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    For Gay Marriage

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    For Gay Marriage Kristin Chenoweth said‚ “I don’t understand what the big deal is with gay marriage. Get over it people”. I’m totally on her side. We’re all humans‚ and we were given rights and the feeling to love. As a human being I believe you should love and be with who ever you may choose. If you can’t tell‚ I’m for gay marriage‚ yet they’re many people who still vote against it‚ for their own reasons. Today gay marriage takes a toll on our world‚ when it shouldn’t be as big as a deal

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    Arranged Marriages in India

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    Arranged marriages in India Arranged marriages continue to be normative in many Asian cultures‚ such as Japan‚ India‚ Korea‚ and so on (Applbaum‚ 1995). Specifically‚ among Hindus in India‚ they continue to be the most popular form of organizing a marital relationship (Mullatti‚ 1995). Despite globalization‚ modernization‚ and urbanization‚ the number of arranged marriages continues to outnumber ’love ’ or ’self-arranged ’ marriages. In fact‚ an estimated 95% of all Hindu marriages in India

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    Intercultural Marriage

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    Jade Jesslyn Arthur Hui ESL 185 17 April 2013 Challenges of an Intercultural Marriage Just as some of Asian women are eager to have a Western life-partner‚ which is known as a romantic partner‚ some of Western men also desired an Asian life partner because they thought an Asian wife is responsible to their future family. Things are perfect in our imagination‚ yet it changes when we confront reality. Marriage is not only unification between a male and female who love each other‚ but also a commitment

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    Gay Marriage

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    Pro Gay Marriage Ask just about anyone they’ll all say they’re in favor of equal rights for gays. Just name the topic- should gay people have the same rights in housing‚ jobs‚ should they have equal access to government benefits or equal protection under the law? Then you get to the topic of gay marriage- that’s when all the talk of equality stops dead cold. If two people love each other‚ no matter what their gender‚ ethnic back round‚ or religious values are‚ they should be able to get married

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    Kendra Worley ENG 102 03/31/2012 Research Paper/Rough Draft Same Sex Marriage and American Rights Do laws prohibiting same sex marriage violate constitutional rights? I have always taken pride in the fact that I was born American. In grade school‚ every morning we would rise for our country’s Pledge of Allegiance. I remember I would always be so overcome with pride; namely‚ “one nation‚ under god‚ indivisible‚ with liberty and justice for all.” What exactly does liberty

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    Boundaries in Marriage

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    Boundaries in Marriage Liberty University COUN 507 Dr. Powell Boundaries in Marriage Cloud and Townsend (1999) define a boundary as the "simplest sense‚ is a property line. It denotes the beginning and end of something" (p. 17). In this book‚ Cloud and Townsend observed the mechanisms of marriages that go into" producing and maintaining love" (Cloud and Townsend‚ 1999‚ p. 17). The boundaries in marriage are important because "when boundaries are not established in the beginning of a marriage‚ or

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    Effect of Early Marriage

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    THE EFFECT OF EARLY MARRIAGE TOWARDS GIRLS Marriage is found in all cultures. However‚ the word ‘Early Marriage’ brings a whole different meaning to us. Early marriage is marriage at young age. According to GirlsNotBrides (2011)‚ each year‚ about 10 million girls around the globe become child brides. Whether this phenomenon happens with the consent of the girl herself or not is another different story. For sure‚ their lives will never be the same again. These cases usually happens in developing

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    Preparation for Marriage

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    Immediate Preparation - Marriage as a State of life I. Gaudium et Spes (#48-50) defines marriage as: 48. The intimate partnership of married life and love has been established by the Creator and qualified by His laws‚ and is rooted in the jugal covenant of irrevocable personal consent. Hence by that human act whereby spouses mutually bestow and accept each other a relationship arises which by divine will and in the eyes of society too is a lasting one. For the good of the spouses and their off-springs

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    Biblical Marriage

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    Biblical Marriage Marriage is an institution as old as man. For as long as it has been there have also been problems that arise. In our modern society divorce is on the rise among Christians and non-Christians just the same. It would be helpful for those in a marriage‚ but preferably before‚ to examine what exactly marriage was meant to be from a Biblical stand point including‚ definitions‚ limitation‚ divorce‚ objections‚ remarriage‚ and the impact that divorce has. On the sixth day God created

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    Monogamy in Marriage

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    Western cultures generally believe that monogamy in marriage tends to protect women. Societies such as Saudi Arabia that practice polygamy‚ however maintain that allowing a man to have more than one wife is a more equitable way of organizing relationships. Notions of family and marriage change from culture to culture. One cultural approach to family practiced in some parts of Middle East is polygamy. However‚ just like in the United States sometimes culturally permissible is not always condoned

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