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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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- Gay Groups Announce Agenda 'Beyond
Same-Sex Marriage' CitizenLink.org, By Pete Winn, July 31, 2006
Marriage isn't the only 'worthy' form of
relationship, statement says. To try to counter the
family-values agenda, lesbian, gay and bisexual activist groups
joined hands recently to publicly announce a new agenda. They
issued a major statement called "Beyond Same-Sex Marriage: A New
Strategic Vision for All Our Families and Relationships." "Our
strategies must be visionary, creative and practical to counter the
right's powerful and effective use of marriage as a 'wedge' issue
that pits one group against another," the statement claims. "The
struggle for marriage rights should be part of a larger effort to
strengthen the stability and security of diverse households and
families.". . . . . Glenn T. Stanton, senior analyst for marriage
and sexuality at Focus on the Family Action, said it's now very
clear that most gay activists never really sought same-sex
marriage. What they really want is "anything goes." . . . . .
TO READ THE FULL STATEMENT: Beyond Same-Sex Marriage: A
New Strategic Vision For All Our Families and
Relationships
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Why gays are losing on
marriage TownHall.com, By Kevin McCullough, July 31,
2006
With a clearly definitive win in the Washington Supreme
Court this week, marriage advocates are on an impressive roll. . .
. But why are radical homosexual activists losing the fight? Simply
put - it's a Godless proposition they are putting forth and the
vast majority of Americans - even some liberals are not ready to
bankroll a completely bankrupt values agenda. . . . .
Lesbians lose legal marriage bid BBC
News, UK, July 31, 2006
A lesbian couple who married legally
in Canada have failed in their High Court bid to have their union
given full legal status in the UK. Celia Kitzinger and Sue
Wilkinson, of North Yorkshire, were married in Vancouver in 2003.
The pair said the UK's failure to recognise the legality of their
vows was a breach of their human rights. A judge ruled that their
union could be recognised as a civil partnership, but not marriage.
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DECISION
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- The Sanctity of
Marriage QueerPlanet.us, By David Johnson, July 31, 2006
Sanctity” my ass, you hypocrites! I was thinking
about all the other things that seem to screw around with this
“sanctity” that they aren’t bitching about. For
instance: - They aren’t lobbying for laws
against reality shows that turn courting into a game show like The
Bachelor, Joe Millionaire, and Average Joe.
- I haven’t heard anyone “Their
blood be upon them!” when talking about the 55 hour marriage of
Britney Spears and Jason Alexander.
How about a little peek into
the fact books of those “defenders of the sanctity of marriage”: .
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Proof There's No
'Gay Agenda': Not All of Us Want Gay
Marriage Queerty.com, By David, July 31, 2006
Lest you think it's all for one, one
for all in the gay community's push for legalized marriage, let it
be known that no, not all advocates were celebrating when
Massachusetts adopted same-sex marriage. Some gay advocates – while
still pushing for civil rights – are at the same time critics of
the drive for equivalent marriage terms between gays and straights.
Wasn't this whole gay rights movement, they argue, spurned by a
want to live an alternative lifestyle?. .
RELATED ARTICLE: For Some Gays, a Right
They Can Forsake NEW YORK TIMES, By Anemona Hartocollis, July 30,
2006
RELATED
ARTICLE: The Myth of Monogamy: Why Gay
marriage Won't Work Political Gateway- By Bud Beck, May 19,
2006
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- Pamela Anderson and Kid Rock marry in St
Tropez Fametastic.com- UK, By LucyLastic, July 30, 2006
Pamela Anderson and Kid Rock married on a
luxury yacht in St Tropez yesterday. The actual ceremony happened
below deck but the happy couple emerged on deck afterwards to wave
to photographers. . . . Just another three weddings to go then. . .
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RELATED ARTICLE: Pamela Anderson, Kid Rock Tie the
Knot People magazine,
Courtney Rubin, Dana Kennedy and Nancy Wilson, July 29,
2006
RELATED ARTICLE: Pamela Anderson and Kid Rock to have four wedding
ceremonies Fametastic.com-UK, By HeatherHoneypot, July 27,
2006
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- Bollywood Gets Real, Taking On the Modern Indian
Marriage NEW YORK TIMES
(Free Subscription), By Anupama Chopra, July 30, 2006
. . . . .For the last decade Mr. Johar, 34, has had
a dream run at the box office, directing glossy family dramas in
which the united Hindu family is unabashedly celebrated and
propagated. “I have always played safe,” Mr. Johar said in an
interview here during the shooting of the film last March, “and
therefore never been sorry.” But with “Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna”
(“Never Say Goodbye”), he enters alien, high-risk territory: the
modern Indian marriage. . . . The institution of marriage was
radically redefined in urban India after the nation’s
liberalization movement began in 1991. So much so that, as Dr.
