• Can you make a marriage divorce-proof? (psychologytoday.com)
  • No-fault divorce changed the terms of marriage for heterosexual couples, which was plainly a big deal. (reason.com)
  • Today, a third of all American children are born out of wedlock, cohabitation is soaring, and nearly half of marriages end in divorce. (reason.com)
  • At least 60% of all second marriages end in divorce , so in my opinion, you both are well advised to look before you leap. (selfgrowth.com)
  • Redefining marriage would weaken an institution already battered by widespread divorce, say the authors. (cnn.com)
  • In North Carolina, the proposed Healthy Marriage Act would require divorcing couples to attend communication counseling and, if applicable, a class on how divorce affects children. (christianitytoday.com)
  • While the divorce rate has dropped over the past decade (from 4 per 1,000 people in 2000 to 3.6 in 2011), marriage rates are dropping as well (from 8.2 in 2000 to 6.8 in 2011). (christianitytoday.com)
  • The bills take a different tack than Louisiana's pioneering 'covenant marriages,' where couples waive their rights to a no-fault divorce and have to seek counseling before getting one. (christianitytoday.com)
  • High divorce rates are troubling, he said, but the main problem is that marriage rates are too low. (christianitytoday.com)
  • Time will show if this marriage of Microsoft and Linux will work out or end in an ugly divorce. (zdnet.com)
  • The Maryland Court of Special Appeals, in upholding the divorce and nearly $6,000 a month in alimony, child support and other financial payments, said the ceremony may have been unusual but is considered a marriage like any other under state law. (baltimoresun.com)
  • In May, as opponents were gathering signatures to put a newly adopted law to allow same-sex marriage in Maryland on the November ballot, the state's top court recognized a same-sex marriage performed in California when the couple sought to divorce in Maryland, Wolfer said. (baltimoresun.com)
  • After the Tshianis' marriage went sour about 15 years later and she filed for divorce - she contended he was abusive - he eventually told a Montgomery County judge that he didn't know about the marriage. (baltimoresun.com)
  • According to Linda Hershman , LMFT, author of "Gray Divorce: Everything You Need to Know About Later-Life Breakups", most couples in long-term marriages who seek therapy report that the problems have been there all along. (psychcentral.com)
  • [1] The definition of a non-sexual marriage is often broadened to include those where sexual intimacy occurs fewer than ten times per year, in which case 20 percent of the couples in the National Health and Social Life Survey would be in the category. (wikipedia.org)
  • Some couples may have sexless marriages because they have different work schedules or busy lives. (wikipedia.org)
  • Nine inductive Bible studies from InterVarsity profile men and women in relationship, highlighting lessons for married couples and for those learning about marriage. (christianitytoday.com)
  • What can couples do to keep a marriage happy? (psychologytoday.com)
  • The idea of a "honeymoon period" is real: Most couples experience a general decline in satisfaction after the first years of marriage. (psychologytoday.com)
  • People's habits and personality traits remain fairly consistent, and so when couples express frustration with each other years into a marriage, it's often about issues that were present when they first met . (psychologytoday.com)
  • On Monday, barring the unexpected, the state of Massachusetts will begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, under orders from the state's Supreme Court. (reason.com)
  • They have yet to explain, however, precisely how allowing same-sex couples to marry would damage anyone else's marriage or family. (reason.com)
  • So gay marriage entails potential social benefits as well as potential risks, even apart from the unquestioned benefits for gay couples. (reason.com)
  • The report pinpoints the decline in the marriage rate since 1989 from seven per 1000 population to 5.5 - and the rise in children born to couples living in de facto relationships - as fundamental to the fraying social environment. (theage.com.au)
  • Only 2 in 100 couples opt for a covenant marriage, but do stay together more often than those in traditional marriages, said W. Brad Wilcox, director of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia (UVA). (christianitytoday.com)
  • He founded Marriage Savers in 1996 to train churches to pair mature couples with those whose marriages are new or struggling. (christianitytoday.com)
  • Wilcox said eliminating the welfare marriage penalty-where couples currently on welfare become ineligible once they marry because their now-combined income exceeds federal limits-would help. (christianitytoday.com)
