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    SAME-SEX MARRIAGE MULTI-MODULE Miss Atwood DRAFT 3 SLIDE 1: BRIEF ABSTRACT: (name) plays the role of a seminar host informing individuals about the current legal situation relating to same-sex marriage. SLIDE 2: Good evening esteemed guests and families. My name is .. – Professor of Law and International Relations at the Australian National University and I would like to welcome you all to the 2013 Issues for Families Conference. As most of you may be aware‚ this seminar will focus on

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    When Ann Dunham‚ a white woman‚ married a black African student‚ Barack Obama Sr.‚ in 1961‚ marriage between white and black Americans was rare. Less than 3 percent of all marriages were interracial in 1960‚ and the public generally disapproved of such unions. Interracial marriage was even illegal in at least 15 U.S. states. Although the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that laws prohibiting interracial marriages were unconstitutional in 1967‚ a reported 72 percent of southern white Americans and 42 percent

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    after the death of their spouse. The Human Rights Campaign‚ which work to obtain equal rights for lesbian‚ gay‚ bi-sexual and transgender people‚ supports the efforts to gain survivor benefits for domesticated partners. Because of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)‚ insurance plans are not required to provide a qualified joint and survivor annuity (QJSA) or a qualified pre-retirement survivor annuity (QPSA) to a participant with a same-sex domestic partner or spouse. The Human Right Campaign made

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    Name teacher class date Same Sex Marriage: Different Strokes for Different Folks. There are a few types of families in Christian countries nowadays. All marriages belong to one of the four following types: 1. Living together of heterosexual and homosexual couples: These are common-law co-habiting arrangements of informal kind‚ which can sometimes be officially registered. Nevertheless‚ certain amount of these choose to never marry; 2. Heterosexual marriages conducted by a man and a woman‚ formal

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    unacceptance of interracial marriages. Coleman explains what she goes through on a day to day basis dealing with the negativity of society towards her being an African American woman married to a Jewish Caucasian man. When talking about interracial marriage or even interracial dating‚ it can be a polemical subject. Interracial marriage is increasing in the United States since the US Supreme Court put a ban against them in 1967. It goes back in history why interracial marriage is frowned upon‚ religion

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    Tia Hollins English 1301 Professor Charley Miles 7 March 2012 Gay "Marriage": Societal Suicide The gay community has been fighting for the right to marry for quite some time now and over the years I have heard a variety of different opinions on the issue. In the passage “Gay “Marriage”: Societal Suicide”‚ written by Charles Colson he argues against gay marriages. Colson states in the passage that allowing same sex marriages is like committing social suicide and gives many points to back up his

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    western marriage. I BENEDICT S. KPEHE belong to this tribe. Here in I will discuss the mate selection and marriage pattern of tribal group in Liberia taking the Gbandi tribe as case study. Marriage‚ in the Gbandi tribe and any other tribal group in Liberia is socially recognized and approved union between individuals‚ who commit to one another with the expectation of a stable and lasting intimate relationship. It begins with a ceremony known as a wedding‚ which formally unites the marriage partners

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    Rite of Passage Every person begins their life with a birth and ends it with death. In our lives‚ there will be other rites of passage that will still have great importance; celebrating birthdays‚ graduation from school or collage‚ getting jobs‚ marriage‚ having kids‚ transition from child to adult and even divorce. Rites of passage help many people feel part of their respective society. Making their lives sweeter or bitter. Easier or harder. Better or more difficult. Their changes are huge‚ but

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    Arranged MarriagesMarriages are made in heaven and consummated on earth.” This phrase is on eighty percent of wedding cards invitation‚ but never on a divorce documents. Have you ever thought why? People from different cultures have their own perspective. Some believe that‚ arranged marriages last longer than love marriages‚ as the elder members of the family choose their spouses‚ who are experienced. The traditions of arranged marriage have been continued for a long time in the family history

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    courtship‚ dancing‚ family‚ games‚ music‚ religion‚ and marriage. Although Murdok’s universals are found in every culture‚ the way in which they are expressed varies from culture to culture. Funeral rites are practiced in every culture in some form. A funeral is a ceremony marking a person’s death. There are universals that have remained consistent in funeral service: announcing the death; care of the deceased; a method of disposition; a possible ceremony or ritual; and some form of memorial. These customs

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