Rajesh Parikh, neuropsychiatrist at the Jaslok Hospital and
Research Center in Mumbai, put it: “The modern marriage barely
reveals its lineage from the traditional marriage of decades ago.
Today marriage covers the entire gamut from altered gender roles,
satellite relationships, geographical separations and divorce.” . .
. . .
MOVIE REVIEW: Kabhi Alvida
Naa Kehna ("Never Say Goodbye") LycosMovies
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- Prince's
wife ABC Online, Australia By Rebecca
Keating, July 28 2006
Manuela Testolini Nelson has made the
"very difficult decision" to divorce funk rock star Prince. . . .
Lawyers for Prince say the split - after five years of marriage -
isn't what the singer wants. .
RELATED ARTICLE: Prince, Wife Are
Divorcing People Magazine, Jul 26,
2006
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- Mexico abandons marriage vows seen as
sexist Malaysia
Star-AP, Malaysia, July 28, 2006
- For 147 years, marriage vows in Mexico portrayed
women as delicate, weak and potentially
annoying. These days, judges
across Mexico are switching to versions that stress equality and
mutual support, reflecting the growing power of women in a country
still struggling with macho attitudes. . . . Even though the Mexican constitution says we are equal,
the vows put the woman in a very disadvantaged position, where the
man can make it her obligation to reproduce, take care of the
home,''. . . .
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- Till
death, or living in America, do us part
Star- Telegram, By Patrick McGee, July 27,
2006
America's immigrants have more enduring marriages than U.S.
citizens, but experts say they cannot be considered reinforcements
in the battle to maintain the traditional family in this country.
Once here, immigrants get caught in America's culture of divorce. .
. . . But many Mexican marriages don't survive in the United
States. About 12 percent of Mexican immigrant women's marriages end
in divorce in the first 10 years, and about 41 percent of married
women of Mexican ancestry born in the United States get divorced
within the same time period, according to the Journal of Marriage
and Family. . . . .
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- Parenting Issues: Sorry, but my children bore me to
death! The
Daily Mail, By HELEN KIRWAN-TAYLOR, July 26, 2006
It's the start of the summer holidays, when millions
of mothers despair at how to entertain their children for the next
six weeks. What none of them dare say is that they would rather
their children were still at school or, frankly, anywhere else.
Helen Kirwan-Taylor, a 42-year-old writer, lives in Notting Hill,
West London, with her businessman husband Charles and their sons
Constantin, 12, and Ivan, ten. Here, she argues provocatively that
modern women must not be enslaved by their children. . . .
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- Same-sex
marriage on rocks with voters
20 out of 20 times, Americans choose to protect
institution from changes WorldNetDaily, July 27,
2006
Yesterday's stunning decision by Washington's
Supreme Court upholding traditional marriage is not the only
setback dogging same-sex marriage advocates. In fact, 20 out of the
20 times it has come before voters, Americans have chosen to
protect by constitutional amendment the idea of limiting marriage
to one man and one woman. So this year as it's brought before
voters in another six – or eight – states, what do opponents plan
to do to get their first single? Obfuscate. "The best that
they (traditional marriage opponents) can do is confuse the issue,"
States Issues Analyst Mona Passignano, of the Colorado
Springs-based Focus on the Family Action, told WorldNetDaily in an
exclusive look-ahead at this fall's election season. "What they're
running up against is that people just want traditional marriage
protected," she said. . . . Colorado's potential battle already is
typical of what she expects. There probably will be four ballot
initiatives on the fall Colorado ballot addressing marriage or
civil unions and the like. One would think that would be confusing,
and Passignano said that's the plan. . . .
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- United Church of
Christ Leaders Decry Washington State Court Ruling on Gay
Marriage US Newswire (press release), July 26, 2006
-- United Church of Christ leaders
are denouncing a Washington State high court ruling on July 26 that
upholds a ban on same-gender marriage. Nineteen couples, including
a UCC clergy couple, were challenging the constitutionality of the
state's ban on same-sex marriage equality.
The Rev. Peter
Ilgenfritz and the Rev. Dave Shull, pastors of University
Congregational United Church of Christ in Seattle since 1994, have
been in a committed same-sex relationship for more than 20 years.
They also have been leaders in the fight to overturn a 1998 law
passed by the state legislature that limits legal marriage to one
man and one woman. . . . . they emphasized, the church will
continue its work in support of lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender people, including full marriage equality. . . .
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- Wash. court upholds gay marriage ban Houston
Chronicle- AP, US, By CURT WOODWARD, July 26,
2006
OLYMPIA, Wash. — The state Supreme Court upheld a
ban on gay marriage Wednesday, saying lawmakers have the power to
restrict marriage to unions between a man and woman. The 5-4
decision disappointed gay-marriage advocates and left Massachusetts
as the only state that grants full marriage rights to gay
couples. The decision was the
latest in a series of significant court rulings favoring
gay-marriage opponents. New York's high court dealt gay couples
another blow earlier this month when it ruled that a state law
limiting marriage to between a man and a woman was constitutional.