  • By the time couples reach mid-life, there are a variety of factors that can have a significant impact on their marriage. (psychcentral.com)
  • And now my mission is to help couples and singles gain the marriage they've always wanted, on that supports them emotionally and spiritually as well as physically and materially. (selfgrowth.com)
  • The liberal media is so bizarrely obsessed by my marriage in a way that truly is only projected onto conservative couples. (yahoo.com)
  • Find out the requirements couples in different states must meet before obtaining a marriage license. (findlaw.com)
  • While this can be said of any relationship, the truth is that many of the couples facing difficulties come from these so-called mixed marriages. (ynetnews.com)
  • The California Marriage case was argued on behalf of 14 same-sex couples and two organizations, Equality California and Our Family Coalition. (aclu.org)
  • On May 15, 2008, the California Supreme Court overturned the state's ban on marriage for same-sex couples. (aclu.org)
  • Women's activists say up to 80 percent of marriages in the country are either forced or arranged. (rferl.org)
  • Until June 2013, the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) defined the word "spouse" as a man or woman who was legally married to a person of the opposite sex, thus excluding same-sex spouses from thousands of federal benefits. (aarp.org)
  • Legal journalists discuss the Supreme Court's rulings on the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act and California's Proposition 8. (charlierose.com)
  • Lawmakers in three states are assessing the latest legal tactics to strengthen American marriages. (christianitytoday.com)
  • Herrera says this can help rekindle not only the marriage but improve and strengthen other relationships. (psychcentral.com)
  • When your spouse has an opportunity to do something for you, it will strengthen your marriage bonds. (familyeducation.com)
  • As Canadians continue to live longer, they can expect to spend more years with their life partners, whatever old age brings, wrote The Globe and Mail May 7: In fact, the research suggests that, while there's no guarantee that sticking it out will lead to happiness, good marriages often get better later in life. (yorku.ca)
  • A good marriage is one of the life factors most strongly associated and consistently associated with happiness. (psychologytoday.com)
  • While this is likely to be true, the researchers feel that it is safe to assume that marriage will bring additional happiness. (psychologytoday.com)
  • Their research is an overview of the topic of marriage and happiness. (psychologytoday.com)
  • Martin Seligman , in his book Authentic Happiness , states, "Marriage is robustly related to happiness. (psychologytoday.com)
  • At LinuxCon , Wim Coekaerts, corporate VP of Microsoft Enterprise Open Source Group, came not merely to make peace with Linux, but to join forces with Linux and open-source software in a marriage of customer happiness. (zdnet.com)
  • Records are available for marriages between July 1950 and December 2022 . (scdhec.gov)
  • CEO Gregg Steinhafel promised shareholders at an annual stockholder's meeting in 2011 that the company would stay out of the fight over the ballot initiative that would have amended the state's constitution to ban marriage equality. (msnbc.com)
  • In 2016, UNICEF, together with UNFPA , launched the Global Programme to End Child Marriage . (unicef.org)
  • The issue of child marriages, which affects more than 50 million girls worldwide according to the United Nations, was thrust back in the headlines recently when the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) selected its 'Photo of 2007. (rferl.org)
  • UNICEF says child marriages are a reaction to extreme poverty. (rferl.org)
  • According to UNICEF, 57 percent of Afghan marriages involve girls under 16. (rferl.org)
  • It is also what explains and justifies the government's involvement in marriage. (cnn.com)
  • The people of the Arabian Peninsula for centuries have scratched a life from the hostile desert and followed a simple rule when choosing a marriage partner: Keep it in the family," Ashbury explains. (wnd.com)
  • Ashbury then explains the health consequences of continuing to practice blood-relative marriage. (wnd.com)
  • Until fairly recently, women did not have the economic power to leave marriages that were abusive, unhappy, or that one or both partners outgrew," she explains. (psychcentral.com)
  • Bandyopadhyay S, Green E (2021) Explaining inter-ethnic marriage in Sub-Saharan Africa. (springer.com)
