
with an elegant bottle and a large price tag. Convince Americans
it's cool. Somehow, in the 1990s, a French company called Perrier
did that, and now, America is getting soaked.. . . . . We asked
people to rate the waters bad, average, or great. Many said one of
the waters was bad. Which one? Why, Monsieur, that would be Evian,
the most expensive, which came in last in our unscientific test.
Evian had no comment. The water our testers like most came from
Kmart: American Fare ranked first in our unscientific test, and it
costs a third of what Evian costs. (Maybe that's why "Evian,"
spelled backward, is "naive."). . . .
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- DeGeneres Says She Was Molested as Teen FOX News- AP, May 18, 2005
Ellen DeGeneres (search) reveals in the latest issue of Allure magazine that her stepfather molested her as a teenager. While speaking about her messy breakup with actress Anne Heche, the talk show host said her stepfather insisted on feeling her breast while DeGeneres' mother was fighting breast cancer. She said the incident later escalated into "other things" and her stepfather, now deceased, tried to break into her bedroom. . . . . . "People I've confided in about this before say, 'Oh, that's why you're a lesbian,'" said DeGeneres. "But I was a lesbian way before that. My earliest memories are of being a lesbian." . . .
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Jason Priestley Weds Longtime
Girlfriend ABC News-AP, May 17, 2005
Former "Beverly Hills
90210" Star Jason Priestly Weds Longtime Girlfriend Naomi Lowde. .
. . Priestley and Lowde wed Saturday on Paradise Island in the
Bahamas. . . After several years together, the 35-year-old actor
and Lowde, a makeup artist, became engaged last May. It is the
second marriage for Priestley, who was married to Ashlee Peterson,
also a makeup artist, for less than a year before divorcing in
early 2000. . .
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ABC 'Bachelor' Charlie O'Connell picks
Sarah Brice, rejects Krisily Kennedy in seventh season
finale Reality TV
World - May 17 10:53 AM
ABC's much ballyhooed "no rules" edition of its The
Bachelor edition ended in a manner not all that different than the
fading reality franchise's previous editions -- with bachelor
Charlie O'Connell selecting Sarah Brice over Krisily Kennedy during
an extremely bloated three-hour marathon finale, but -- similar to
former bachelors Jesse Palmer ( Bachelor 5 ) and Bob Guiney (
Bachelor 4 ). . . .
- Ex-Star: Ky. Discouraged Interracial
Dating
Chicago Tribune- AP, May 17, 2005
-- Former University of Kentucky basketball star Rex
Chapman says school officials tried to stop him from dating black
women . . .
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- Is He the Cheating Kind? A Quiz Ezine Articles, By Ruth Houston
According to the latest statistics, 50% to 70% of men cheat on their mates. What type of man is most likely to cheat? Ruth Houston, infidelity expert and author of Is He Cheating on You? - 829 Telltale Signs says, "Some men are more likely to cheat than others. You can tell by looking at certain things in their background, their past history, or certain character traits." What about the man in your life? Is he the cheating kind? The questions below will help you rate your mate to see if you're involved with a potential cheater. Questions: 1. Does he thrive on adventure?. . . .2. Did he have a great deal of sexual experience prior to your relationship?. . . . 3. Does he have lots of female friends?. . . .4. Does he have male friends who are cheating on their wives or girlfriends?. . . . 5. Does he have a parent who cheated?. . . . 6. Did he cheat in any of his past relationships?. . . . 7. Does he feel that infidelity is really no big deal?. . . . What your answers mean:. . . .
RELATED ARTICLES: Articles by Infidelity expert, Ruth Houston
RELATED SITE: Infidelity Advice.com
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So I Married an Axe Murderer Townhall.com, By Doug Giles, May 14, 2005
...The
Mother’s Day slayings of Krystal Tobias and Laura Hobbs by Laura’s
dad were probably the most avoidable murders of this millennium—if
Mrs. Hobbs’ common sense would have kicked into gear and caused her
not to let scary should-have-never-been-released-from-prison Jerry
around herself and Laura...Women, if not for your sake, how about
for your kid’s sake? Wise up . . . get an attitude and trust your
BS detector when it starts red flagging you to flee the wrath of
such a haggard piece of vile humanity. .
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- Passage of marriage amendment in
doubt Boston Globe-
MA, May 16, 2005
One year after same-sex marriage became legal in
Massachusetts, the fate of a proposed constitutional amendment to
ban gay marriage and create civil unions is in serious doubt
because several lawmakers who voted for the measure are openly
rethinking their support. . . .
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- Omaha stakes Townhall.com,
By Chuck Colson, May 16, 2006
Last Thursday, a federal judge in Omaha overturned
Nebraska's constitutional amendment that banned same-sex
"marriage." And the press reaction to the story was muted. Why?
Because this decision proves that we and other critics of the
courts and advocates for a constitutional amendment banning
same-sex "marriage" have been right all along. . . . A judge's
willingness to characterize the will of 70 percent of the
electorate as "animus" manifests a contempt for democratic
decision-making. When judges feel free to substitute their opinion
for nearly everybody else?s, only a constitutional amendment will
do. That's the message you need to send to your U.S. representative
and senators. Put this matter beyond the reach of judges whose
animus for the electorate knows no bounds. We need a federal
marriage amendment now. . . .
- One year later, nation divided on gay
marriage Boston Globe- MA, By Scott S.
Greenberger, May 15, 2005
Half of Americans polled say they don't want their states to
recognize Massachusetts gay marriages, reflecting a continuing
uneasiness or outright opposition to same-sex marriage that is
especially strong in the South and in states that backed George W.
Bush in 2004, according to a nationwide survey conducted for the
Globe. . .