. . . .
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ARTICLE: Washington high Court upholds same-sex marriage
ban JURIST, By Joe Shaulis, July 26,
2006
RELATED ARTICLE: Court reinstates Nebraska gay marriage
ban Houston Chronicle- AP, By Kevin O'Hanlon, July 14,
2006
RELATED
ARTICLE: Tennessee Supreme Court allows vote on gay marriage
ban Chattanooga Times Free Press, USA- Staff
Report, July 14, 2006
RELATED ARTICLE: Conn. court rejects gay couples' challenge to civil-unions
law FirstAmendmentCenter.org- AP, July 13,
2006
RELATED ARTICLE: Massachusetts Has a Chance to Scrap gay
"Marriage" as Court Approves 2008 Ballot Measure LifeSiteNews.com, By Gudrun Schultz, July 10,
2006
RELATED ARTICLE: Courts in 2 states reject gay
marriage
New York decision stuns advocates; Georgia ban
upheld The Boston
Globe-US, By Amy Goldstein (Washington Post), July 7,
2006
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- The position is
contrition USA Today - By Karen
Thomas, July 26, 2006
Christie Brinkley's estranged and
adulterous husband, Peter Cook, says he's sorry. . . . More and
more, celebrities are going public in an attempt to resolve their
personal scandals. A look at how a handful of other embarrassing
public spats have played out: . . . .Jude
Law and Sienna Miller. . . . Elizabeth Hurley and Hugh Grant. . . .
Candy and Tori Spelling. .
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- Sex With the Boss? Honey, You Know Better
A 19-year-old's high-profile affair with the
husband of model Christie Brinkley is typical, and so is her
kiss-and-tell approach Los Angeles Times, By Anne Taylor Fleming, July
25, 2006
ONCE AGAIN we have a
full-grown woman — in this case, a 19-year-old from Long Island —
claiming to be the innocent victim in a high-profile extramarital
affair. When are women going to learn, I found myself thinking, as
I watched Diana Bianchi toss her beautiful locks and confess to one
of those pushy and obsequiously empathetic TV news reporters that
she had stumbled into an affair with her employer, one Peter Cook,
a.k.a. Mr. Christie Brinkley. . . . .
- Marriage can heal wounds if we allow
it ABS CBN News, Philippines,
By BOB GARON, July 25, 2006
In 1925 Carl Jung wrote an essay suggesting that
marriage could be a form of psychotherapy. Strange as that
might seem, there is truth to it. . . . If the marriage
does not work out, it is because the spouses are deficient.
Marriage has what it takes to heal. It can raise a couple to
incredible heights if only the spouses play by the rules and follow
instructions. We are quick to blame the institution of marriage for
our own failures. Rarely are we quick to own up to our
inadequacies. We prefer to blame others and whatever to cover up
what is lacking in our own selves. . . .
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- Two mommies and a daddy
The future of
polygamy CHRISTIAN CENTURY, By Elizabeth Marquardt, July 25,
2006
. . . . . Western family law has so far not permitted
children to have more than two legal (biological or adoptive)
parents. This limitation could soon be a thing of the past. Trends
in science, law and culture are threatening the two-person
understanding of marriage and of parenthood. Though most advocates
of same-sex marriage say they do not support group marriage, the
partial success of the gay-marriage movement has emboldened others
to borrow the language of civil rights to break open further our
understanding of marriage. . . . A different set of challenges to
the two-person understanding of marriage and parenthood is emerging
from medical labs. Scientists are experimenting with creating
artificial sperm and eggs and fusing them in unexpected ways to
create human embryos for implantation in the womb. Last year,
British scientists at Newcastle University were granted permission
to create a human embryo with three genetic parents. . . .
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- Changes Proposed to Las Vegas' 24-Hour
Marriage Licenses KLAS-TV 8, By I- Team Reporter Mark Sayre, July 24,
2006
Las Vegas is known around the world
as a "24-hour" town, and getting married is no exception!
In an effort to cut costs, Clark County wants to stop
issuing marriage licenses around the clock. The county says fewer
than 4-percent of all marriage licenses are issued during the
graveyard shift. And while it may be a bright symbol of our 24-hour
town, the shift is not immune from the budget ax! . . . .
Eliminating the graveyard shift will save the county about $150,000
a year in staff and overtime costs. . . The county is well aware that marriage is
big business. . . .