  • But for thousands of young Afghan girls, and millions more across Asia and Africa, marriage often comes before they are old enough for such dreams -- and ends in nightmare. (rferl.org)
  • Age at marriage, age at first birth, and fertility in Africa / Charles F. Westoff. (who.int)
  • Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognized union between people called spouses. (wikipedia.org)
  • A religious marriage is performed by a religious institution to recognize and create the rights and obligations intrinsic to matrimony in that religion. (wikipedia.org)
  • We therefore focus on the social and health consequences of child marriage for girls. (cdc.gov)
  • Amuedo-Dorantes C, Arenas-Arroyo E, Wang C (2020) Is immigration enforcement shaping immigrant marriage patterns? (springer.com)
  • In such places, many girls are forced into marriages when they are as young as nine or 10, says Khatema Mosleh of the Afghan Women's Network (AWN), a nonpartisan group of organizations that campaign for women's rights in Afghanistan. (rferl.org)
  • Female age at marriage has proven to be a strong indicator for female autonomy and is continuously used by economic history research. (wikipedia.org)
  • York law & society Professor Annie Bunting (LLB '88) and The Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on the Global Migrations of African Peoples are hosting an international workshop on forced marriage in conflict situations today and tomorrow in Room 305 York Lanes on the Keele campus. (yorku.ca)
  • Excellent research done over the last couple of decades has identified the key factors to what makes marriages succeed or fail. (selfgrowth.com)
  • The mounting recognition and research on distant marriages suggest that sometimes it may be a couple's only option," the court noted, citing marriages by proxy among members of the military and work situations that pull the bride or groom to a different location. (baltimoresun.com)
  • Before becoming a Christian, sex was less meaningful, cohabitation was defensible, and marriage was a piece of paper issued by the state. (christianitytoday.com)
  • In recognition of a practice by the Nuer people of Sudan allowing women to act as a husband in certain circumstances (the ghost marriage), Kathleen Gough suggested modifying this to "a woman and one or more other persons. (wikipedia.org)
  • Over 353 million people, including key community influencers as well as men and boys specifically, have also engaged in dialogue and communication campaigns to support adolescent girls, or other efforts to end child marriage. (unicef.org)
  • Marriage is the process by which two people make their relationship public, official, and permanent. (psychologytoday.com)
  • How does marriage change people? (psychologytoday.com)
  • And the relationship where vast numbers of people derive that greatest boost to their well-being is in their marriage. (psychologytoday.com)
  • Perhaps the single most robust fact about marriage across many surveys is that married people are happier than anyone else. (psychologytoday.com)
  • So same-sex marriage would benefit gay people and the children they are raising. (reason.com)
  • The only thing that same-sex marriage does, by contrast, is to expand by a few percentage points the number of people who are eligible to marry their partner. (reason.com)
  • The good news is that plenty of divorced people move on to have happy, successful marriages. (selfgrowth.com)
  • University of Calgary Professor Elizabeth Brake supports "minimal marriage," in which people distribute whichever duties they choose, among however many partners, of whatever sex. (cnn.com)
  • Another 'important ingredient,' he said, is 'a strong religious culture that preaches and teaches and offers support to people who are learning the ropes, or who are struggling within their marriages. (christianitytoday.com)
  • Consanguinity (marriage between people that are blood relatives) has been practiced in the Middle East for over 100 generations, even before the introduction of Islam in the seventh century. (wnd.com)
  • Today, many people can look forward to 20, 25, or even 30 more active years when they hit age 60, and are asking themselves the question: Does this marriage still work for me? (psychcentral.com)
  • As a marriage expert, I sense that many people who have heard of me think I must be a perfect marriage partner. (selfgrowth.com)
  • I found role models and people who believed in my ability to succeed in marriage. (selfgrowth.com)
  • She gave birth to thirteen children, had to leave her first four children behind, fled 1500 miles to escape an abusive marriage and later became a single mother. (lu.se)
  • The anthropological handbook Notes and Queries (1951) defined marriage as "a union between a man and a woman such that children born to the woman are the recognized legitimate offspring of both partners. (wikipedia.org)