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- Parenting Issues: The politics of
the Supernanny Boston Globe - MA, May 15,
2005
... But if you are trying to understand the success of the
religious right, you could do a lot worse than read his parenting
book: ''Dare to Discipline" ...Well, they say in politics that
whoever frames the problem has won half the battle. Dobson defines
the family problem as a permissive world of children run amok who
need the tough love of parents who ''dare" to discipline. .
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- Dr. Dobson takes heat over political
stands Longview Daily News-AP WA, May
14, 2005
-- To millions of conservative Christians, James Dobson
and his Focus on the Family ministry have emerged as a life
preserver in an American culture, fending off assaults from popular
culture and liberals..."The people of the left would say we're
extremist," he said. "The truth of the matter is there is a
tremendous population out there of people who care about their
children, they care about their families, they care about their
children's schools, they care about morality. . .
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- Keyes: abortion and same-sex marriage are logical
outgrowths of ' contraception mentality' renewamerica.us -
Washington, D.C., May 14, 2005
. . . Alan Keyes said that abortion and same-sex marriage
are natural extensions of society’s widespread acceptance of
contraception...By divorcing marital relations from the possibility
of having children, Keyes said, society has spawned an ethic that
not only sanctions abortion (because producing children is deemed
undesirable and irrelevant to sexual relations), but supports
same-sex marriage--which centers in sexual activity
without the possibility of procreation...
- Revealed: how an
abortion puts the next baby at risk News.Telegraph, By
Michael Day, May 14, 2005
Having an abortion almost doubles a
woman's risk of giving birth dangerously early in a later
pregnancy, according to research that will provoke fresh debate
over the most controversial of all medical procedures.
A French study of 2,837 births - the first to
investigate the link between terminations and extremely premature
births...
Dating a sex
addict Edmonton Sun -Canada (Subscription), May 14,
2005
... Her reasons for sharing are twofold: to help
deal with the pain and betrayal which resulted from a
year-and-a-half relationship based on lies, and in the hopes she
can help others who may be unsuspecting victims of this
debilitating disease...Sex addiction is characterized by the addict
using seduction to conquer and control...
- Husband denies abuse in case of murder for
hire Daytona
Beach News-Journal -FL, May 13, 2005
... Prosecutors say McKenney-Oppenheim wanted to have her
husband killed to keep from losing in their divorce an 11-acre farm
she bought in Pierson after they were married in 1993...
- Unhappy Marriage Raises Women's Heart
Risk FOX
News - May 13, 2005 By Daniel
J. DeNoon.
A number of studies
have shown that marriage is good for men's health. Oddly, that
doesn't seem to be true for for women unless they
are in happy marriages...
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- Marriage on the rocks Sun-Sentinel.com -FL, By Anne
Sutton, May 15, 2005
Couples exchange their vows on Alaskan glaciers...
Diane Pearson runs Pearson's Pond....She hiked with the couple
until they found the "perfect spot" next to an azure-blue glacier
pond, and then she married them -- thanks to an Alaskan law that
allows just about anyone to become a court-appointed marriage
commissioner. . . .
RELATED SITE: Pearson's Pond: Alaska Wedding, Honeymoon, Romantic
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- Having A
"Weekend Marriage"? CBS News, May 13,
2005
According to veteran couples counselor Mira
Kirshenbaum, 80 percent of all married couples are
living the weekend marriage. "The Weekend Marriage" is also the
title of her book, in which she points out that millions of men and
women enter into a loving and devoted relationship, but because of
their busy lives, they spend most of their time resolving problems.
"Love has a shelf life," Kirshenbaum tells The Early Show co-anchor
Julie Chen. "We wake up early. It's go, go, go all day. At night,
we have chores and responsibilities. "And there's never any time
for falling in love, to do the things we did when we were falling
in love. You turn around and say, 'Where is love?' You keep hoping
you have time on the weekend, but even on the weekend, a lot of
people can't find time. So love becomes an infinitely postponable
option. You can always think that it will be there, but it's not."
But there is hope. . . . .
READ AN EXCERPT: The Weekend Marriage
CBSNews.com, By Mira
Kirshenbaum, May 13, 2005
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- Family values: Action louder than
words Seattle Post
Intelligencer- WA, By STEPHANIE COONTZ, May 12,
2005
Since the last presidential election, "values" has been a
buzzword for political pundits and talking heads. . . .The
disconnect between who values marriage and who actually practices
it is especially striking. The 10 states with the highest divorce
rates are all red or conservative states whose voters
overwhelmingly support "values" candidates. Born-again Christians
are as likely to divorce as other Americans, and the Bible Belt has
the highest divorce rate in the nation. . .
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- When Royal Lust Was Reason to Brag Los Angeles Times- CA, By Eleanor Herman, May 12, 2005
There was no comment from the palace last week when the French magazine Paris Match broke the story that Prince Albert of Monaco had fathered a son, now 21 months old, with an African woman named Nicole Coste. . . Nor is this the only paternity claim looming over the 47-year-old bachelor prince. A week after Albert became ruler of Monaco on April 6, an American woman announced that he is the father of her 13-year-old daughter, but she has refused to allow a paternity test. . .
Royal News Prince Albert Of Monaco Angry At Tell All Revelations FemaleFirst.co.uk- UK, May 10, 2005
. . . Royal biographer Frederic Laurent, who is also a close friend of the prince, described the former air hostess's interview as "treachery" against the ruling monarch. He said: "Albert had promised to do the right thing and acknowledge the baby, but only after the mourning was over. . .
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- Hundreds of children wed in
India Winnipeg Sun, Canada, By AD SOM. RAJGARH, May
13, 2005, India (AP)
Ignoring laws that ban child marriages, hundreds of
children, some as young as seven years old, were married this week
in a centuries-old custom across central and western India...
- Indian woman's hands cut off over child
marriage Reuters
AlertNet, UK-May 12, 2005, BHOPAL,
India, (Reuters)
A man chopped off a woman official's hands in the
central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh for trying to stop child
marriages...
