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    Early Marriage

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    Getting married at a young age is not new in our society‚ especially amongst the Malay communities. The phenomenon of early marriage seems to be a trend and lifestyle among young people today‚ especially those who live in rural areas. In the early twenties of the age they have begun talking and thinking about marriage. For some‚ they accept and assume this as common in Malay traditions and communities‚ but for others‚ they consider that this situation and phenomenon should be changed as in line with

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    A Successful Marriage

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    A Successful Marriage “It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune‚ must be in want of a wife” (3). Taken from the novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen‚ this opening quote can only lead one to assume what the novel will be about: marriage. A “successful” marriage has many components and the importance of each can vary depending on the individual. According to Austen‚ based on the way she opened her novel‚ marriage is mostly a women’s need.

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    Good Marriage

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    step to get married want to have a loving and successful marriage. As you may know the first few months are peaches and cream‚ a couple will often feel like their marriage will never have any problems. They assume that they will always be as passionate as they are then; that they will have a good marriage forever. However‚ as many married couples discover‚ having a good marriage does take work. Much time and energy must be devoted to a marriage in order to make it last. In my opinion and personal

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    Gay Marriage

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    PROPOSITION: Resolved‚ that gay marriage should not be legal. PRACTICALITY: United States is filled with so many problems why legalize gay marriage to bring even more problems? There are so many reasons why this is not practical‚ or right‚ but I’ll start with this‚ How many of you guys believe in God? I will only bring this up because we attend a religious school‚ at the beginning God created Adam and Eve to be together and to have kids so that we would have generations. Because of Adam

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    Gay Marriages

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    Gay Marriages Stephanie Smith SOC 120 Eugene Kaufman April 3‚ 2012 Gay Marriage is defined as a union of two same-sex partners‚ same gender‚ and homosexual marriage. Gay or same sex marriages have been in existence since ancient times. There two types informal and highly ritual unions. The recorded mention of same sex marriage was in early Roman Empire. At that point‚ they were common like attending heterosexual marriages. These gay marriages continued until Christianity became the religion

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    Roxana and Marriage

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    Defoe’s excerpt “The Cons of Marriage” from Roxana presents what one might today call an atypical male and female response to marriage‚ which makes it both an entertaining and interesting read. These responses were also very divergent; Roxana’s explanation for her opposition to marriage is uninhibited and logical‚ while the Dutch merchant’s response is lacking and only seems to make appeals to ‘authority.’ Roxana defines marriage as “giving up [one’s] liberty” (p 2289) and reveals that her main

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    A Happy Marriage

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    The Role of Communication for a Happy Marriage Argenia L. McCray COM200: Interpersonal Communication Instructor: Bonnie Stiemke April 28‚ 2014 The Role of Communication for a Happy Marriage Even though things you should not say or do in a marriage. What couples should do to keep a happy marriage. Married couple today constantly think their marriage should not be exchangeable with emotions‚ feeling‚ beliefs‚ regrets‚ and desires‚ our communication skill is

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    Mixed Marriages

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    Nowadays mixed marriages have become more and more widespread and common than they were many decades ago. In former time‚ many countries such as Saudi Arabia ‚ Pakistan‚ Egypt and even Germany had strict regulations and restrictions‚ which didn’t allow to get married with a person of another nationality. However‚ these days time has changed and mixed marriages gradually have increased. According to the Associated Press‚ it was estimated 65000 interracial marriages in 1970‚ and then this number has

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    Marriage and culture

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    Marriage And Culture Culture should be the drive for the nations to do normal things according to what its say. Because cultures shape the way we think of marriage‚ family‚ and how we treat other people. But it shouldn’t prevent us from doing the right things if we feel it is. However we shouldn’t be afraid to change some of these cultural issues if we need to because culture is a man made rules and relegations so it should be eligible to adjust to changes. As of Gideon Staruss (dept. of philosophy

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    Interracial Marriage

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    Interracial Marriage Nowadays‚ more and more interracial couples are popular in the world. No doubt‚ these couples have to confront barriers and face extra challenges in their marriages because they come from different countries or have different cultures. Like an old song saying "Two different worlds ... we ’ve been told that a love like ours could never be ... that we haven ’t the right to change our destiny ... when will they learn that a heart doesn ’t draw a line‚ nothing matters if

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