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- Woman wins £35,000 damages from bullying
mother-in-law The Daily
Mail, By Neil Sears, July 24, 2006
A businesswoman has been awarded £35,000
compensation after bringing a landmark legal case against her
mother-in-law who treated her like a servant. English-born and
westernised sikh Gina Satvir Singh, 26, had an arranged marriage
with fellow sikh Hardeep Sing Bhakar, 28 - and went to live with
his family in Essex. But the court heard her mother-in-law Dalbir
Kaur Bhakar, 52, who was born in India and barely spoke English,
would not give her daughter-in-law a house key, made her wash the
lavatory with her hands, forced her to have her hair cut and banned
TV. . . . . . A judge's decision to order Mrs Bhakar to pay
compensation after Miss Singh brought a case through the 1997
Protection from Harrassment Act, designed to deter stalkers, has
profound implications for families and insurance companies across
Britain. . . . . .
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- The Great Divide
When One of Two Pals Makes the Break to
Romance or Wedlock, The Friendship Faces a
Test The Washington Post, By Suz Redfearn, July 25,
2006
For five years in his twenties,
Curtis McCormick had a pal he could count on -- someone who shared
his interests, he says, in "hanging after work, going to happy
hours, going to baseball games and cruising chicks." But when
McCormick fell hard for Meg Beaver, his friend began acting
strangely: When Beaver was around, he would look past her, refusing
to address her. "Meg, of course, hadn't done a thing to him. It was
a weird jealousy thing because I was suddenly spending most of my
free time with Meg," says McCormick, now 41. . . . .
RELATED ARTICLE: Can This Friendship Be Saved?
The Washington Post, By Suz Redfearn,
July 25, 2006
RELATED
ARTICLE: Marriage can
alter friendships
Kansas.com- Witchita Eage, By Cindy
Arora, July 9, 2006
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- Travel: How traveling alone can affect a
marriage Post-Gazette.com,
By Sue Shellenbarger, July 24, 2006
When Glenn Driver took off for a Cuban vacation by
himself a few years ago, he sorely miscalculated one thing: His
wife's reaction. During a phone call home, he realized that Anne
Driver was so angry about the trip that she was having thoughts of
splitting up. So he cut the vacation short and raced home. The
Venice, Calif., couple entered counseling, resolved their
differences and are still happily married today. But the rift
taught them much about the perils of leaving your spouse home
alone. . . . .
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- Marriage as Anti-Child-Poverty
Program
Connect for
Kids.com, By Roshin Mathew, July 24, 2006
The glowing newlyweds met me at the door. Frozen in
a blissful moment of love, the photographed couple seemed to embody
the caption they embrace under: “Marriage works.” I opened the door
to find out how. . . . . The Center wants to make it easier for
couples to commit to attending all eight classes, so they provide
dinner, child care, and transportation for each class. Those who
attend all eight lessons will also receive $100 after completing a
follow-up meeting. The East Capitol Center for Change’s Healthy
Marriage classes are aimed at couples who are 18 and older; in a
marriage, engaged, or seriously dating. . . . Marriage classes like
this one are going on all over the country with federal funding
support, teaching marriage cultivation and preservation to
low-income couples. . . . .
RELATED ARTICLE: Government To Spend More On Marriage, Congress Sets
Aside Up To $100M A Year To Promote
Marriage CBS News-AP, July 21, 2006
RELATED ARTICLE: Program Seeks to Fight Poverty by Building Family
Ties NEW YORK TIMES,
By Erik Eckholm, July 20, 2006
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- Marriage proposal could be dying
out Yorkshire Post Today, UK -By Grace
Hammond, July 24, 2006
The romantic
marriage proposal is going out of fashion, according to a survey
published today. One in three couples simply "agree together" to
tie the knot. There is no getting down on bended knee, no
engagement ring produced from a pocket and no happy tears at the
words: "Will you marry me?" The surprise statistic was one of
the findings of a GMTV survey of 8,500 people. It revealed
that 31 per cent agreed to get married without a proposal from
either side. . . . .
- Couples abandon romance
News.com.au, By Leticia Makin, July 25, 2006
TRADITIONAL romantic declarations of
love are dead in Britain - and on their way out in Australia. The
down-on-one-knee proposal is increasingly a thing of the past -
with couples making a mutual, negotiated decision to marry - while
sweet nothings are more likely to be sent by text message than
whispered in a lover's ear. . . . Anne Hollonds, CEO of
Relationships Australia said the dynamics of romance had changed,
but did not entirely agree that the tradition was spent. . . .
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RELATED ARTICLE: A
proposal to remember Rome News, GA, By Diane Wagner, July 22,
2006
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- First China alternative Website
thrives Zee News, July 24, 2006
Online marriage brokers are common in China, but a young
Chinese Website is thriving by turning the traditional idea of
marriage on its head. Called "Marriage for Asexuals"
(www.wx920.com), the site claims to be the first and biggest online
marriage broker for "asexual" people in China. It says it has
attracted 7,000 members since it was launched last year. Its
rapid success illustrates the expansion of the Internet in China,
the increasingly permissive nature of Chinese society -- and the
way in which small but growing minorities of people are stepping
away from traditions that have dominated culture for thousands of
years. . . .
