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The Utah Senate approved a bill that would remove the felony penalties for polygamy among consenting adults. (sltrib.com)
So I think that, if Utah will start to focus on the incest and the child marriages and the abuse that's going on, then the polygamy part will be a lot easier to take care of. (sltrib.com)
Would you support polygamy if all parties consented to equally divide all property among themselves? (dennyburk.com)
Not only is polygamy of course sanctioned and endorsed, but we have other types of marriage in Islam. (billmuehlenberg.com)
Daka: Nothing in the US Constitution bans polygamy, underage marriage or bestiality. (scalzi.com)
Polygyny, as opposed to the broader "polygamy", is the marriage of one man to several women. (greenleft.org.au)
Question from Kath: Don't Mormans still embrace polygamy in their religion in the concept of celestial marriage? (truthbearer.org)
Celestial marriage is more than only polygamy, it is a MORMON-only doctrine that LDS believe while contradicting their belief by rejecting polygamy around it. (truthbearer.org)
The fact is, around the country consenting-adult polygamy empowers women to have a choice. (truthbearer.org)

We're not talking about having sex w/ anything other than another consenting adult. (myconfinedspace.com)

Organ introduced the Same Sex Relationships (Ensuring Equality) Bill 2004 and the Democrats the Same-Sex Marriage Bill 2006 in the following parliament. (wikipedia.org)
Those very principles are at issue yet again in this marriage equality appeal brought to us by the Governor and Attorney General of the State of Utah from an adverse ruling of the district court. (boxturtlebulletin.com)
Not only had Greg marked an anti-choice position, he had marked an anti-marriage equality position as well. (blueoregon.com)
We began by talking about marriage equality. (blueoregon.com)
So in the end, Greg doesn't want to keep gays and lesbians from having marriage equality. (blueoregon.com)
It was presented to the federal government, much to the gleeful hand-rubbing of the Liberal Party and particularly anti-marriage equality campaigner Senator Eric Abetz. (greenleft.org.au)
I therefore want this removed and I want marriage equality to become a reality in this country. (greenleft.org.au)
I don't stand for the homophobia contained in this bark petition and I stand with all people fighting to make marriage equality a reality in this country. (greenleft.org.au)

A reason why same-sex marriage ought to be legal (and is in the state of Massachusetts) is because laws which prevent same-sex marriage discriminate on the basis of gender. (scalzi.com)
So anyone who believes that gay marriages ought to be legal is a moral relativist? (ashbrook.org)

I see a great deal of similarity between somebody who will fly an airplane into a sky scraper in the name of God (driven by his faith), and a person who will vote against stem cell research or to ban homosexual marriage (driven by his faith). (blogspot.com)
The latter - the person who supports a ban on stem cell research or homosexual marriage - is even the more deadly of the two. (blogspot.com)
5. Do you think Jesus would have been okay with homosexual behavior between consenting adults in a committed relationship? (patheos.com)
People acting on their homosexual (or heterosexual) impulses with consenting adults hurts no one. (blogspot.com)
However, I would say that gay marriage clearly affects more than just homosexual couples. (blogspot.com)

Although she wrote in her concurring opinion that marriage should be limited to heterosexual couples "to preserve the traditional institution of marriage," she did not feel law enforcement had the unrestricted right to enter someone's home and walk down the hall to a bedroom to see what consenting adults were doing there, as happened in that case. (yahoo.com)

Families arrange marriages with the consent of the adult young people. (joshuaproject.net)
People will say that the 'new' way to arrange marriage is fine because it's two adults dating normally after their parents introduce them. (georgetakei.com)

The first claim, the heart of the argument, maintains that same-sex marriage would re-define marriage as the exchange of sex. (americamagazine.org)
First, we need to define what exactly is a consenting adult. (sltrib.com)
Government has no authority to define what consenting adults choose to do with their associations. (truthbearer.org)

Last year the Court entertained the federal aspect of the issue in striking down § 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act ("DOMA"), United States v. Windsor , 133 S. Ct. (boxturtlebulletin.com)
The U.S. Supreme Court issued several significant rulings in the final two weeks of its term, but the overturning of the federal Defense of Marriage Act and Proposition 8 (marriage is between a man and a woman) in California, deservedly received lots of media coverage here. (pleasantonweekly.com)

