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    Love and Marriage

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    Love and Marriage Ever wonder why so many happy marriages become failed marriages? Love plays a big part of failed and happy marriages. Happy marriages are hard to obtain and keep in this day of age. Marriage is defined as “an intimate or close union” by Merriam Webster. Marriage has been used for mutual benefit‚ personal benefit‚ or just the simple uniting of a couple in love. Happy marriages seem to be rare now with the stress of jobs‚ life’s struggles‚ or just the simple temptations that can

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    Traditional Marriage YOUR NAME HERE PHI03: Informal Logic Teacher’s name here May 12‚ 2014 Marriage is defined in Merriam-Webster’s dictionary as: the relationship that exists between and husband and a wife‚ a similar relationship between people of the same sex or a ceremony in which two people are married to each other. In 2003‚ the definition of marriage was changed by Merriam-Webster‚ to recognize the same sex unions. There has been an ongoing heated debate

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    Gay Marriage Siena Heights University Ibrahim Elkadri LAS 300 Professor Angela Pinkett Gay marriage Making gay marriage legal or illegal continues to be the hot topic that most people talk about. It is currently one of the most divisive political issues in our nation. We all have strong opinions regarding this issue and I personally have not found anyone that doesn’t. The history of gay marriage is rich. Evidence exists that same-sex marriages were tolerated in parts of Mesopotamia

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    Marriages in Nigeria

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    Two major types of marriage exist in Nigeria: monogamy‚ a marriage of one man to one woman‚ and polygyny‚ a marriage of one man to two or more wives. In most cultural groups in Nigeria‚ traditional marriage is usually an arrangement between two families as opposed to an arrangement between two individuals. Accordingly‚ there is pressure on the bride and bridegroom to make the marriage work as any problem will usually affect both families and strain the otherwise cordial relationship between them

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    In today’s Western Culturemarriage has come to mean many different things. “The ways in which we refer to marriage‚ and especially the terms we favor‚ reflect our views of it” (Grün‚ 2006‚ p. 163). Since the turn of the century‚ divorce rates have been higher than ever before and many individuals wonder why. It is estimated that roughly 50% of the marriages in the United States result in divorce. Society has created this do-over mentality that gives many people an “easy out” for their decisions

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    Marriage through Matrimony Site / Newspaper Advt in India ? --- say -- Never. Why ? In and around Kolkata 70% of the marriages arranged through newspaper advt‚ are facing break down within 1 year. Wife lodges criminal cases under 498A. Police arrest the entire family of husband. Finally compromise is done for Rs 10 to 25 lakhs for withdrawing the case. If the marriage is not properly matched the entire family is affected. Many people are victim. If you are an unfortunate husband or his family

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    Marriages Are Made By Eunice De Souza Marriage is a term given to a social and legal contract between two people‚ if one “Google’s” term marriage‚ there are thousands of definitions that come up. The definition of the very term varies according to different cultures and how it is defined in India is what the poet describes in this very poem. To talk about Indian Culture‚ the term in itself is so complex that it is impossible

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    Marriage and Family

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    MARRIAGE AND FAMILY The word “love” is derived from Germanic forms of the of Sanskrit lubh (desire). Eros (Greek erasthai) Is used to refer to the part of love constituting a passionate‚ intense desire for something: especially sexual desire. Nature of love means the common‚ normal attributes and outcomes of love. One of the elements of love might be that "it is blind." A person in love is often "blind" to the bad or negative things about the person they love‚ meaning they just don’t realize the

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    Marriage Traditions Sabrina Rivera Anthropology 101 kidney Ford August 23‚ 2010 Marriage Traditions Many cultures have different views and beliefs on marriage. Marriage symbolizes a union between two individuals that are in love and want to commit to spending the rest of their lives with each other. In some cultures wedding traditions consist of wearing certain ceremonial clothing‚ jewelry and reciting particular vows. Although every culture is diverse‚ marriage

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    Child Marriage

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    Child marriage is a type of violation of girls’ human rights. Child marriage has became serious in some country such as Africa‚ Indonesia‚ India‚ Bangladesh‚ Nigeria‚ Afghanistan‚ etc. Child marriage is a type of marriage that involves either one or both partners who are under age and this type of marriage may carried out illegally. According UNIFPA (2006)‚ Child marriage also can be defined as “any marriage carried out under the age of 18 years‚ and is involves the girl who physically‚ psychologically

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