- Chinese Parks Turned Into Marriage
Bureaus e.sinchew-i.com,
July 24, 2006
There are 200 or so middle-aged men and women gathered in
Beijing's Zhongshan Park, and the refrain you hear repeatedly is:
"Nan de, nu de?" "Boy or girl?" The question is uttered
sometimes with a sheepish grin, at other times with a look of
desperation. Under clusters of shady trees overlooking the
Forbidden City's Tongzi moat, they huddle, debating the merits or
demerits of a potential candidate. Some flit from group to group,
scrutinising photographs, studying posters placed on the ground and
placards hung around necks. A typical notice reads, "Girl, 28,
1.62m tall, university graduate, steady job, good pay, blood group
O+. Husband must be over 30 with steady job." This may be the age
of online dating, but for these park-goers, nothing beats
old-fashioned match-making when it comes to finding mates for their
grown children. .
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- How to survive your
marriage Belleville
News-Democrat- Hundreds of Heads.com, July 23, 2006
Married? Here's some advice on coping with challenges from
the book, How to Survive Your
Marriage,
straight from people who've done it:
"Remember that you made a
promise: Just a few years after my husband and I were married, he
had a terrible parachuting accident. His right leg was amputated
below his knee. Our marriage was almost torn apart. My husband was
in so much pain that he pushed me away. How did I get through it? I
focused on my promise. I had vowed to love him in sickness and in
health, and I reminded myself of that promise constantly. . . .
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- Three-year
marriage plan Monterey
County Herald- Carl Paul Alasko On Relationships, July 23, 2006
Dear Dr. Alasko: Jake
and I just moved in together after dating for a few months and are
planning to get married this fall. Each of us has been married once
before (we have no children) but this is the first time I've been
so totally compatible with someone. All our friends see that we're
perfectly matched and say we should go for it. Do you think we're
moving too fast?. . .
RELATED ARTICLE: Cohabiters, Especially Poor Women,
Are Unlikely to Wed Newswise (Press Release,
Source: Cornell University) - Jul 9,
2006
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- First comes
logon, then comes 'marriage'
The Oxford Press, By Fred Marion-Cox News
Service, July 23, 2006
. . . . Theirs is a fictional union, a digital farce. One
online personality "wedding" another. There is no legal backing
behind their union, no long-term commitment, no signed marriage
certificate, no tax benefit to reap or prenup to deal with. Just a
guy who likes an online girl and a girl who likes an online guy.
Together, they're exploring what could be the latest frontier in
relationships: online marriage. . . . . . A small number of Web
sites have cropped up allowing couples to tie the knot (and get
divorced) on public or private Web pages. Some provide printable
online marriage certificates, "chapels" for weddings and guestbooks
for witnesses and visitors. GetMarriedLive.com has logged nearly
6,000 online marriages, and hundreds more took place the first week
of June at Irom.org. . . .
RELATED ARTICLE: An Exclusive Interview:
The REAL SECRET To Online Dating AmericanChronicle.com- By Stacée L. Hardiman, May 8,
2006
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- A proposal to
remember Rome News- GA, By Diane Wagner, July 22, 2006
The girlfriend said 'Yes' from an ambulance
stretcher after a plane crash that injures three people. . . . A
Silver Creek man planning a marriage proposal to remember got more
than he bargained for Friday when the plane he chartered to help
pop the question crashed at Richard B. Russell Regional Airport
shortly after 7 p.m. . . . . .
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- Government To Spend More On Marriage,
Congress Sets Aside Up To $100M A Year To Promote
Marriage CBS News-AP, July 21, 2006
. . . . . The grant money represents the latest
shift in welfare reform in the United States. For the next five
years, Congress is setting aside up to $100 million a year to
promote marriage and $50 million a year to produce committed
fathers. This year's allotment goes out before Sept. 30. Supporters
say that if the government can get more low-income parents to tie
the knot and help them work through the rough spots that inevitably
occur, then those families are less likely to need federal
assistance in later years. . . .
RELATED ARTICLE: Program Seeks to Fight Poverty by Building Family
Ties NEW YORK TIMES,
By Erik Eckholm, July 20, 2006
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Old Fashioned Marriage Part 3: A Community
Project The
RealityCheck.org, By Joseph C. Phillips, July 21, 2006
In the midst of writing about the need to
re-establish traditional marriage as an American institution, I
received a frantic phone call from one of my wife’s girlfriends. .
