Tag: marriage
PA Marriage Ban Extends Beyond Homosexuality
thefadd.
Posted to Religion on Fri Sep 14, 2007 at 08:24:39 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
A young couple, who no longer wished to be married after several months, elected to challenge the validity of their own vows in court. York County Judge Maria Musti Cook complied, declaring their marriage (at the hand of Adam Johnston, ordained minister of the Universal Life Church, also known as the mail order minister company) invalid. Judge Cook reached this decision because Johnston does not have a regular place of worship or a congregation to which he ministers.
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I Want to Know What Love Is
pO157.
Posted to Religion on Tue Sep 04, 2007 at 12:11:38 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Despite popular belief divorce rates in the United States and the UK are dropping as married couples stick together for the long run.
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Girlie Men The Marrying Type?
thefadd.
Posted to Sport on Sun Aug 12, 2007 at 10:08:27 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
In a study of 400 British men and women, the woman ranked the men with more feminine features as more likely to stay in a committed relationship. In your experience, do such assumptions bare out?
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Happiness: Threat Or Menace?
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Posted to Business on Mon Jul 09, 2007 at 05:28:55 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
In 2005, a US government study found that of the 2.4 billion prescriptions written, 118 million were for one type or another of anti-depressant, making this the most commonly issued drug in the country.
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Can A Battered Woman Be Forced To Kill Someone Other Than Her Batterer?
MayorBob.
Posted to Legal on Fri Dec 29, 2006 at 10:04:07 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
There is perhaps no more compelling defense to a charge of homicide than self-defense. Certainly, if you're attacked and in fear for your life, you are allowed to take any and all measures to save your life. But, what about a case where the person you are forced to kill isn't the person who is threatening your life? What if it's a case where someone is ordering you to kill someone else or you believe he'll harm or kill you? Can you take the life of the third party who is presenting no threat to you and still use self-defense? According to a ruling by a California appellate court you might just be able to do so.
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New Jersey Supreme Court Boots Gay Marriage Thing To Legislature
MayorBob.
Posted to Politics on Sun Oct 29, 2006 at 10:50:48 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Just when you thought the gay marriage issue had just about died out, along come seven jurists in New Jersey to stir it back up again. In a 4-3 decision, the Garden State's Supreme Court dropped the ball in the state legislature's court and gave it 180 days to come up with a solution. It didn't order the legislature to pass a gay marriage law, because the court split on was what to call gay and lesbian unions. However, one thing the judges did agree upon was that gay and lesbian unions should have the same legal status as heterosexual marriages.
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If You Wanna Be Happy For The Rest Of Your Life, Never Make A Career Woman Your Wife
MayorBob.
Posted to Business on Fri Aug 25, 2006 at 11:40:20 AM EST. RSS.
Forbes editor Michael Noer would never be as shallow as Jimmy Soul, who suggested that looks are the predictor for marital success. No, but what Noer did suggest in a recent piece was that, if you're looking to marry and settle down, guys should avoid career women.
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