Although Mutah is sanctioned by the Koranic verse 4:24, the practice was later outlawed by the second Muslim Caliph, Omar I (634-644), who said he viewed temporary marriage as legalized adultery and fornication. (billmuehlenberg.com)
Of course, in our society, as gay marriage is legitimized, what s wrong with a little adultery between "consenting adults? (ashbrook.org)
Why not allow marriages where adultery is allowed by each person? (ashbrook.org)

The history of same-sex marriage in Australia includes its express prohibition by the Howard government in 2004 and its eventual legalisation by the Parliament in December 2017. (wikipedia.org)
A law legalising same-sex marriage passed the Parliament on 7 December 2017 and received royal assent the following day. (wikipedia.org)
Between September 2004 and October 2017, there were 22 unsuccessful attempts in the Federal Parliament to legalise or recognise same-sex marriage under federal law. (wikipedia.org)
The Turnbull government went to the 2016 federal election with a policy to put the issue of same-sex marriage to a plebiscite, and was narrowly re-elected, though the legislation to establish the plebiscite was rejected by the Australian Senate in November 2016 and again in August 2017. (wikipedia.org)
Consequently, the government conducted a voluntary postal survey between 12 September and 7 November 2017, ascertaining the views of Australians on legislating for same-sex marriage. (wikipedia.org)
In 2015, then President Michelle Bachelet signed a law permitting gay civil unions and in 2017, introduced the bill to allow same-sex marriages. (africanews.com)
All states and territories repealed gay sex bans between 1975 and 1997, while Parliament legalized same-sex marriage throughout the country in 2017. (centralillinoisproud.com)

It's two adults dating with the added pressure of not disappointing their families. (georgetakei.com)
Same-sex couples and families gathered Saturday in the sunny Chilean capital Santiago, celebrating a yearly picnic that for a decade was their flagship protest for an equal marriage law. (africanews.com)

Christian polygamists, secular polygamists, etc. do NOT support underage marriage. (truthbearer.org)

Later that month, Holmes and his estranged wife filed for divorce after 12 years of marriage , according to public court records. (yahoo.com)
In October 2023, the two agreed to the terms of their divorce , as the New York County Supreme Court processed a certificate of dissolution of the marriage, the Los Angeles Times reported at the time. (yahoo.com)
Family matters like marriage, divorce and childcare are heavily influenced by emotions, which can make for messy disputes and total breakdowns. (lawinfo.com)

Two Australian same-sex couples married in Canada in 2004 and lodged an application in the Family Court of Australia in Victoria, seeking legal recognition of their Canadian marriages. (wikipedia.org)
Readers know where he stands, and why, on recent proposals to give legal recognition to same-sex marriages. (americamagazine.org)
These four claims capture the essential points, if not all the details, of the ethical argument put forth by Sokolowski against the legal recognition of same-sex marriage. (americamagazine.org)
Despite the landmark ruling, same-sex marriage remains illegal and multiple petitions seeking legal recognition have been met with resistance by the government. (centralillinoisproud.com)

If gay marriage is legal people will want to marry their pets, and schools will teach children that gay marriage is OK. (blogspot.com)
They say that before we can discuss who should and shouldn't be allowed to marry, we have to ask, "What is marriage? (ncregister.com)
Due to the Supreme Court's ruling on same-sex marriage, King is certain that we're about to see huge numbers of man-on-machine marriages as closeted John Deere junkies flood the streets seeking to marry their lawnmowers. (legalreader.com)
thanks to those radicals on the SCOTUS and their landmark ruling on same-sex marriage, people will be flocking to Justices of the Peace to marry their lawnmowers. (legalreader.com)

We must reject appellants' efforts to downplay the importance of the personal elements inherent in the institution of marriage, which they contend are "not the principal interests the State pursues by regulating marriage. (boxturtlebulletin.com)
Top religious leaders from across the country have asked Parliament to speed-up the process of enacting the Anti-Homosexuality law to prevent what they called "an attack on the Bible and the institution of marriage. (religiondispatches.org)