. . . She and her husband have been having a tough time of it
lately and whatever it was that upset her involved the difficulties
in her marriage. I do not know the specifics of what brought
her to my door that evening. I never asked. I figured
what happens in her marriage is none of my business. Or is
it? . . . . .
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ARTICLE: Old Fashioned Marriage Part 2: The New Counter
Culture TheRealityCheck.org,
By Joseph C.Phillips, July 14, 2006
RELATED ARTICLE: An Old Fashioned Picture of Marriage -Part
One
TheRealityCheck.org, By Joseph C. Phillips,
July 9, 2006
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- Grrr! Sad For Christie
Brinkley? FOXNews.com, By Mike Straka, July 19, 2006
Don't feel sorry for
Christie Brinkley. Feel sorry for her children, and so many others
whose celebrity parents change "significant" others as if they were
still teenagers. I'm not sure when marriage became a game of
musical chairs, but it seems that celebrities and wedded bliss,
with a few exceptions, do not go hand in hand. . . . .I'm not
wishing them marital unrest, but I do question the exercise.
And let's be honest, that's what marriage is to celebrities — an
exercise. Fame is not conducive to marriage. Kid Rock couldn't even
date Sheryl Crow, and we know what happened to Crow's subsequent
relationship with Lance Armstrong. . . .
RELATED ARTICLE: Teen: Christie Brinkley's Husband
Seduced Me FOX News -AP Jul 18,
2006
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- Julie and
Hillary Goodridge, lead plaintiffs in Mass. marriage lawsuit, have
separated BayWindows.com, By Susan Ryan-Vollmar, July
20, 2006
Julie and Hillary Goodridge, the lead
plaintiff couple in the 2003 lawsuit that brought same-sex marriage
rights to Massachusetts, told Bay Windows through a spokeswoman
this week that they have "amicably separated." The confirmation
follows several months of rumors about the couple within the LGBT
community that had gained in intensity, and comes at a time when
marriage rights are once again under fire. . . . . . Breslauer said that the couple’s focus is on taking
care of their daughter, who precipitated their decision to become
involved in the lawsuit when at age four, she told them that they
couldn’t love each other because they weren’t married. “I started
pondering what it all means,” Julie told the Boston
Phoenix in 2003. “What does it mean to her that we’re not
married?”. . . . . Public
confirmation of the couple’s separation comes on the heels of a
two-week string of defeats for the marriage equality movement. . .
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- House G.O.P. Lacks
Votes for Amendment Banning Gay Marriage NEW YORK TIMES, By Kate
Zernike, July 19, 2006
— House Republicans failed Tuesday in an effort to
pass a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, part of
a proposed “values agenda” that they hope will rally voters in
midterm elections in November. The vote was 237 to 187, with one
member voting “present,” well short of the two-thirds majority
needed to amend the Constitution. The vote was largely symbolic
because the Senate rejected a similar bill in May. . . . .
RELATED ARTICLE: GOP Sees
Advantage in Gay Marriage Debate Chicago Tribune-AP, By Jim
Abrams, July 19, 2006
- Procreation a losing
argument The
Advocate, By John Sonego, July 17, 2006
Those who advocate that
marriage should be reserved purely for the purpose of procreation
have argued themselves into a corner. If they truly want that as a
standard, then it should apply it to everyone. . . . .
Clearly, a lot of otherwise happy marriages might be eliminated
under this standard. But the question is, Do Americans really think
marriage is primarily about procreation? I don’t think so. . . .
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RELATED ARTICLE: With this Bill.
. . The Senate debates marriage The Weekly Standard- By Fred Barnes, June 5, 2006-
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- Declining Marriage Rates Aren’t Just a
Black Family Thing – They're an American Thing BlackAmericaWeb.com, By
Joseph C. Phillips, July 17, 2006
One of the drawbacks of discussing
old-fashioned marriage –- the notion that marriage is an ennobling
institution and the best environment in which to raise children --
is the discussion invariably centers on what is wrong in the black
family. From Bill Cosby and his call-outs to conservative and
liberal pundits across the country, all behave as if declining
marriage rates and soaring illegitimacy rates only exist in the
black community. . . . . The decline of two parent households and
the social costs that accompany it is an issue that transcends race
and economics. It is an American problem. . .
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- It's no game:
Secrets don't belong in marriage TimesDispatch.com, By Tequitia Andrews, July 16, 2006
I've heard it said that your spouse
should know you better than anyone else. . . . Do you know
everything about your spouse? Does he or she know everything about
you? More important, should we? Some people think that keeping
secrets about themselves adds mystery to a relationship, that it
helps keep the relationship fresh, exciting. . . . What exactly is considered pertinent? An affair?
Debt? Past relationships?. . . .