Pakistani court validates marriage of
12-year-old girl Sify-Taramani,
Chennai,India
Lahore, May 13, 2005
A Pakistani court in the first verdict of its kind has
declared valid the marriage of a 12-year-old girl, a lawyer and
court officials said on Friday. ...
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Parenting
Issues: We can win Townhall.com, By Rebecca
Hagelin, May 13, 2005
After listening to caller
feedback on the scores of radio interviews I’ve done so far on my
new book, I’ve got a renewed passion for my heartfelt message:
Parents can fight the culture -- and win. . . Caller opinion is
astoundingly consistent. Today's parents feel overwhelmed by the
negative messages inundating our kids, and the vast majority of
them are ready to fight back -- but, sadly, many have never learned
how. A recent poll, outlined in a piece by Linda Feldmann in The
Christian Science Monitor reveals the same conclusion I came to
many months ago when I determined it was time to provide practical
help to parents, grandparents, youth pastors and the like --
parents are sick and tired of being sick and tired. Headlined "New
mommy wars: a fight against pop culture's excess," Feldmann begins
her report: "Forget about the 'mommy wars,' in which
stay-at-home mothers were supposedly locking horns with their
working sisters, at least in popular
perception. "What's really happening with American mothers
of all stripes -- from full-time homemakers to full-fledged
workaholics, all income levels, all racial backgrounds -- is worry
about popular culture, and what feels like a tsunami of forces
threatening parents' ability to impart positive values to their
children, according to a new survey of more than 2,000 mothers.
Moms report a cultural onslaught that goes far beyond Hollywood
movies and TV, and into the world of the Internet, electronic
games, and advertising". . . .
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Heidi Klum, Seal marry on Mexican
beach MSNBC - May 12, 2005
"Everyone is kind of like, “fumph,” when is
it going to happen?" Klum told Access Hollywood recently. "We have
our own little plan'. That little plan took off Tuesday, as the
ceremony took place at Seal’s villa at the luxurious Cuixmala
resort near Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. . . . In January, Klum said on
her Web site that she and Seal were engaged. Two months later, the
couple announced that Klum was pregnant. .
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- Marriage Alliance says 'no' to same-sex
unions Pretoria News (subscription)- South
Africa, May 12,
2005
The Marriage Alliance of South Africa
has thrown its weight behind the government's attempts to have a
Supreme Court of Appeal's judgment allowing same-sex ...
- Judge's Ruling Reveals the Sham,
Says Bauer; Marriage Is in the Crosshairs U.S. Newswire (press release)- DC, May 12, 2005
Former Presidential candidate Gary Bauer said that
the decision late Thursday by a federal judge to strike down the
Nebraska marriage amendment was "evidence that ultimately only a
federal constitutional amendment will protect normal, traditional
marriage...
- Canadian Gay Marriage Bill To Die
May 19 365Gay.com,
By Ben Thompson, May 11,
2005 Canada's minority government is expected to be
toppled next week and with it same-sex marriage legislation.
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- Brad Pitt: 'They're really nasty out here' MSNBC.com, May 12, 2005
Actor says end of marriage to Aniston "complex and multifaceted". . . Brad Pitt is speaking out for the first time about the demise of his four-year plus marriage to Jennifer Aniston. . . "It's talked about like it failed. I guess because it wasn't flawless. . . The idea that marriage has to be for all time--that I don't understand". . .
- Pitt says he still loves Aniston TVNZ- New Zealand, May 12, 2005
Actor Brad Pitt has spoken for the first time about his split with Jennifer Aniston and revealed he still loves the Friends star.He said the pair had parted on good terms and described the rumour that he wanted a baby and she didn't as "total bullshit". . .
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Dad allegedly admits killing daughter,
friend MSNBC.com- AP, May 11, 2005
ZION, Ill. - The father of an 8-year-old
girl who was slain along with her best friend admitted to
authorities that he was the killer, saying he was angry at his
daughter for taking money, authorities said Wednesday. . .
In defense of
anger Townhall.com, By Ben Shapiro,
May 11, 2005
. . . But rage in this sort of situation is perhaps the
only proper emotional outlet. Certainly the families should feel
rage at the murderer of their children. But as a society, we should
feel rage at the brutal slayings of two innocent young girls. We
should respond as Zion Police Chief Doug Malcolm did: "It was a
crime not only against those kids but against all of
us." Instead, we turn on "Good Morning
America" to watch grief counselors tell us how to deal with our
anger, how to turn fury into something "healthy." There is nothing
healthy about stifling moral condemnation. Moral condemnation isn't
only cathartic; it's the only way we can improve our society. . . .
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- Actress Mena Suvari Files for
Divorce
ABC
News - May 11, 2005
... The
statement said Suvari is claiming irreconcilable differences as the
basis for her divorce petition, filed Tuesday..Suvari's screen
credits also include "American Beauty," two "American Pie" films
and "Beauty Shop.". . . .
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- Health Issues: Health
Hype By John Stossel,
Townhall.com (5/11)
True or false: If you give a kid sugar, he'll get
hyper. . . True or false: Eat sugar, and your energy may slump. . .
True or false: It's a good idea to drink eight glasses of plain
water every day. . . With so many myths in our lives,
perhaps the surprise is that one of these familiar theories is
actually true. . . .
- Parenting issues: The Overscheduled Child:
Avoiding the Hyper-Parenting Trap Connect For Kids -
Washington,D.C.,USA
"Hyper-parenting" is the phrase we coined to describe a
child-rearing style now prevalent in middle and upper-middle class
homes...In these families, parents become over-involved in every
detail of their children's academic, athletic and social lives.
They over-enrich their children's environment and over-schedule
them. . . .