All consenting participants aged 60 years and above needing help with at least one activity of daily living or two instrumental activities of daily living were included. (who.int)
Since the continuous NHANES [National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey] started in 1999, we have been using a separate consent form to ask participants [aged] 20 years and older if we can collect and store a blood sample for future genetic studies. (cdc.gov)
To date, we've collected DNA specimens from 28,600 adult participants. (cdc.gov)

Essentially we went from Obergefell and gay marriage to now sex changes for gay minors, hormone treatments, puberty blockers. (cnn.com)
Marriages to minors under age 15. (lawinfo.com)
Minors age 15 to 17 must receive consent from a custodial parent or guardian. (lawinfo.com)
Two girls and one boy, all under the age of 18, have been removed from Strong City compound which is located in northeastern New Mexico after an investigation which started on April 22, 2008, when allegations of inappropriate contact between minors and the adult leader of The Lord Our Righteousness Church, Wayne Bent, 66, who is also identified on the church's Web site as Michael Travesser. (blogspot.com)

Is a consenting adult someone who has grown up in these groups and believes that this lifestyle is the only way for them and their future children to get to heaven? (sltrib.com)
Abetz praised the group - which apparently consists of about 30 people - for rallying to protect "traditional marriage", claiming that the campaign for equal marriage - which he wrongfully believes has only been around for about 10 years - cannot hold up against several millennia of tradition. (greenleft.org.au)

Chile decriminalized sex between consenting adults of the same sex in 1999 and outlawed arbitrary discrimination in 2012. (africanews.com)

4. Sex is defined as the power to procreate, and the first and defining characteristic of marriage is the physical procreation of children. (americamagazine.org)
2. Would you support an incestuous marriage if the couple involved would not or could not procreate? (dennyburk.com)

On same-sex "marriage" (SSM), the authors are equally capable. (ncregister.com)

Today, we have also come to view moral policing of sex among consenting adults as intrusive and obnoxious. (mainstreamweekly.net)
I hope that Kerry or any Democrat is as open about support for gay marriage, the right to "choose," and other moral issues. (ashbrook.org)
In other words, denying that there is an objective rightness or wrongness about marriage and sex does in fact lead one to deny that there is an objective rightness or wrongness about morality - after all, why only apply an objective moral principle to one area logically? (ashbrook.org)
It seems that without some consideration of harm or consent we must either do that, or arbitrarily declare that some choices are imbued with moral weight and others are not. (ashbrook.org)
The issue of consent is itself a moral standard, asserting the right to self-ownership and the illegitimacy of aggression. (ashbrook.org)

Also known as a 'pleasure marriage,' Mutah was established within Islam by the Muslim prophet Mohammed himself as a way to reward his jihadists for services rendered to Allah. (billmuehlenberg.com)
Sex between consenting adults of the same sex is not illegal in the world's most populous Muslim nation, except in conservative Aceh province. (centralillinoisproud.com)
Muslim marriage contracts include a provision called mahr, which American courts have mis-construed to be prenuptial agreements. (hgexperts.com)
From my experience as a family lawyer for Muslim Americans, I estimate that there are at least one million Muslim marriage contracts in the United States, most if not all of which, include a mahr provision. (hgexperts.com)
it is an effect of a valid Muslim marriage contract. (hgexperts.com)

President Bush has the character to oppose abortion, oppose gay marriage, support a ban on partial-birth abortions, and be open about his support of objective truths about morality. (ashbrook.org)

It's not going to stop with just two consenting adults in a loving relationship," Schilling said. (cnn.com)

