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. ...

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...

Faith: Marriage -- the highest estate.

United Press International;  July 11, 2001 ;     700+ words ......George McKinney, one of the sponsors of a Federal Marriage Amendment that is to be introduced in Congress...Jews, and Muslims making up the Alliance for Marriage that has drafted the proposed Constitutional Amendment...clamor for a recognition of same-sex unions as marriage in all but name is an attempt ...

marriage

The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English;      71 words ...marriage • noun   1. their marriage lasted twenty years | join in marriage synonyms : married state, matrimony, holy matrimony...xA0; 2. invited to their marriage synonyms : marriage ceremony, wedding, wedding...nuptials.   3. the marriage of their skills ...

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...

WHAT'S REALLY AT STAKE IN THE MARRIAGE DEBATE

Roanoke Times & World News;  March 11, 2004 ;     689 words ......But none of this had the least effect upon my marriage. Now suppose the commonwealth of Virginia were to permit same-sex couples to marry. I and my marriage are in no way damaged. Our joint bank accounts...status if I am hospitalized, and so on. Same-sex marriage does not threaten my marriage, or ...

Can MARRIAGE be saved? Yes -- if we stop idealizing the past, says prof in...

Chicago Sun-Times;  May 22, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Marriage, a History From obedience to intimacy, or how love conquered marriage by Stephanie Coontz Viking. $25.95. As with any relationship...Schlafly says they will "deliver the knockout punch" to marriage. Chicago's Laura Kipnis has written in praise of adultery...

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 ...

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...

Marriage and Divorce in the Thought of Martin Bucer.

Church History;  December 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...Marriage and Divorce in the Thought of Martin Bucer. By H. J. Selderhuis...sketch of medieval and sixteenth-century understandings of marriage. Next he traces Bucer's journey from Dominican monk to...The third section surveys thematically Bucer's views on marriage, divorce, and celibacy. Against canon law ...

Letter: In praise of marriage

The Independent - London;  July 18, 2001 ;     157 words ......dislike, that almost seemed to border on the pathological, for marriage. It was strange to read this on our seventh wedding anniversary...life- long union. I hear so much that is negative about the married state; surely I cannot be the only person to have come to the conclusion...