- Parenting Issues: Creating A Better
Marriage Through Parenting Together Jewish Press-NY, May 11,
2005
-You`re feeling a little lost because you sense
correctly that marriage isn`t only about the moments when you and
your spouse are alone and focused on each other. It encompasses
every part of your life, including employment and
parenting...
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- How not to be poor WorldNetDaily, By Walter
E. Williams, May 11, 2006
Avoiding long-term poverty is not rocket science.
First, graduate from high school. Second, get married before you
have children, and stay married. Third, work at any kind of job,
even one that starts out paying the minimum wage. . . .
A man and his wife, even earning the minimum wage, would
earn $21,000 annually. According to the Bureau of Census, in 2003,
the poverty threshold for one person was $9,393, for a two-person
household it was $12,015, and for a family of four it was $18,810.
Taking a minimum-wage job is no great shakes, but it produces an
income higher than the Bureau of Census' poverty threshold. . .
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- She had him from 'hello': Zellweger,
Chesney wed Chicago
Sun- IL, BY MAT PROBASCO, May 10,
2005
-- Oscar-winning actress Renee Zellweger and country
music star Kenny Chesney were married Monday in a small ceremony on
the Caribbean island of St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands. . . .
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- The right of rights:
Little girls and abortion Townhall.com, By Chuck Colson, May 9,
2005
If you took your
neighbor's daughter to the mall to have her ears pierced, you could
be arrested. But take her for an abortion and, to some, you’re a
hero. . . . . What's missing
in all of this talk about "decisions" and "compassion" is any
appreciation of the absurdity that underlies the abortion debate.
In any other context, the idea that a 13-year-old has a
constitutional right to choose against her parents' wishes an
invasive surgical procedure, or even consent to one, would be
absurd. Schools need parental permission to dispense
over-the-counter medications. And a 13-year-old can't get her ears
pierced without mom or dad being present. Similarly, an unrelated
adult who took a minor out-of-state for another medical procedure
would be called a "kidnapper"? We'd issue an "Amber Alert," and her
picture would be on CNN and Fox 24/7. Upon apprehension, the adult
would face possible charges of endangering the welfare of a minor
or interference with parental custody...both of these are felonies.
Yet, because the "procedure" in question is abortion, none of this
applies. . . .
RELATED ARTICLE: Sacrificing Our Daughters- Abortion and Sexual
Predation Breakpoint.com,
By Chuck Colson, May 2, 2005
RELATED SITE: Sign a Petition to Congress to Protect Young
Girls
- There goes the
runaway bride Townhall.com, By Suzanne Fields, May 9,
2005
The 'runaway bride' is the perfect story for our
time, a tale made in cable-TV heaven, with something for everybody,
including me...She escaped the conventional trappings of marriage.
Or maybe she reflects the failure of feminism: the dithering poor
thing who couldn't make up her mind. . . . Does anyone really
need a $250 ice bucket?. . . .
- On-the-job dating no longer
taboo NorthJersey.com -USA, May 9,
2005
...Dating at work has increased since the days of Anita
Hill and experts say it's a natural development of demographic
changes in the past several decades. People are waiting longer to
say I do. The number of unmarried women ages 20 to 24 more than
doubled, from 36 percent to 75 percent, from 1970 to 2003,
according to the U.S. Census...Sometimes these
relationships can affect promotions, evaluations and work
assignments...And the employers' absolute nightmare surrounds
supervisory positions...
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Dating service branches out from
evangelical roots
DetNews.com- MI, May 7, 2005
Neil Clark Warren, founder of the online dating site
eHarmony.com Inc., does matchmaking by the numbers. Subscribers
fill in 436 answers on a questionnaire. The
company's computers then use a secret formula to match people using
what Warren calls the 29 "dimensions" of a successful relationship,
a system based on his decades of experience as a psychologist. . .
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REPORTS: Garner, Affleck expecting
Child USA Today, By Kevi Winter, May 9,
2005
— Engaged couple Ben Affleck, 32, and Jennifer
Garner, 33, are expecting a baby, E! News reported Sunday.
As the news spread Monday, representatives for the stars and
Garner's ABC show, Alias, refused to comment. But the show's
fans had plenty to say. ....
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Britney Spears in hospital again Softpedia.com, May 9, 2005
It looks like
a hard time for Britney Spears. The pop princess of US and
worldwide, was rushed to the hospital, accusing stomach aches.
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- Parenting Issues- SCHOOLS: Dealing with a
divorce Grand
Forks Herald- ND, May 8, 2005
With the divorce rate hovering at about 50 percent, it's a
good thing for school officials that most divorces aren't as
contentious as the one between David Luke Davis and his ex-wife,
Pamela Gordon Davis. . . .
- Parenting issues: Divorce should not
shortchange children Foster's Daily Democrat -NH, May 8, 2005
Divorce is a nasty business. Part of what makes it
nasty, especially for couples with children, are state custody and
child support laws that affix a price tag to each youngster’s
forehead, much like a head of lettuce...HB 640, passed by the House
and currently before the state Senate Judiciary Committee, aims to
change this mercenary practice. . . .
- Collaborative divorce helps ease the
split S an Diego Union
Tribune- CA, By Lynn O'Shaughnessy, May 8, 2005
... Divorce can do much more
than officially shred a marriage certificate...Which is why any
mother, father or even childless couple contemplating divorce may
want to consider a more innovative approach to dissolving a
marriage. . . .
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Many faces of mom
Newark Star Ledger- NJ, May 8,
2005
To celebrate Mother's Day, we look at the
lives of women who make each day special for their loved
ones...It's still dark as Mary Margaret Lang steers her Suburban
down the winding drive from her palatial home on a three-acre lot.