2. If marriage is a contract that brings benefits and protections to adults who are simply friends rather than procreative couples, then it would have to be extended to all groups of people who wish to be friends. (americamagazine.org)
If marriage is defined more specifically, as a contract that gives legal status to consenting adults engaged in a specifically sexual relationship, then it would have to include multiple partners rather than just couples. (americamagazine.org)
Instead of explaining why same-sex marriage qua same-sex marriage is undesirable, each of the appellants' justifications rests fundamentally on a sleight of hand in which same-sex marriage is used as a proxy for a different characteristic shared by both same-sex and some opposite-sex couples. (boxturtlebulletin.com)
Same-sex marriage must be banned, appellants argue, because same-sex couples are not naturally procreative. (boxturtlebulletin.com)
Proposition 8, the voter-approved law that banned gay marriage in California months after the state Supreme Court made it legal and after 18,000 gay and lesbian couples had already hitched their trolleys, was recently dubbed by the 9th Circuit Appeals Court as unconstitutional. (vanillagarlic.com)
Following this line of thinking would mean that married straight couples who can't or don't want to have children are sexual deviants also, and should have their marriage rights taken away too. (blogspot.com)
If these couples are willing to take on the same responsibilities of marriage as a straight couple, they should have equal rights and protection under the law. (blogspot.com)

Previously a matter for the Australian states and territories, uniform national marriage legislation was first introduced by Attorney-General Garfield Barwick of the Liberal Party of Australia 19 May 1960. (wikipedia.org)
It may seem odd to describe Fintan O'Toole's article on gay marriage ( Opinion , Tuesday April 16th) as a classic exposition of liberal values, given that the only reason he can conceive of for opposing gay marriage is bigotry motivated by revulsion for gay people. (irishtimes.com)

If there's evidence that a marriage may be salvaged at a later date, the court may grant a legal separation instead of a dissolution. (lawinfo.com)
Each spouse's economic and health circumstances during the marriage and after dissolution. (lawinfo.com)
A mahr provision is intended to assist the wife financially post-dissolution of the marriage, and to discourage the husband from exercising his at-will unilateral right to repudiate the marriage. (hgexperts.com)

Marriages between a parent and child, grandparent and grandchild, siblings, aunt/uncle and nephew/niece or first cousins. (lawinfo.com)

However, a source told PEOPLE that there was no overlap between their romance and their respective marriages. (yahoo.com)
The modern commitment to the mastery of nature by technology explains why many contemporary people find it possible to believe that marriage and sex do not have inherent purposes rooted in their natures. (americamagazine.org)
All it affirmed was that some people don't like the idea of gay marriage and no matter what I say they never will. (vanillagarlic.com)
Supporting gay marriage will cause more people to be gay. (blogspot.com)
Gay marriage will allow more people to be who they are without the fear of being persecuted. (blogspot.com)
Just as there is nothing in believing that other religions are wrong which causes us to prohibit people from practicing them, so there is nothing in believing that same-sex marriage is wrong that mandates that we prohibit them. (dennyburk.com)
Many people saw a post that appeared on The Gospel Coalition asking us 40 questions about LGBTQ and gay marriage. (patheos.com)
Then all the young people like me, who are both more likely to be the ones having weddings and more likely to be supportive of gay marriage, will boycott the bigoted florists/dressmakers/bakers/etc. and they will all go out of business. (pjmedia.com)
Although many places have decriminalized sexual acts between people of the same sex, only a few allow same-sex marriage, partnerships or unions. (centralillinoisproud.com)
Doctors diagnose exhibitionist disorder when people feel greatly distressed or become less able to function well because of their behavior, or they have acted on their urges with a person who does not consent. (msdmanuals.com)
Such people want to be seen by a consenting audience, rather than to surprise people. (msdmanuals.com)
People with this form of exhibitionism may make pornographic films or become adult entertainers. (msdmanuals.com)

When we were debating gay marriage as a country, the opponents of gay marriage were essentially saying this is going to lead to the sexualization of children. (cnn.com)
I am ashamed that the president of my country wants to use the Constitution of the United States to break up the lawful marriages of thousands of my co-citizens. (scalzi.com)
Last I checked, traditional marriage in Arrernte customs tended to include polygyny as well as monogamous pairings, and certainly we were not unique in this across the country. (greenleft.org.au)