  • Start talking with your children about the idea of blending your families long before the marriage . (selfgrowth.com)
  • God designed marriage as a lifelong commitment between one man and one woman for their mutual joy, the good of society, and the procreation of children. (desiringgod.org)
  • A strong marriage culture serves children, families and society by encouraging the ideal of giving kids both a mom and a dad. (cnn.com)
  • THE well-being of Australia's children and young adults has declined sharply in the past decade - and sliding marriage rates are partly to blame, a study has found. (theage.com.au)
  • Furtado D (2009) Cross-nativity marriages and human capital levels of children. (springer.com)
  • Even more than marriage, the arrival of children matured the love between Rachel and her husband. (christianitytoday.com)
  • Only the persons named on the marriage certificate, their adult children or a present or former spouse may order through VitalChek . (scdhec.gov)
  • Early marriage is vague and does not necessarily refer to children. (cdc.gov)
  • In her second marriage, Voinha had nine children with a husband who later left her with the sole responsibility of caring for the large family. (lu.se)
  • Sexless marriages can be caused by post-pregnancy issues and hormonal imbalances , or by illness of one or both partners that affects physical or psychological sexuality (e.g., clinical depression of one or both partners). (wikipedia.org)
  • Despite a steady decline in this harmful practice over the past decade, child marriage remains widespread, with approximately one in five girls married in childhood across the globe. (unicef.org)
  • Christina Suarez says it looked like her marriage was doomed to fail, "There was no one, in fact even some Christians who would say that we would survive. (cbn.com)
  • The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals call for global action to end child marriage by 2030. (unicef.org)
  • All marriages have some bumpy roads, but those that truly love each other can make it work. (answers.com)
  • We have the right to work and to education, the right to be protected from violence, the right to vote, and the right to be protected from early marriage and the right of choice when it comes to choosing the right partner. (unicef.org)
  • But she's convinced that her husband and many men like him view work, marriage, and family as something more practical and functional. (christianitytoday.com)
  • This work takes the Junguian Psychology as the theoretical approach to analyse the question of the partners' choice in relationships like marriage, considering unconscious dynamics as one of its preponderant factors. (bvsalud.org)
  • You may select a standard $12 non-refundable search fee with a processing time of 4 weeks or an expedited $17 non-refundable search fee with a processing time of 5 business days or less (search fee includes one certified copy of the marriage certificate). (scdhec.gov)
  • Results of search for 'su:{Marriage. (who.int)
  • If one goes into a marriage with the immature idea it is like love and marriage in the movies they generally will not stay married. (answers.com)
  • Addressing child marriage requires recognition of the factors that enable it. (unicef.org)
  • Refusing such recognition would be unfair - a violation of equality - if commitment based on emotional companionship is what makes a marriage. (cnn.com)
  • The practical effect of this ruling was that same-sex spouses became entitled to federal benefits if they lived in a state that recognized same-sex marriage - but not if they lived in states that didn't provide such recognition. (aarp.org)
  • In some areas of the world, arranged marriage, child marriage, polygamy, coverture and forced marriage are practiced, while others outlawed them to protect human rights. (wikipedia.org)
  • This forced Gough to disregard sexual access as a key element of marriage and to define it in terms of legitimacy of offspring alone: marriage is "a relationship established between a woman and one or more other persons, which provides a child born to the woman under circumstances not prohibited by the rules of relationship, is accorded full birth-status rights common to normal members of his society or social stratum. (wikipedia.org)
  • Child marriage threatens the lives, well-being and futures of girls around the world. (unicef.org)
  • Child marriage refers to any formal marriage or informal union between a child under the age of 18 and an adult or another child. (unicef.org)
  • One of the main problems that I have seen in my community is early pregnancy, the language barrier [for indigenous populations] and child marriage. (unicef.org)
  • Child marriage robs girls of their childhood and threatens their well-being. (unicef.org)