She's headed to the swim club where her daughter's practice begins
at 5 a.m. Like most mothers in Harding Township, a wealthy Morris
County suburb, Lang's full-time job is taking care of her
children...Two hours later, Janine MacGregor is rushing to make her
children's lunch. Backpacks are checked for unsigned permission
slips and incomplete homework. After dropping her two kids at grade
school, she heads to her job in Trenton at the Department of
Environmental Protection. Like most women in Lambertville, a
Hunterdon County river town, MacGregor works. . .
Why single mothers don't risk
marriage Houston Chronicle -USA, May 8,
2005
. . . . What we discovered was surprising:
Instead of a rejection of marriage, we found a deep respect for it
among many young mothers, who told us that getting married was
their ultimate life ambition . . . .
70-plus dating game Auburn Citizen- NY, By
Lauren Ober, May 8, 2006
. . . . As a result of that finickiness, coupled with
the dearth of available men, the single women at the Boyle Center
don't do a lot of dating. . . .
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Sunday, May 8, 2005 Happy Mothers' Day to every strong woman who is operating
within the foundational principles of TRUTH in their homes to
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- Democrats' platform shouldn't back gay
marriage, Kerry says Boston
Globe- MA, By Rick Klein, May 6, 2005
US Senator John F. Kerry said yesterday that he
believes it's a mistake for the Massachusetts Democratic Party to
include a plank in its official platform in support of same-sex
marriage, saying that such a statement does not conform with the
broad views of party members. . . .
- Homosexual Democrats Clash With Kerry Over
Same-Sex Marriage TownHall.com, DC -
May 6, 2005 (CNSNews.com)
A homosexual advocacy group within the Democratic
Party said Friday that they "strongly disagree" with Sen. John
Kerry (D-Mass.) over whether the Massachusetts arm of the party
should put a "same-sex marriage" plank in its official
platform...."I think it's the wrong thing, and I'm not sure it
reflects the broad view of the Democratic Party in our state,"
added Kerry, who ran unsuccessfully for president in 2004. "I'm
opposed to gay marriage. I support partnerships and civil
unions."....
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- Church tells Spaniards to disobey gay marriage
law AlertNet-UK, By Estelle
Shirbon- MADRID, May 6 (Reuters)
Spanish Roman Catholic bishops fired a new salvo on
Friday in their war on gay marriage, commanding all Catholics to
resist applying a law that will allow same-sex couples to wed. . .
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- Wife decides she's not too old to
divorce Joongang Ilbo -South Korea, May 7,
2005
A series of extramarital affairs that lasted for more than
40 years and resulted in two illegitimate children from two
different partners has cost a 90-year-old man 300 million won
($300,000) in a divorce settlement. ... Married in 1936, the woman
filed at last for divorce in 2001. The husband argued the wife had
never outwardly opposed his affairs and said she had no grounds to
seek a divorce because nearly four decades had passed since his
first affair. . . .
- Chickasaw man accused of killing
75-year-old wife Mobile
Register- AL, By RON COLQUITT, May 6,
2005.
A Chickasaw man shot his
75-year-old wife to death Thursday morning -- a day after she filed
for divorce -- then the man surrendered to Fairhope police,
authorities said. . . .
- Fathers' rights group protests
in Toronto CTV - Canada,May 6, 2005
... "This is what it's all about -- equal
parenting.". Fathers 4 Justice says that Canada's divorce laws have
been skewed against men.They say that too many parents never get to
see their children simply because the other parent chooses to deny
them access. . .
- With More Families Opting for Just One Child,
the `Only' Stigma Is Fading Newhouse News
Service (NNS) - USA, May 7, 2005
Maria Mason and Paul Schierhorn put off parenthood in order
to be financially poised and emotionally prepared. When the time
came for the New Orleans couple, she was 39. He was 44... With
couples delaying marriage and childbirth and mothers remaining in
the workforce in large numbers, single-child families are becoming
more common. . . .
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- Raise parents before raising
children The Age- Australia, May 7,
2005
Mothers and fathers are going back to school for
help with tantrums...With research revealing 70 per cent of people
feel under pressure to "get parenting right", there's plenty of
business in teaching parents how to do the job. Even reality
television is getting in on the act, with thousands tuning in to
watch an English "Super Nanny" save another family from domestic
turmoil. . . .
- Supernanny Marketing Efforts Attract
Thousands to Focus on Your Child Christian Post- CA, By Christin Hwang, May
5, 2005
Resulting from a multimedia
marketing campaign, almost 10,000 new families joined the Focus on
Your Child program in a course of less than a week. .. included Web
promotion, media coverage, television spots and targeted e-mails,
helped reach thousands of families in want of practical parenting
advice and ...
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Massive Survey of Mothers Finds Marriage Makes
for Wealth and Happiness Lifesite- Canada, May 5,
2005
... The study corroborates many
of the arguments made by marriage defenders including the need for
dual parents to the financial benefits of marriage.... The study
confirms what religious and organizational groups have been arguing
for years, namely, that for any society to be healthy and
prosperous the family must be protected, fostered and supported. If
children are not raised and educated in a healthy family
environment the consequences for the future of society are
staggering. . . .
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Parenting Issues: New ‘mommy wars’: a fight
against pop culture’s excess Christian Science
Monitor, By Linda Feldmann, May 6,
2005
– Forget about the "mommy wars," in which
stay-at-home mothers were supposedly locking horns with their
working sisters, at least in popular perception. What's really
happening with American mothers of all stripes - from full-time
homemakers to full-fledged workaholics, all income levels, all
racial backgrounds - is worry about popular culture, and what feels
like a tsunami of forces threatening parents' ability to impart
positive values to their children, according to a new survey of
more than 2,000 mothers. Moms report a cultural onslaught that goes
far beyond Hollywood movies and TV, and into the world of the
Internet, electronic games, and advertising. . .