Why must standing for traditional marriage imply that one must oppose same-sex marriage in society? (dennyburk.com)
Curt - 2 questions: 1) How would you suggest that one could stand for traditional marriage yet not oppose forms of non-traditional marriage? (dennyburk.com)
2) Is there any form of non-traditional marriage you would oppose, and if so, why. (dennyburk.com)
What forms of non-traditional marriage would I oppose in society? (dennyburk.com)
1. Are you making the case that since traditional marriage is grounded in religious beliefs, and non-traditional marriages are grounded in non-religious beliefs, therefore traditional marriage supporters should not oppose non-traditional marriage? (dennyburk.com)
And just as we would oppose other religions solely through the preaching of the Gospel, we can do the same with same-sex marriage. (dennyburk.com)
As for the word oppose, why is it that preaching the Gospel does not oppose same-sex marriage? (dennyburk.com)
So the problem is in how we want to oppose same-sex marriage. (dennyburk.com)

Rather than being "[m]utually exclusive" of the procreative potential of marriage, these freedoms-to choose one's spouse, to decide whether to conceive or adopt a child, to publicly proclaim an enduring commitment to remain together through thick and thin-reinforce the childrearing family structure. (boxturtlebulletin.com)
Marriages end for a variety of reasons, some of which can lead to complicated legal battles over child custody and property ownership. (lawinfo.com)
Child marriage is still legal in most of the US with parent permission (more like force vs permission. (georgetakei.com)
Would you support child marriage if the definition of legal adult was changed? (dennyburk.com)
There was never any child molestation, or adult molestation by anyone, including myself. (blogspot.com)
However, the perpetrator may be a family member, close family friend or an adult in a position of authority over the child. (who.int)

verbally asking for consent is considered unromantic by men as well as women. (mainstreamweekly.net)
On the other hand, women are "[s]ocialised to be limit-setters of relationships" and are more cautious and guarded about sexual consent as they are "more likely to be victims if these situations turn coercive. (mainstreamweekly.net)
If all relationships between consenting adults are the same, all women should have the right to be called lesbians. (irishtimes.com)

Restricting the contract to two adults would be arbitrary from the point of view of those who would like to have legal status granted to polygamous or other multiple-partner sexual relationships. (americamagazine.org)

This is a redefinition of marriage that breaks with the traditional notion according to which procreation specifies what a marriage is. (americamagazine.org)
3. The desire to detach procreation from marriage reflects the modern rejection of teleology, the ancient principle that the nature of things determines their good and proper functioning. (americamagazine.org)
and the fourth claim argues for the return to the traditional belief that marriage is for the sake of procreation. (americamagazine.org)
For example, to begin to reinforce in little minds the connection between marriage and procreation, they offer the following hypothetical conversation: "Do you see Mommy's tummy getting bigger? (ncregister.com)

The age of consent in rape cases in India was raised from 16 years to 18 years through the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 2013. (mainstreamweekly.net)
It led to many eyebrows being raised and not surpri-singly so since the global average of the age of consent still remains at 16 years and the legal age of marriage for girls in India is 18 years. (mainstreamweekly.net)
The union can last for a few minutes or a few years and when the contract ends so does the marriage. (billmuehlenberg.com)
DSN: CC37.HSPHANES.ADULT2 ABSTRACT General Information Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Mexican Americans Cuban Americans Puerto Ricans Tape Number 6521 ADOLESCENT AND ADULT HISTORY QUESTIONNAIRE Ages 12 Years - 74 Years Version 2 March 1987 This Public Use Data Tape has been edited very carefully. (cdc.gov)

If Daka truly feels that those other relationships ought also to be considered legal marriages, he will have to argue them separately from same sex marriage since the arguments in favor of same sex marriage do not apply to those other relationships. (scalzi.com)

When the Supreme Court legalized gay marriage under the Obergefell v. Hodges decision in 2015, it was a stinging defeat for many Republicans. (cnn.com)
DES MOINES, Iowa - The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to rule on gay marriage once and for all in June, and there are many Republicans who privately would love nothing more than to have the question settled and off the table in time for the 2016 presidential election. (dennyburk.com)

Our Circuit has not previously considered the validity of same-sex marriage bans. (boxturtlebulletin.com)