  • Some argue that the tax code penalizes marriage, but the child tax credit and earned income credit both address this, said Haskins. (christianitytoday.com)
  • Why Is Child Marriage Still Legal? (politico.com)
  • Child marriage is a human rights violation that prevents girls from obtaining an education, enjoying optimal health, bonding with others their own age, maturing, and ultimately choosing their own life partners. (cdc.gov)
  • Child marriage is driven by poverty and has many effects on girls' health: increased risk for sexually transmitted diseases, cervical cancer, malaria, death during childbirth, and obstetric fistulas. (cdc.gov)
  • To stop child marriage, policies and programs must educate communities, raise awareness, engage local and religious leaders, involve parents, and empower girls through education and employment. (cdc.gov)
  • Other terms applied to child marriage include "early marriage" and "child brides. (cdc.gov)
  • And although we focus on African countries, similar arguments over what drives child marriages, how they affect girls, and how to stop them may be applied to other continents. (cdc.gov)
  • Since 1948, the United Nations and other international agencies have attempted to stop child marriage. (cdc.gov)
  • In other words, any country that allows child marriage is committing a violation of human rights ( 6 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Article 16 of the 1979 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women requires minimum ages for marriage to be specified and says that child marriages are illegal ( 8 ). (cdc.gov)
  • becoming a spouse appears to change one's personality as well, especially in the early years of marriage. (psychologytoday.com)
  • Right now, Americans are deciding the shape of marriage-the basic legal and social framework of family-for years to come. (reason.com)
  • For many years, interethnic marriages have been used as a measure of social distance between groups. (springer.com)
  • What causes marriages to fall apart after 25 years? (psychcentral.com)
  • S ix years ago, when Bill Clinton's presidential bid was rocked by the first "bimbo eruption," the Gennifer Flowers allegations, it was Hillary Rodham Clinton who responded first, saving his campaign with her passionate defense of their marriage. (salon.com)
  • The sheer number of stories about President Clinton's alleged womanizing over the years has led some to wonder whether the Clintons might have an "open" marriage. (salon.com)
  • Target announced its support of same-sex marriage, three years after facing criticism for backing candidates against marriage equality. (msnbc.com)
  • In recent years, this model has been challenged by game-theoretic models of marriage that do not impose 'pooling' and are, therefore, consistent with empirical evidence that income controlled by husbands and wives does have different effects on family behavior. (repec.org)
  • Criticism in marriage can lead to heightened emotional reactivity , with one partner triggered by how the other bothers them, and the other by suggestions or criticisms about it. (psychologytoday.com)
  • Anthropologists have proposed several competing definitions of marriage in an attempt to encompass the wide variety of marital practices observed across cultures. (wikipedia.org)
  • A sexless marriage is a marital union in which little or no sexual activity occurs between the two spouses . (wikipedia.org)
  • Just as the act that makes marital love also makes new life, so marriage itself is a multilevel - bodily as well as emotional - union that would be fulfilled by procreation and family life. (cnn.com)
  • However, long before social distancing took its toll on marriage, I became curious about how the marital impulse was faring, especially inside the church. (christianitytoday.com)
  • However, the court noted it took no position on whether Maryland would recognize a Skype marriage. (baltimoresun.com)
  • Yet how can advocates of fundamentalist Islam recognize the latter with their brain cells so damaged by centuries of cousin marriage? (wnd.com)
  • Attorney David Boies discusses yesterday's historic Supreme Court ruling to recognize same-sex marriage. (charlierose.com)
  • The attractive civil rights rhetoric of "marriage equality" masks a profound error about what marriage is. (cnn.com)
  • Target has come out publicly in support of marriage equality, joining other major corporations like Apple, Nordstrom, Starbucks and Microsoft that have vocalized their support for LGBT community. (msnbc.com)
  • Earlier that December, it was revealed that the company's PAC had also donated over $30,000 to two other politicians who vehemently opposed marriage equality, Minnesota Congressmen Erik Paulsen and John Kline. (msnbc.com)