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- Parenting Issues: Full-time parenting is
the key By Walter L. Darden
Jr., May 5, 2005
Daily
Press, VA -
On April 16 two letters were
published regarding the article "Statistics: Black males suspended
most" from Newport News Public Schools ("Parenting 101,"
and "Stop the excuses"). One writer indicates that the "blame"
should not lie at the door of the school personnel but at the door
of the parents of these youth because of the lack of "Parenting
101." ...
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- Lucci Walks Down Marriage Memory
Lane By DERRIK J.
LANG, Newsday, NY
When it comes to daytime TV weddings,
the tenth time really is the charm for Erica Kane, the vampy center
of ABC's "All My Children" played for 35 years by
Susan Lucci...The May 23 episode will mark the beginning of wedding
No. 10 for the "All My Children" grand dame. Over the past 35
years, Kane has married seven men -- double-dipping three
times...
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Jerusalem Homosexual "World Pride" Parade Post-poned Indefinitely LifesiteNews.com- Canada, May 5, 2005 -
"We can't permit anybody to come and make the Holy City dirty," says Sufi sheik Abdel Aziz Bukhari...“This is very ugly and very nasty to have these people come to Jerusalem.”...Other Muslim leaders warned that, if homosexuals did not abandon their plans to march in Jerusalem, “their lives will be in danger.”. . . .
Canadian cougar prowls the US Edmonton Sun- Canada,( Subscription), May 5, 2005
Can America handle Valerie Gibson? . . . Seems Cougar Power is sweeping the US. Who better to explain it all to the God fearing Red States than the woman who wrote the book: Cougar: A Guide for Older Women Dating Younger Men . . . . Gibson's book suggests older babes are more sophisticated today and crave sex without cohabitation, kids and other commitments. The idea "seems to be just taking off in America". . .
Can an adulterer receive alimony? CNN.com, By Findlaw columnistJoanna Grossman, May 5, 2005
One court says yes, but marital misconduct can lower the award-It wasn't that she couldn't afford the payments... Brenda had been given valuable property by her father - leaving her with 2.4 million in investment holdings - while James had little to his name. But Brenda did not want to pay a man who, she alleged, had both committed adultery and treated her with cruelty during their marriage....The 1970s and 80s saw the end to fault-based divorce in most jurisdictions. . . . Palimony rejection NorthJersey.com, May 5, 2005
A judge has dismissed a $9 million lawsuit that accused political comic Bill Maher of reneging on a promise to marry a former girlfriend and support her for life...
Superintendent sued over denied access to child Kentucky New Era- KY, May 4, 2005
. . . Mike Calhoun, whose daughter was a senior last year, said when he attempted to visit her at Hopkinsville High School he couldn't because his ex-wife removed him from the emergency information sheet...State and board policy states that both parents have access in most cases of parent custody, unless there is a court order...
Business Schools' Learning Curve on Parenting BusinessWeek Online- USA, May 4, 2005
As more mothers go for their MBAs, they're pushing colleges to be more supportive of their needs -- with gradual results...Yale is not the only business school facing such pressures from mothers in its student body. Partly by necessity and partly by character, today's mothers refuse to consider motherhood and business success as an either/or choice. . .
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Sacrificing Our Daughters- Abortion and Sexual
Predation
Breakpoint.com, By Chuck Colson, May 2, 2005
You’ve seen all the press lately on parents demanding to
know if a sexual predator is in their neighborhood. Likewise, what
parent wouldn’t want evidence of a possible sexually based offense
against a child reported to the authorities?...While
abortion clinics say they’re just “helping” frightened teenaged
girls, they may, in fact, be helping sexual predators instead. .
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RELATED SITE: Sign a
Petition to Congress to Protect Young
Girls
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RELATED ARTICLE: The SLED Test – Four Top Arguments Heartlink.org, By Steve Wagner
We all agree that toddlers are valuable human beings with rights. Yet the unborn differ from toddlers in only four ways, and the first letters of each of these differences spell an easy-to-remember acronym, SLED (Size, Level of Development, Environment, Degree of Dependency).
RELATED SITE: THE CASE FOR LIFE: Like You Have Never Heard It Before
Only One Issue: The abortion controversy is not a debate between those who are pro-choice and those who are anti-choice. It’s not about privacy or trusting women. To the contrary, the debate turns on one key question. What is the Unborn?
RELATED ARTICLE: What Do You Know About Roe v. Wade? Family.org, By Shana Schutte
Like many Americans, you know Roe v. Wade legalized abortion, but you may know little else
RELATED SITE: Abort73.com: The Case Against Abortion
RELATED VIDEO: This is Abortion RATED: MA (Mature Audiences Only)
WARNING: Contains graphic post-abortion pictures. Be Warned! The Visual Evidence is Disturbing.
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- Marriage is so much more than just a bling-bling thing By Julie Muhlstein Herald writer Everett Herald - Everett,WA,USA,May 4, 2005
Lady Diana Spencer had just five bridesmaids when she married Charles, the prince of Wales. I say "just" after following the saga of runaway bride Jennifer Wilbanks, whose lavish plans included 14 bridesmaids...Aren't wedding plans way out of hand these days... Maybe the Georgia couple's story will be a reminder to others that it's the marriage, not the wedding, that truly matters... |
Democrats expected to back gay marriage Boston Globe - Boston,MA,USA,May 4,
2005
The Massachusetts Democratic Party is
poised next week to add an endorsement of gay marriage to its
platform, despite a nationwide backlash against
same-sex marriage that led voters to approve bans in 11 states last
fall....
Man jailed for rape
after nurse rejects marriage Reuters India, May 4,
2005
A hospital orderly convicted of
raping and partly blinding a young nurse has offered to marry her,
saying no one else would now.... Another leading activist,
Brinda Karat, said: "Courts of this country are not marriage
bureaus for rape criminals.". . .
