THE MARRIAGE DEBATE: A PUBLIC THEOLOGY OF MARRIAGE

Trinity Journal;  October 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Marriage as a public institution has so deteriorated in our society...understandable. This paper will present a Christian theology of marriage that provides an understanding of God's design for this...in our cultural debate is that the state's interest in marriage is primarily in the welfare of children and ...

Marriage a la mode Today's debate over same-sex marriage assumes that...

The Boston Globe;  June 13, 1999 ;     700+ words ...Marriage is sleeping in a room that's too hot next to someone who...years ago, I sent Reader's Digest that one-liner about marriage and found out that it had been published when the magazine...disagreement, between the inside and outside definitions of marriage, runs throughout the institution's history. ...

The Institution of Marriage: Terminable or Interminable?

American Journal of Psychotherapy;  January 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...The institution of marriage has received renewed interest and even appreciation in the context of the controversy regarding same-sex marriage. Paradoxically, though, as marriage has become more valued, it has become, in the minds...

HOLY MATRIMONY SOCIETY, MARRIAGE AND CHRISTIANITY

Roanoke Times & World News;  November 23, 2003 ;     700+ words ...The institution of marriage is in crisis in American society. Divorce...rampant. More and more people forgo marriage for an unstable substitute, co-habitation...much in disrupted and damaged lives. Marriage is being subtly undermined in both...

Marriage: developments in Catholic theology and ethics. (Notes On Moral...

Theological Studies;  March 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...DISCUSSIONS OF MARRIAGE in recent decades almost invariably begin with allusions...along with concern for the status of women, both in the marriage relationship itself and after marriages end. Indeed, a published volume and a TV documentary...

Same-sex marriage fuss is really about bigotry

Chicago Sun-Times;  August 5, 2003 ;     700+ words ...altar, marriage has become sacred again. "I believe in the sanctity of marriage," President Bush said last week. "I believe a marriage is between a man and a woman. And I think we ought to codify that one way or the other." The Rev. James Meeks...

Marriage in America: A work in progress?

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  March 8, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Andre Mouchard Marriage is dead! Just don't tell the 4.6 million...hitched last month in San Francisco. Marriage is sacred! Sure, though it might be...includes Britney Spears, whose recent marriage lasted two days and a brunch, and...

Marriage Contracts

Male View;  June 30, 1999 ;     700+ words ...Marriage Contracts IT IS AS WELL to consider how the role of the state has served to bring the institution of marriage into disrepair and probable total collapse. Marriage - usually monogamous - has been found to be a satisfactory means of existence for most cultures...

An economic assessment of same-sex marriage laws.

Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy;  June 22, 2006 ;     700+ words ...This Article argues that marriage is an economically efficient institution, designed and...will lead to a sub-optimal law for all three types of marriage. I. INTRODUCTION Marriage is a word familiar to toddlers, and yet so complicated...

Love and marriage.(Features)

Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England);  September 15, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Byline: MARTIN RIGBY MARRIAGE can be traced back to the dawn of...times and in different cultures. Some marriages take place between specific family...many societies the visual mark of marriage is the wearing of a wedding ring...

Leading Article: Marriage - an institution to celebrate

The Independent - London;  October 29, 1996 ;     700+ words ...Marriage helps to prevent suicide. Marriage is a prophylactic against depression. It stops excessive drinking. Marriage - deep breath - makes people happier. Those are the stripped-down findings of a market research study we reported yesterday. Of...

TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE BENEFITS SOCIETY.(News)

Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  March 19, 2000 ;     700+ words ...Marriage - both in modern and traditional forms - seems to be on...reached its current state of decay. First, we glimpsed the marriage of the future on Feb. 15, when 23 million TV viewers tuned...In a sane age, of course, Prop. 22's assertion - that marriage should be defined as between one man and one ...

Goods in conflict.(Books)(The Future of Marriage)(Book review)

Commonweal;  October 12, 2007 ;     700+ words ...The Future of Marriage David Blankenhorn Encounter Books...Just the other day, it seems, same-sex marriage was unthinkable--or even if thinkable...United States, and criticism of same-sex marriage has become virtually unthinkable for...

Mate selection and female age at marriage: a micro level investigation in...

Journal of Comparative Family Studies;  September 22, 2003 ;     700+ words ...INTRODUCTION Marriage is one of the important social institutions...family building and population growth. Marriage is considered as a sacred duty by the...people in India, the main purpose of marriage is the performance of dharma in addition...

Domestic Tranquility; Modern Marriage in America And the Balance of Power

The Washington Post;  December 22, 1991 ;     700+ words ...MARRIAGE, OR SO we keep hearing, is back. What is back, though, is not the old 1950s, traditional, Father-Knows-Best, go-along-to-get-along, kind of marriage. In its place is New Marriage, where the rules have been rewritten about the balance of power between husband and wife. This marriage...