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- To Love and to
cherish: priceless Sturgis Journal.com, By James
and Audora Burg, July 15, 2006
If you’ve watched TV or flipped through a magazine
in the past year, you may have noticed the Mastercard ad campaign
that turned on the catchphrase “priceless.” A typical
sequence would list a series of events leading up to the climactic,
usually heartwarming event; alongside each leading-up event was
listed a specific price, but next to the heartwarming event was the
word “priceless.”. . . . . If you
listen carefully to the traditional wedding vows (”For better for
worse, for richer for poorer,” etc.), you’ll hear a similar
progression toward priceless. . . .
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Marriage Part 2: The New Counter Culture TheRealityCheck.org, By Joseph C.Phillips, July 14,
2006
. . . . In 1965, Patrick Moynihan
issued his now famous report entitled "The Negro Family: The Case
for National Action." Forty years ago, The Moynihan report was
distressed by an illegitimacy rate in the black community of 22
percent. The current illegitimacy rate among whites is 24
percent. It is 44 percent among Hispanics. In 1965, the
percentage of unwed mothers nationally was 8 percent. That figure
now stands at 34 percent. The decline of two parent
households and the social costs that accompany it is an issue that
transcends race and economics. It is an American problem. . .
. .
RELATED ARTICLE: An Old Fashioned Picture
of Marriage -Part One
TheRealityCheck.org, By
Joseph C. Phillips, July 9, 2006
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- Uncover more passionate, meaningful
sex
David Schnarch, Ph.D. analyzes the link
between sex and intimacy in his book, 'Passionate
Marriage' MSNBC.com, July 14, 2006
Below is an
excerpt of David Schnarch's book, "Passionate Marriage: Sex, Love,
and Intimacy in Emotionally Committed Relationships:
Chapter One
We came here because we had a sexual problem, but you've
helped us recognize it's something much larger. Karen and her
husband are leaving my office after our final session. Her smile
and gratitude make clear her intent. She speaks like a person who
has stumbled upon new possibilities, not like someone who has
learned she is more damaged than she thought. . .
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- Before wedding march: Running of the
Brides Baltimore Sun, By Laura Barnhardt,
July 15, 2006
With an hour left to kill,
the ladies are antsy. Fueled by coffee, tired of the all-night card
games, armed with walkie-talkies, they are ready for the doors of
Filene's Basement to open. . . . . They are taking no prisoners.
Deeply discounted bridal gowns are at stake. Just after 8 a.m., the
glass doors swing open, and the store managers stand back. . .
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RELATED ARTICLE: Midtown Bridal Insanity
Extravaganza Gothamist- NY, Posted by Jen Chung, Jun 7,
2005
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- 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
Raising children has never been
easy. For today’s parents, however, it has become a
conspicuous source of anxiety and distress. A recent
crop of books and articles give voice to this
complaint. Likewise in recent surveys, parents report
lower levels of marital happiness than nonparents. Why is this happening? Are
parents merely whining? Or is there an objective reason for
their distress? “Life
Without Children,” this year’s essay, points to an objective reason
for parental discontent. It is a dramatic, but until now
largely unacknowledged, change in the pattern of our adult lives. .
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- The Vatican: Archbishop to promote marriage for Catholic
priests Jamaica Gleaner, July 14, 2006
EMMANUEL MILINGO, the African
Catholic archbishop and faith healer who married in the Reverend
Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church in 2001 but later returned to
the fold, has scandalised the Vatican yet again. Milingo went
missing last month from a convent south of Rome where he had been
living in near-seclusion for the past four years. He resurfaced in
Washington on Wednesday. Effectively making himself a renegade yet
again from the Roman Catholic Church, he held a surprise news
conference announcing that his new mission was to persuade the
Vatican to allow priests to marry. . . .
RELATED ARTICLE: 'Moonie'
archbishop rocks Vatican BBC News, July 13,
2006
RELATED ARTICLE: Archbishop
Milingo renounces wife BBC News, Aug 24,
2001
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- Court reinstates
Nebraska gay marriage ban
Houston Chronicle- AP, By Kevin
O'Hanlon, July 14, 2006
LINCOLN,
Neb. — Courts handed victories to gay-marriage opponents in two
states Friday reinstating Nebraska's voter-approved ban on same-sex
marriage and throwing out an attempt to keep a proposed ban off the
ballot in Tennessee. In the Nebraska case, the 8th U.S. Circuit
Court of Appeals overturned a judge's ruling last year that the ban
was too broad and deprived gays and lesbians of participation in
the political process, among other things. . .