Cops: Man Says 'Til Death Do Us Part' in Family
Killing
ABC
News -USA, May 4, 2005
A Tennessee man accused of murdering his wife, her daughter
and the couple's infant son allegedly told police he committed the
crimes because the woman wanted a divorce and he felt "he was
married until death do us part". . . .
Who cares for children in the event of
divorce? Centre Daily Times -PA, May 4, 2005
The most contentious issue in many divorce actions
involves the designation of custody rights and visitation with
respect to a minor child. ... Legal custody is the
right to make major decisions affecting the child. Major decisions
can include education, medical and religious
decisions...
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Sexual healing World magazine, By Gene Edward Veith, May 7, 2005
Writer Lauren Winner once counted herself among the many evangelicals who approve of premarital sex. Now repentant, she'd offering a roadmap for returning to a biblical sexual ethic. . . . The sexual revolution continues: About 65 percent of American teenagers have sex before they finish high school, and the number of unmarried couples living together has shot up tenfold between 1960 and 2000. Sexual morality has also collapsed among Christians, with one survey finding that two-thirds of single Christians have not practiced chastity. A 2003 study of young people signing abstinence pledges found that, while the vows did postpone sex, 61 percent eventually broke their promises. Of the 39 percent who kept their pledges, 55 percent said they had oral sex, which they didn’t consider to be sex. The problem is not just behavior, but changing beliefs to match behavior. One study of “born again” Christians distinguishes between “nontraditional evangelicals” (who have had a spiritual experience but who are less interested in church and doctrine) and “traditional evangelicals” (who go to church more and have a higher view of Scripture). Among the nontraditionals, 46 percent say there is nothing wrong with premarital sex; 26 percent of traditionals say the same. Meanwhile, 19 percent of nontraditionals and 13 percent of traditionals see no problem with adultery. . . .
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Rally against gay
marriage draws 2,500 in
Canada By Karen Kleiss Edmonton
Journal-Canada
Multi faith crowd of all ages cheer controversial
Calgary Bishop
...One of Alberta's most vociferous critics of gay
marriage, Henry is currently defending himself against two Calgary
human rights complaints related to a January letter in which he
equates homosexuality with adultery and prostitution and calls on
the state "to proscribe or curtail them in the interests of the
common good."
National Post Corrects Erroneous Reporting
of Crowd Size at Marriage Rally Lifesite (LifeSiteNews.com) CANADA, May 1,
2005
It would appear that not all media outlets are
intrinsically biased against pro-marriage events. While the
official estimate of the crowd given by March for Marriage
organizers at the huge rally before parliament on Saturday, April 9
was 15-20,000 most media outlets reported the number to be 4000. As
a result of pressure being placed by various groups, corrections
were made at both the National Post and Canadian Press...
Divorce lawyers reap the benefit of
Chinese boom Telegraph.co.uk -UKBy Richard Spencer, May 2,
2005
Marriage guidance counsellors and their inevitable offshoot,
the divorce lawyer, are the latest growth industry to emerge from
China's booming cities, much to the unease of its communist
leaders. Divorces rose last year too 1.6 million, up by a fifth on
2003. The government and media are now paying agonised attention to
the "quicky" divorce and its irresponsible parent, the "flash"
marriage - itself the offspring of romantic, western attitudes to
love...
Divorce
Rates- AFRICA vs WESTERN COUNTRIES Nigeria World, By Femi
Awodele, May 2, 2005
I received a genuine e-mail as a reply to my article
on why African Immigrants are divorcing in western countries from
someone (not sure of the persons gender), the person wanted to know
why Americans or other civilized nations have a higher divorce rate
than the African continent... I have never been a proponent of
adopting western culture(s); my goal is to get everyone to adopt
the principles laid down by their beliefs (in my case Christianity)
because those principles never change with technology, politics or
any other factors. . . .
Parenting program
popular at jail NapaNet Daily News- CA, By Marsha
Dorgan, April 30, 2005
... Although Alvarez is still incarcerated, his
relationship with his daughter is blooming thanks to a parenting
program offered through the jail...I got to see my kids for the
first time in over a month. But it was behind glass. With this
program, I can actually have contact visits with my children,"
Thomson said, wiping her eyes. "I don't want to do drugs. I just
want to get out of here and be a parent to my sons. I've been doing
drugs for 10 years. I don't know any other way to live. I'm hoping
these classes will help me get off drugs forever and be there for
my kids."...
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- Groom Still wants to marry Runaway
bride By CHARLES ODUM Associated Press
Writer,May 2, 2005
Jilted Groom: "Haven't we all made
mistakes?"
..."Just because we haven't walked down the aisle,
just because we haven't stood in front of 500 people and said our I
Do's, my commitment before God to her was the day I bought that
ring and put it on her finger, and I'm not backing down from that,"
John Mason said Monday in an interview with Fox News' "Hannity
& Colmes" show...
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- What happened to dating? Collegian
Correspondent, By MeiMei Thai, May 01, 2005
...Dating was a shy
process in high school. If I liked a boy, I'd tell my friend to
tell him, or not say anything at all. Others would write notes
telling one another that they liked each other... Students, at
the moment, like hooking up with no strings attached. . .
- Dating De coder The Sacramento Bee (Free Subscription) By Doug
Rutsch
He touches your cellphone, your pen, your
purse. Could it be that he really wants to touch you... So for
those playing the dating game, here are some "come hither" cues to
pick up on (or project, as the case may be)...Is he just that into you? Here
are clues to deciphering the unspoken language of love. . . .
- Comcast Turning On-Demand Dating Into
Reality TV WFMY NEWS Web Producer, By Keena Rodgers,
May 2, 2005
...Remember your worst dating experience? Now imagine
if that episode had been recorded and shown to paying television
customers....Comcast is launching a television show featuring
couples from its video personals going on blind dates. . .