The age of consent became equal for all sexual acts as of 2016. (centralillinoisproud.com)

It can be as short as an hour-long "marriage" and it basically turns the woman into a prostitute. (billmuehlenberg.com)
1. How long have you believed that gay marriage is something to be celebrated? (patheos.com)
As long as it's between consenting adults and lawnmowers I say, "Let it ride! (legalreader.com)
I never really found an answer to it but by all means I respect homosexuals as much as heterosexuals and their right to do whatever they want with anyone as long as they're consenting. (blogspot.com)

Plus, teachers are already teaching children of gay parents that straight marriage is OK. (blogspot.com)
I believe marriage is a solemn covenant, in which society has a major stake because it provides the most stable environment for bringing up children, a physical and spiritual expression of the couple's love. (irishtimes.com)
If marriage is not the sacramental union of a man and woman who unite to raise children, then what is your definition of marriage? (ashbrook.org)
Overview of Paraphilias and Paraphilic Disorders Paraphilias are frequent, intense, sexually arousing fantasies or behaviors that involve inanimate objects, children or nonconsenting adults, or suffering or humiliation of the person or a partner. (msdmanuals.com)

In an attempt to prevent any judicial imposition of same-sex unions in Australia, the Howard government introduced the Marriage Amendment Act in the Parliament on 27 May 2004. (wikipedia.org)

As such, the court only needs to find that a marriage has become irretrievably broken without assigning blame to either spouse. (lawinfo.com)
An arranged marriage is more like your family is playing slightly aggressive matchmaker until you find the one. (georgetakei.com)
Brian, Seeing that our traditional marriage comes from our religious beliefs, I find it very easy to support traditional marriage while allowing for same-sex marriages in society. (dennyburk.com)
There we find that such mutah marriages are on the rise. (billmuehlenberg.com)

Before their matter could be heard, the Howard government changed the law to prevent Australian recognition of same-sex marriages, rendering the cases pointless. (wikipedia.org)
A forced marriage is when you have absolutely no say in the matter and have to go along with it. (georgetakei.com)
It's NOT two consenting adults, no matter how you phrase it. (georgetakei.com)

They were stunned at how quickly the culture had shifted in support of gay marriage and were left to regroup. (cnn.com)
I support Senate Bill 102 because consenting adults should be allowed to have the kind of marriage that they want. (sltrib.com)
A better way to support traditional marriage is through evangelism alone. (dennyburk.com)
Would you support inter-species marriage if informed consent was not legally required? (dennyburk.com)

The amendment specified that marriage, undefined in the Act, would be defined as a "union of a man and a woman to the exclusion of all others" and that foreign same-sex marriages would not be recognised as such in Australia. (wikipedia.org)
Following the Government's amendment to the Marriage Act banning same-sex marriage, the first attempts at reform came via private members bill's raised in the Senate by Michael Organ of the Greens and Natasha Stott Despoja and Andrew Bartlett of the Democrats. (wikipedia.org)
President George Bush is marking the day by calling for an amendment to the Constitution of the United States that would bar same-sex marriage , despite the fact that there are currently thousands of U.S. citizens who are in legal same-sex marriages. (scalzi.com)

Marriage to one spouse is the norm. (joshuaproject.net)
Bigamous marriages (i.e. a spouse cannot already be married to a third party). (lawinfo.com)
Marriage to a spouse who lacks the capacity to consent. (lawinfo.com)

The hadith also condone these temporary marriages, and we see it being practiced in various Islamic countries even today. (billmuehlenberg.com)
It begins: "The proliferation of 'temporary marriages' shows how Muslims in Britain are using Islamic Sharia Law to establish parallel forms of marriage that are otherwise illegal. (billmuehlenberg.com)
An increasing number of Muslims in Britain are reviving the Islamic practice of temporary marriage, according to a recent BBC television documentary focusing on the 'taboo subject. (billmuehlenberg.com)
Temporary marriage - a euphemism for religiously sanctioned prostitution - is an Islamic custom that unites a man and an unmarried woman as 'husband and wife' for a limited period of time (sometimes for less than half an hour). (billmuehlenberg.com)
for Muslims that means a local Imam would solemnize the marriage consistent with Islamic traditions. (hgexperts.com)
Under Islamic law, marriage is considered a civil contract. (hgexperts.com)

