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Today´s news from the Finnish national news agency gives statistics which are a bit contrary to what I have understood to be the case about modern Western and American culture. (A part of the problem is that we seldom hear the Western culture presented and explained as it actually is, usually we...

Can I assume I won't be seeing a reply to my previous post? Just to remind you: So two people who care about each other and wish to get married is "a vulgar mockery"; do you apply this standard to: Forcing women into marriage? Forcing women into marriage for the material gain of her...

Oh, I know. It's sad, really... but sometimes you just can't resist. How Christian women can make Christian men marry without using sex appeal When the entire story begins with: you know it's got to be good! Enjoy such tidbits as: and

Does anyone here know anyone who stayed together for the sake of their children? It seems like it could actually lead to a worse environment for kids in some cases. Any thoughts on the topic?

I'm just curious. Are there any folks on the Forum who are in a mixed religious marriage or relationship? I am, and I'm just interested in hearing the thoughts & experiences of others... To get the thread rolling, I'll start. I'm an atheist, and my wife is a Christian. We've been together...

Do they? After all a man married a dog in India. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071113/ap_on_fe_st/india_man_weds_dog;_ylt=ArgduTbic4xm4JzVZLMjzokDW7oF to remove a curse for killing a dog.

My wife wants to open a small new age store. I want to support any and all of her ambitions and endeavors, but this one is definitely a humdinger. Admittedly, I like that whole new-agy motif, but in a physical way. It's neat walking into a new age store. The candles and incense smell great; the...

Should marriage and the legal status conferred thereby be limited only to that between one man and one woman, or should gay, and/or poly marriages also be given the same legal status. Or, should there be no special legal status at all for married couples?

Something struck me recently. Danes don't get engaged. We tend to skip that part. Usually, people decide to live together, and if people do agree to get married (often after the kids have arrived), it seems like a good occasion to have a great party, fill up the house with blenders and...

It was 40 years ago today that the supreme court announced the Loving vs Virginia decision.

A "friend" of mine signed me up to get a lot of spam from some extreme right wing groups a few years ago. Problem is that when I try to get off their lists, it's almost as if I've asked to be put on another dozen lists, which means the spam multiplies. One of the latest bits I got was from a...

I am perplexed by Western, democratic, non-secular governments' inability to see the equality in a relationship b/w same-sex couples and non same-sex couples. Having just written a post on my blog containing a series quotes from our Australian Prime Minister regarding same-sex marriages, it...

From CNN: New Jersey's Supreme Court ruled that same-sex couples are entitled to the same rights as heterosexual couples. "Committed same-sex couples must be afforded on equal terms the same rights and benefits enjoyed by opposite-sex couples," the decision said. NJ, unlike Massachusetts...

On a Web site for gay South Asians, 27-year-old Syed Mansoor uploaded the following message last summer: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/23/AR2006062301417.html This article emphasizes the dishonesty of some (gay) Moslems seeking marriages of convenience in...

Jari Iivanainen has wrote very interesting article about marriage advice: http://koti.phnet.fi/elohim/help_to_marriage When a man or a woman find a spouse for themselves, they may marry thinking, that they will live "happily ever after". They may think, that nothing can disturb their...

uh-huh-huh-huh "pole" Okay, a little more seriously, I know this is the hot topic de jour and that there has to be at least ten other threads on the topic, but I want to examine another aspect of it. Specifically, at least in terms of the board's demographics, I'm curious how the same sex...

Bush is backing a constitutional ammendment to ban same-sex marriage. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11442710/ Advocates for homosexuals are concerned that this marginalizes them, makes them inferior to heterosexuals. If states allowed legal, same-sex "partnerships" rather than sex-sex marriage...

Considering that most marriages end in messy divorces...and most people cheat on each other...can we finally admit that lifelong, monogamous marriage is against human nature? Obviously this is a lot easier said than done, but perhaps we could phase marriage out in society. Granted, we'll still...

http://www.click2houston.com/news/5171783/detail.html?rss=hou&psp=news It seems that the KKK is trying to re-gain it's historical position in mainstream conservative politics. Hopefully, the opposition will exploit this.

I wonder if some of you are having the same problem: For the past several months I've been receiving phone calls that are making me crazy. It's a recorded message from a "concerned mother" doing a quickly-spoken but long spiel about the sanctity of marriage being threatened by same-sex...

Article Yesterday, Canada. Today, Spain. Tomorrow....

The recent yelling and screaming here in the states over gay unions along with my sister's upcoming nuptials has got me thinking about the institution of marriage in a larger sense of the word. Leaving aside the legal questions of a contract between husband and wife, do we REALLY need marriage...

Was surfing last night and caught the tail end of a report on the efforts of one politician (I think it was the Gov. of Arkansas) to publicize covenant marriage . In fact, he's arranging to have his wedding ceremony re-done with his wife of 31 years in the covenant format. Apparently, the...

Call me a romantic, call me a gossip, but that's just not the type of marriage I was expecting Penn to have. Well, maybe it was... as long as the reception was over the top! That's what I want to see - a video of the reception!

That juggling guy, in this thread, said something to the effect that marriage should be abolished, as it doesn’t fit our natural inclination against monogamy. It reminded me of something I read in Nature a while back, about voles, about which I’d like to start a new thread. Check out this...

http://www.vivalasvegasweddings.com/live_internet_weddings_nov2004.htm - it's at the bottom under P.Jillette! :)

When asked, exactly how homosexuals "terrorize" marriage, 1inC replied: You're not getting off that easy. You didn't say where the "terror" part comes in.

Looks like in every state where there was a ban on same sex marriage on the ballot, they all got supported. This surprised me more than the election result (oh wait, we don't have one yet). Looks like it didn't matter the color of the state, they banned it at the polls.

I was out of town last weekend and didn't get a chance to post this. But for those interested, the state of Louisiana held a vote last Saturday (Sept. 18) on a constitutional amendment that would prohibit same sex marriages. It was approved at 78% in favor of the amendment. Voter turn out was...