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- Legalizing family relationships concerns
author Western Catholic Reporter-
Canada, By DEBORAH
GYAPONG, May 2, 2005
The family provides
counterbalance to the state's power, says Douglas Farrow... the
problem arises from divorcing procreation from the definition of
marriage. Without procreation and the natural, biological bonds of
a mother and father with their children, the state defines what a
legal parent is, and what a parent-child relationship is...
- Christian Group
to Run 'Supernanny' Spot
AP- San Francisco
Chronicle, CA -May 2, 2005
The conservative Christian ministry Focus on the
Family plans to advertise its child-rearing Web site and toll-free
number during the ABC reality show on Monday.The ad is the first
national television spot purchased by the group and is part of an
effort to bring its faith-based advice on parenting and
relationships to younger families...
- Teachers call for parenting classes for new
mothers This is London, UK - Apr 30, 2005
All new mothers should attend parenting classes so they can learn
to teach their children the difference between right and wrong,
head teachers said. Primary schools struggle to educate a
generation of four-year-olds who swear, spit, scratch and kick if
they do not get their own way, the National Association of Head
Teachers' annual conference was told. . . .
- Closing the deal on marriage The
Daily Mail- You Magazine, By LISA
GRAINGER,
Over coffee in New York with 34-year-old film producer and
author Daniel Rosenberg, conversation is getting heated. "Look, I'm
not saying that men are perfect. We aren't," he says, shaking his
head in exasperation when I suggest that his book Closing the Deal:
Two Married Guys Take You from Single Miss to Wedded Bliss, is
trying to create a world of Stepford Wives dedicated to pleasing
potential husbands...
- In divorce, all assets are not
created equally SunHerald.com- MS, By Germaine Weldon, Sunday
May 1, 2005
... Throw in a divorce,
and this financial inequity gets worse. ... It is estimated that
the standard of living for women declines by 27 percent after
divorce...
- Sometimes divorce hurts children long after the
fact Inside
Bay Area- CA, By Doug
Mead, May 1,
2005
... employee said. "And,
are you OK, mister?"...This conversation was not a few weeks or
even a few years after my divorce. It was eight years after the
fact...
- Limit on Abortions set to
be reduced Mail on Sunday, By Rachel Ellis, May 1, 2005
Britain's 24-week limit
on abortions could be reduced as the Government reviews the law for
the first time in 15 years...Highly-placed medical sources say
Ministers want to look at the controversial Abortion Act after the
General Election to take into account both technological advances
and growing political demands for a shorter
limit...
- "I do" taboo not strong
enough Washington Post, By FREDRICK KUNKLE
Pennsylvania's first cousin's March marriage
highlights pitfalls, conflicting laws
--Love comes in at the eye, the poet
William Butler Yeats wrote, and so it was for Donald Andrews: One
look, and he knew that he was in love, intensely in love...He also
knew, even as a mere lad of 14, that this wouldn't be just any
romance because the object of that rapturous gaze happened to be
his cousin Eleanor...
- Vivek-Aishwarya: The marriage that isn't
happening Newindpress.com
Sunday May 1 2005 IANS
MUMBAI: What he thought was an innocuous TV
interview has turned out to be a nightmare after Vivek Oberoi was
quoted as saying he would marry his love Aishwarya Rai. And Vivek
is seething with rage and indignation...Aishwarya prefers to keep
her private life out of the public glare. Such discussions on
matters close to her heart are deeply distasteful to her...
- Islamic leaders unveil new
marriage code in India Associated Press -Jerusalem Post, Israel - May 1,
2005
Islamic leaders on Sunday recommended a marriage code for India's
140 million Muslims, urging them to stop the current system that
allows a husband to instantly divorce his
wife...
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- Happy divorce/remarriage/lovechild: what
greetings cards say about the way we live now The
Daily Telegraph-UK, By Julie Henry and Beth
Jones, May 1, 2005
Divorce, remarriage and children born out of
wedlock have become so established in British life that the
country's biggest greeting card retailer has decided to tap into a
potentially lucrative market. Instead of being kept out of
sight as a potential source of embarrassment, the complex
relationships which typify 21st-century families are being
celebrated on cards for children to send their parents on their
wedding day or to stepmothers and fathers on their birthdays. . . .
. The merchandise, which comes from Clinton Cards is a sign of the
times, according to Don Lewin, the company's chairman, who is well
aware of the changed world customers at his 1,200 stores inhabit.
In the past 30 years, the divorce rate has doubled, with more than
154,000 couples separating last year. There are more than two
million couples cohabiting and the proportion of children born out
of wedlock leapt from 14 per cent in 1982 to 41 per cent last year.
The average family - a married couple with 2.4 children - is
becoming a relic. . . .
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- The
cost of "having it all" By Janice Shaw
Crouse Townhall.com
Postmodern thinking
offered women the opportunity to “have it all.” Women flocked
into the marketplace where they are having unprecedented success.
Entry level MBA women now make higher salaries than their male
counterparts. Sadly, though, sexual liberation came as part
of the post-modern package and gals began rivaling the guys in
bed-hopping, too. Now we are learning the price those women are
paying. Turns out sexual “freedom” wasn’t exactly
free...
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For Better, For Worse- Marriage means
Something Different Now Washington
Post, By
Stephanie Coontz, May 1, 2005
Thirteen years
ago, Vice President Dan Quayle attacked the producers of TV
sitcom's Murphy Brown for letting her character bear a child out of
wedlock, claiming that the show's failure to defend traditional
family values was encouraging America's youth to abandon marriage.
His speech kicked off more than a decade of outcries against the
"collapse of the family." Today, such attacks have given way to a
kinder, gentler campaign to promote marriage, with billboards
declaring that "Marriage Works" and books making "the case for
marriage." What these campaigns have in common is the idea that
people are willfully refusing to recognize the value of traditional
families and that their behavior will change if we can just
enlighten them. . . . .
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