The debate over legalizing same-sex marriage has become a worldwide issue. (americamagazine.org)
One such contribution was offered in the June 7, 2004, issue of America in an article by Msgr. Robert Sokolowski titled, The Threat of Same-Sex Marriage . (americamagazine.org)
Consent is a major legal issue in trafficking and sex work. (mainstreamweekly.net)

While marriage seems like a private choice, Missouri's family laws take health, ethical and criminal concerns into consideration. (lawinfo.com)

In the later stages of the 40th Parliament, public attention increased with respect to same-sex marriage due to court decisions in Massachusetts and Canada legalising same-sex marriage. (wikipedia.org)
Consent or the lack of it is the basis of judicial decisions in rape cases. (mainstreamweekly.net)

Jesus reasserted the definition of marriage in Matthew 19:3 because he was talking to a group of leaders who not only set out to trap him (v. 3) but who had the practice of marrying a woman and then divorcing her for trivial reasons. (patheos.com)
It is customary practice to discuss the amount of mahr prior to enter-ing into the marriage contract. (hgexperts.com)

The Marriage Act 1961 was eventually passed in a conscience vote on 22 March 1961, with an attempt by Victorian Senator George Hannan to insert a definition of marriage as "the voluntary union of one man and one woman for life to the exclusion of all others" rejected in a 40-8 vote. (wikipedia.org)
Section 46 of the Marriage Act 1961 requires marriage celebrants to explain the legal nature of marriage in Australia to a couple as "the union of a man and a woman to the exclusion of all others, voluntarily entered into for life", in line with the 1866 English case of Hyde v Hyde. (wikipedia.org)
For a large part of humanity's history, a woman was considered an adult at the onset puberty. (idsnews.com)
Marriage is supposed to be between a man and a woman. (blogspot.com)
Marriage has always been between a man and woman. (blogspot.com)
6. If so, why did he reassert the Genesis definition of marriage as being one man and one woman? (patheos.com)
The proposition that marriage was defined as between one man and one woman won with about 52 percent of the vote. (pleasantonweekly.com)
It is news to me from an Arrernte perspective that marriage between a man and a woman is tradition and that other forms of marriage would be an affront. (greenleft.org.au)

Going by this study, in an overwhelming 40 per cent of the cases fully tried, the mutual consent of the couple was overruled by the girl's parents. (mainstreamweekly.net)
It is most unfortunate that with the raising of the age of consent in rape cases, the possibility of cases of teenage love getting reported as rape only go up. (mainstreamweekly.net)

Let's not make marriage based upon external sexual characteristics, based upon anatomy. (blogspot.com)
Moreover, I deny that to make consent the standard by which we measure the legality of an act represents relativism. (ashbrook.org)

Former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull supported same-sex marriage during his time in office when same-sex marriage was legalised by the Parliament. (wikipedia.org)
The government pledged to facilitate the passage of a private member's bill legalising same-sex marriage in the Parliament if a majority of respondents voted "Yes" in the survey. (wikipedia.org)
The following details the legislative history of marriage law and reform attempts in federal parliament. (wikipedia.org)

Standing for traditional marriage is a winner for the primaries but a loser for the general. (dennyburk.com)
Brian, There is nothing in defending traditional marriage that says we must prohibit same-sex marriage in society. (dennyburk.com)
I don't think you've answered question #1 regarding your thoughts about traditional marriage being grounded in religious beliefs vs non-traditional marriage being grounded in non-religious beliefs. (dennyburk.com)

Homosexuals argued that what consenting adults did in private was none of the government's business, and that seemed like a pretty compelling argument to me. (pjmedia.com)

In a 2-1 decision, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the December Federal District Court ruling which found that Utah's ban on same-sex marriage was unconstituional. (boxturtlebulletin.com)
There are both permanent and temporary marriages found there. (billmuehlenberg.com)
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