RELATED ARTICLE: EIGHTH DISTRICT COURT OF
APPEALS RULING
- Tennessee Supreme Court allows vote on gay
marriage ban Chattanooga Times Free Press, USA- Staff
Report, July 14, 2006
The state Supreme
Court said in a unanimous decision filed today that voters will be
allowed to decide in November whether they want a constitutional
ban in Tennessee. . . Gay marriage is
banned by state law, but opponents said they want to protect that
statute by putting it in the Tennessee Constitution with the
proposed Tennessee Marriage Protection Amendment. The ACLU filed an
appeal challenging the way the General Assembly adopted the
proposed amendment, saying notice of the measure was not officially
published six months before the next election, as required by the
state. . . . .
RELATED ARTICLE: SUPREME COURT OF TENNESSEE
RULING
- Conn. court rejects gay couples' challenge
to civil-unions law FirstAmendmentCenter.org- AP, July 13, 2006
HARTFORD, Conn. — Gay and lesbian
couples have not been harmed by the state's decision to legalize
same-sex civil unions rather than grant them full marriage rights,
a state Superior Court judge ruled yesterday. . . . . The
plaintiffs plan to appeal the ruling to the state's highest court.
. . . .Connecticut became the second state in the nation,
after Vermont, to allow civil unions. In 2005, the
Democrat-controlled General Assembly passed, and Republican Gov. M.
Jodi Rell signed into law, a bill legalizing civil unions but
defining marriage as between a man and a woman. . . .
RELATED ARTICLE: Gay Marriage
Lawsuit Fails: A Superior Court Judge Rules Against Eight Same-Sex
Couples Seeking Right To Marry by Daniela
Altimari HARTFORD COURANT, July 13, 2006
- The New Gay
Times Townhall.com, By Brent Bozell, July 12, 2006
There was the expected wailing and gnashing of teeth from
the left when New York's state Court of Appeals ruled against
installing so-called "gay marriage" by judicial fiat, as they had
in the People's Republic of Massachusetts. The New York Times, as
expected, was stunned that the judges could find a "rational basis"
for traditional marriage, and that judges would defer to elected
legislators. . . . .But
the Times isn't just rooting for the homosexual revolution on the
outside and inside of the newspaper. . . .
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- Divorce Wars: Litigation as Blood
Sport ABC News.com, By
Chris Francescani and Kristen Depowski and the ABC News Law &
Justice Unit, July 11, 2006
Marital Breakups Sometimes Get More Violent Than
Name-Calling. Few aspects of civil society can devolve more
quickly and more dangerously into personal civil war than the
dissolution of a marriage. . . . Attorneys and psychiatrists told ABC News
the Bartha case is one of the worst they have ever seen. But not
the first. "When they are bad, they
can spin out of control easily and fast, and the effect snowballs
to the point where people ultimately — after exhausting all
remedies — do something seemingly as crazy as blowing up the
residence,'' said William Beslow, who has represented Tatum O'Neal,
Mia Farrow and Patricia Duff in contentious divorce proceedings.
Prominent New York divorce attorney Raoul Felder was more specific.
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ARTICLE: Divorce gets dirty New York Daily News, NY, By Jane Ridley, July 12,
2006
RELATED
ARTICLE: Real Estate and Rubble: When Marriages Go
Awry New York Times-US, By Anemona Hartocollis and Cara
Buckley, July 12, 2006
RELATED ARTICLE: Marriage, home go up in flames New York Daily News, Written By Bill
Hutchinson, July 10, 2006
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- To cohabitate or not: it's increasingly
the question
MetroWest Daily News, MA -By Tom and Dee Hardie
and Cousin Key Kidder, July 11, 2006
Q:
They used to call it "living in sin." But frankly, I don't
give a hoot what anybody says if Todd moves in with me. I know
other seniors my age who live together without ever bothering to
get married. Who cares if people talk? Either they're just jealous,
or they don't have the guts to do it themselves. My marriage
to my late husband was OK. It was never a bed of roses, but we kept
it together until he died. This time I'm in it for love. My
big worry is what my family will think. . . . . .
RELATED ARTICLE: Cohabiters,
Especially Poor Women, Are Unlikely to
Wed Newswise (Press Release, Source: Cornell
University) - Jul 9,
2006
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- Massachusetts Has a Chance to
Scrap gay "Marriage" as Court Approves 2008 Ballot
Measure LifeSiteNews.com, By Gudrun Schultz, July 10,
2006
– A proposed constitutional amendment banning same-sex
“marriage” can be placed on the 2008 ballot, the Supreme Judicial
Court ruled today. In a unanimous decision, the Court said the
Massachusetts’ constitution did not prevent citizen-initiated
amendments from seeking changes to the state constitution, even if
the changes would overrule previous court decisions, reported the
AP today. . . . With the approval of the Court and certification by
the attorney general, the ballot question on marriage now must
receive approval by two consecutive legislative sessions, receiving
support by 25 percent (50 votes) of the Legislature each time. . .
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RELATED ARTICLE: Massachusetts
Court Clears Way to Ban Same-Sex Marriage
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