http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/marriage/ en-us Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:48:47 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417995/posts WASHINGTON — The District of Columbia is the latest battleground for an escalating conflict between same-sex couples demanding the “right” to marry and churches defending their freedom to maintain the integrity of their institutions. Last month, the district’s City Council legalized same-sex “marriage,” prompting celebrations for homosexual activists — and a sober reckoning for the Archdiocese of Washington. Congress must still approve the city-council vote, and opponents of the proposed law vow to take their fight to Capitol Hill, or the courts. But nobody expects a quick resolution to an issue that will continue to plague Catholic bishops throughout the... NC Register http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417995/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:48:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417175/posts BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — They had to travel to the ends of the Earth to do it, but two Argentine men succeeded in becoming Latin America's first same-sex married couple.After their first attempt to wed earlier this month in Buenos Aires was thwarted, gay rights activists Jose Maria Di Bello and Alex Freyre took their civil ceremony to the capital of Argentina's Tierra del Fuego province, where sympathetic governor backed their bid to make Latin American history.The couple exchanged rings Monday in Ushuaia, the southernmost city in the world, closer to Antarctica than Buenos Aires. The informal ceremony was witnessed... Google http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417175/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:14:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2416672/posts This forecast calls for sunny bliss. Weather Channel meteorologist Kim Perez was stunned Sunday night when her boyfriend interrupted her live broadcast with a marriage proposal. Her boyfriend, Kennesaw police Sgt. Marty Cunningham, had set up the surprise with the producers and crew. They added music and a background with the words, "Will you marry me?" Watch the proposal and Perez's reaction here. Perez was a weather forecaster and observer in the Air Force before joining the Atlanta-based Weather Channel. ajc.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2416672/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 02:09:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416348/posts At a huge rally in the capital, Cardinal Antonio Rouco, the leader of Spain's Roman Catholics, told protesters the birth rate in Europe will be depleted unless Christian values are maintained.Catholics attended a huge open air mass beside Real Madrid's Bernabeu stadium.The mass marked the Feast of the Holy Family. But Catholic leaders from across Europe joined their local counterparts and members of the Spanish centre-Right opposition to castigate the socialist government's policies."Europe will be practically without children," warned Cardinal Rouco, 73, the conservative Archbishop of Madrid. "Who denies to defend a human being so innocent and weak, already conceived... Telegragh http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416348/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:08:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415308/posts A series of events, from the birth of our first grandchild to the loss of my job, kept me from writing my annual Christmas column. In its place, I humbly offer this piece written by my wife, who joins me in wishing all of you a very merry Christmas. My Christmas Story December 23, 2009 Sharon R. Powell Everyone has a personal Christmas story. That is the beauty of the season. The story often holds a mirror up to our natures allowing us to see not only ourselves, but also God’s gifts. My story has taken years to form. My... Townhall http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415308/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:28:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2411449/posts The myth is that marriage can make you mad, but psychologists have found that is really is good for your health. Clinical psychologist Dr Kate Scott from New Zealand's University of Otago conducted the study of more than 35,000 people across 15 different countries based on a decade of surveys by the World Health Organization. In pictures: Hollywood's longest surviving couples"We were able to look at what happens to mental health in marriage, both in comparison with never getting married, and with ending marriage," Dr Scott said in a media statement. The study found that getting married, as opposed to... Australian Women's Weekly http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2411449/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 01:47:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410796/posts CALLER: It's called "How to Get Married ... by Me, the Bride." It's a little girl. And then the book is actually by Sally Lloyd-Jones and Sue Heap. RUSH: Sally Lloyd-Jones and Sue Heap? CALLER: Yes. RUSH: Okay. CALLER: And it just came out this year, and I started reading it to the girls I was babysitting, and I'm horrified by what is in it. It basically completely redefines marriage. It says that you can marry anything, basically. It says you can marry an animal; you can marry a flower; you can marry your dad. It says you can marry... Rush http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410796/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:20:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409266/posts Girls, can we talk? I don’t really like piling on a man in the midst of a multi-million-dollar public and personal implosion, but here’s one big obvious lesson to be learned from Tiger Woods: Sex makes people stupid. And not just the men. How else do you explain the mistresses and semipros coming forward to say that a married Tiger betrayed their trust by sleeping with other women, too. Sex makes people stupid. This is why we need a little thing called “civilization” to intervene between people and sexual passion, so we don’t leave the young-uns to rely on their... The Manila Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409266/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 02:51:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408708/posts Reporter Fired Over Gay Marriage E-Mail Published : Friday, 11 Dec 2009, 9:30 AM EST WATERVILLE - Larry Grard, a veteran newspaper reporter at The Morning Sentinel in Waterville, says he was fired for sending an angry e-mail to a pro-gay marriage group. Grard says he was offended by an e-mail he received from the DC-based Human Rights Campaign the day after the November 3rd vote overturning Maine's same-sex marriage law. He fired off a response, which read, in part, "You hateful people have been spreading nothing but vitriol since the campaign began. Good riddance!" Grard says he was immediately... http://www.myfoxmaine.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408708/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:59:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2408300/posts Denver, Colo., Dec 15, 2009 / 05:16 pm (CNA).- This morning the Vatican published a Motu Proprio from Pope Benedict called “Omnium in Mentem”  and dated October 26. According to J.D. Flynn, a canon lawyer for the Archdiocese of Denver, the new document clarifies the nature of a deacon's orders and the impact of defections from Catholicism on the validity of a marriage.“Omnium in Mentum,” roughly translated as “Everything in Mind,” deals with two unrelated topics, a fact that caused Flynn to observe that it's probably easier to publish one Motu Propio than two. Writing in an explanatory note for... cna http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2408300/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:47:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408208/posts Are children reared by two individuals of the same gender as well adjusted as children reared in families with a mother and a father? Until recently the unequivocal answer to this question was "no." Within the last decade, however, professional health organizations1, academics, social policymakers and the media have begun asserting that prohibitions on parenting by homosexual couples should be lifted. In making such far-reaching, generation-changing assertions, any responsible advocate would rely upon supporting evidence that is comprehensive and conclusive. Not only is this not the situation, but also there is sound evidence that children exposed to the homosexual lifestyle... http://www.americancollegeofpediatricians.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408208/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:36:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408171/posts The Washington City Council voted Tuesday to legalize same-sex marriage in the nation's capital. The bill will be given to Mayor Adrian Fenty, who has expressed his support and vowed to sign the bill. If the mayor signs it, Congress will have 30 days to intervene before it would take effect. It is considered unlikely that the Democratic majority on Capitol Hill will block the bill Tuesday's second vote was needed to send the measure to Fenty. The council passed the bill in an 11-2 vote December 1. If the measure becomes law, Washington will join Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont and... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408171/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:38:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2407335/posts The current battles over clerical celibacy are nothing new. When mandatory celibacy was first universally imposed on the clergy a millennium ago, clergy and laity alike broke into riotous rebellion for more than two generations, and a good number of bishops and priests flouted these laws for several generations more. When the Protestant Reformation broke out half a millennium ago, clerical celibacy and marriage were among the most bitter grievances over which the Western Church ultimately splintered. Today, the exposures of child abuse by some enterprising Catholic priests has rejoined these ancient battles within Catholicism and between Catholics and Protestants... Social Science Research Network http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2407335/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:06:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406729/posts It's a cool night in early October when about 200 members of the Class of 1959 from Washington-Lee High School in Arlington, nearly a third of the class, gather for our 50th reunion. Washington-Lee has received some attention over the years as the alma mater of entertainers Shirley MacLaine, Warren Beatty and Sandra Bullock. No one in our class achieved that kind of fame. We turned out a number of physicists, pastors, businessmen, teachers and career servicemen; one lobster fisherman, one sheep farmer, one felon (pederasty); a few professors, a handful of writers (including Tom DeBaggio, a local herbalist, who... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406729/posts#comment Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:15:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406028/posts Chai Feldblum Washington D.C., Dec 11, 2009 / 12:48 pm (CNA).- Despite the complaints of her critics that she supports same-sex "marriage" as well as previously endorsing polygamous relationships, the Senate HELP Committee on Thursday approved the nomination of Chai Feldblum to be one of five commissioners on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and sent her nomination to the Senate for a full confirmation.“At this time of challenge, Americans need committed, capable public servants working full time on their behalf,” said Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) on Thursday. “These nominees will serve... cna http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406028/posts#comment Sat, 12 Dec 2009 12:53:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2405934/posts Jesus brought into the New Testament the same counsel for married couples. Allvoices http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2405934/posts#comment Sat, 12 Dec 2009 03:45:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2405341/posts Leader Abdul Rahman Hamed states: “’The law of unconditional divorce has become a sword hanging over men’s heads’” per “Egypt men slam giving women right to divorce” at http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/12/09/93654.html Zenithmax http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2405341/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:05:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405035/posts Marriage Penalty Hidden in Health Care Reform by Kim Trobee, editor Higher premiums may discourage people from getting married. A closer look at premium payments in both the House and Senate health care bills shows higher premiums that might discourage couples tying the knot. For instance, in the House version, an unmarried couple each making $30,000 a year would pay $1,320 combined each year for private health insurance. If that couple chose to marry, their premium would jump to $12,000 a year, a difference of $10,680. Allen Quist, a former Minnesota State legislator and current candidate for Congress, discovered the... Citizen Link http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405035/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:08:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2405004/posts Rom.5:14 - Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression... The Word of God clearly teaches us that we are by nature sinners and we are born in iniquity. Now since God is not the author of sin everyone is born of Adam with the full complement of possibilities. Now through a mixture of physiology, chemical balances, carnal abnormalities, certain sinful tendencies, and probably a host of other subtle curse anomalies every one is different. For instance, a husband and wife have three children, three different children exhibiting... Following Judah's Lion http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2405004/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:27:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404428/posts It was supposed to be a quick bathroom break at the local Tim Hortons before the bride-to-be walked down the aisle. But Nancy Rose knew her big day was about to turn ugly when she spotted an enraged woman in a tube top racing toward her, a can of spray-paint in her hand. As members of the wedding party watched in disbelief, her sister-in-law began dousing the young bride with black paint, soiling her beaded gown and veil with sooty stains. “I was blown away – I think I went into shock for a few minutes,” Ms. Rose, who didn't... Globe and Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404428/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:16:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2404354/posts Swedish crime novelist Stieg Larsson left no will when he died five years ago, so everything passed to his father and brother. His companion of 30 years, whom he never married, got nothing. Reporting from Stockholm - Not even Stieg Larsson could've dreamed up "The Girl Who Fought for a Share of the Inheritance." But five years after his untimely death and millions of book sales later, the Swedish crime writer's estate is caught in a bitter feud worthy of one of his thrillers, complete with a strong-willed female protagonist, a murky bog of possible villains and a plot that... Los Angeles Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2404354/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:52:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2401771/posts Note the date of the article. What is dated in that article continues to present and into the future. The past molds the present. AmericanConservativeDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2401771/posts#comment Mon, 7 Dec 2009 01:38:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401445/posts Wedding bells for Hillary's daughter 6 Dec 2009, 0431 hrs IST, ET Bureau Days after her daughter Chelsea got engaged to investment banker Marc Mezvinsky, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says she is very excited about their marriage next summer which would be a private affair. “I am officially an MOTB, a mother of the bride. I’m very excited about it,” Clinton said. “It’s, for me particularly, an extraordinary moment to see how happy my daughter is and to have such a wonderful young man who will become my son-in-law,” she said. At the same time, Clinton acknowledged that... Economic Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401445/posts#comment Sun, 6 Dec 2009 13:04:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399552/posts Wednesday December 2, 2009 New Major Study Catalogues How Porn Harms Marriages, Children, Communities and Individuals By John-Henry WestenWASHINGTON, December 2, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Family Research Council (FRC) has released a comprehensive study on the devastating effects of pornography, identifying its harms to countless marriages, children, individuals and communities. "Pornography corrodes the conscience, promotes distrust between husbands and wives and debases untold thousands of young women," explains the study's author Dr. Pat Fagan, Senior Fellow at FRC and Director of the Center for Research on Marriage and Religion.  While it is often said that it is harmless entertainment,... LifeNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399552/posts#comment Thu, 3 Dec 2009 19:26:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2399512/posts Tiger Woods, Eliot Spitzer, Bill Clinton et al.—Why do their "other women" appear so similar? Janice Min questions why powerful men always seek warm-blooded blow-up dolls. “The man looks so contemptible, deserting a young and pretty wife, for ugly mistresses.” And so reported The New York Times in an 1877 book review about 17th-century scoundrel James II of England. But the same could be said of men and the notorious mistresses in today’s headlines. Upon first inspection of the pictures of Tiger Woods’ purported after-hours love interests, I found myself thinking, “They all look like [Eliot Spitzer hooker] Ashley Dupre.”... The Dail Beast http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2399512/posts#comment Thu, 3 Dec 2009 18:42:55 GMT