  • Target also did not publicly get involved in the marriage equality debate in Minnesota, the company's home state. (msnbc.com)
  • What [a study] found was quite disturbing,' he said, citing Covenant Marriage by UVA sociology professor Steven Nock. (christianitytoday.com)
  • After coming to faith and joining a Southern Baptist church, she now believes that marriage is a covenant before God and a sacred relationship. (christianitytoday.com)
  • Debates persist regarding the legal status of married women, leniency towards violence within marriage, customs such as dowry and bride price, marriageable age, and criminalization of premarital and extramarital sex. (wikipedia.org)
  • Marriage is a social union or legal contract between individuals. (answers.com)
  • Since the Supreme Court's historic ruling on June 26, 2015 made same-sex marriage legal throughout the United States, you now have the same rights under Medicare as any other married couple. (aarp.org)
  • For other legal processes related to marriage, such as prenuptial or postnuptial agreements, your attorney will request a number of financial documents (original or certified copies). (findlaw.com)
  • Before issuing a marriage certificate, you may want to speak to a family law attorney for legal advice. (findlaw.com)
  • A marriage license is the first step toward getting married from a legal perspective. (findlaw.com)
  • In many countries, the legal age for marriage is 18, yet some governments enforce these laws loosely. (cdc.gov)
  • That's an issue [faithfulness] that we are very comfortable with in our marriage," she said on the eve of the 1992 New Hampshire primary. (salon.com)
  • A marriage may also be sexless if one or both partners is asexual or if the couple mutually agrees to abstain from sex due to religious principles, avoidance of sexually transmitted diseases , a platonic basis for the relationship or the goal of avoiding conception. (wikipedia.org)
  • Marriage ultimately displays the glory and grace of God by picturing the unbreakable relationship between Christ and his church. (desiringgod.org)
  • Learn nine common misconceptions about marriage, and find out how to help improve the odds of having a successful relationship. (familyeducation.com)
  • Marriage is understood as a psychological relationship, originated in the affective link between two different sex adults, which is officially registered. (bvsalud.org)
  • Ostensibly, this relationship between industry and medicine in the TAVR world is akin to a perfect marriage. (medscape.com)
  • A marriage ceremony is called a wedding. (wikipedia.org)
  • The ruling noted that state law on marriage doesn't bar Maryland "from recognizing a ceremony where one party participates by proxy - or in the manner that occurred here - and the ceremony is valid in another jurisdiction. (baltimoresun.com)
  • It's important to follow the correct procedure to ensure your marriage is valid before a marriage ceremony takes place. (findlaw.com)
  • You will need to get a marriage license before the marriage ceremony. (findlaw.com)
  • Adultery can lead to a sexless marriage in two ways: it can cause the partner having the affair to have reduced sexual interest in their spouse, and if the affair is discovered, the monogamous spouse may cease to want to be intimate with the adulterous spouse. (wikipedia.org)
  • If you want to get married or enter into a registered partnership your main contact is the registry office where you have decided to register your marriage or partnership. (admin.ch)
  • They report their findings in a journal article in Population and Development Review (September 2006), "There is a comfortable consensus in the social sciences that marriage has a positive and enduring effect on well-being. (psychologytoday.com)
  • We might try looking at marriage penalties in our social programs. (christianitytoday.com)
  • Gay marriage dramatically affirms that love, sex, and marriage go together-that if you really care, you marry. (reason.com)
  • Many marry their first cousins in arranged marriages to this day. (wnd.com)
  • A core aspect of marriage is the commitment to have sexual relations with only one partner for the rest of one's life. (psychologytoday.com)
  • Rock-solid commitment in marriage is the best soil for the long-term flourishing of tender affections. (desiringgod.org)
  • It argues that marriage makes a difference, not just the characteristics of a child's parents, because of the commitment involved. (theage.com.au)
  • The legislature ultimately passed a same-sex marriage bill, which was signed into law last year. (msnbc.com)
  • Empowering young girls at risk of marriage or already in union, the programme have reached more than 21 million adolescent girls with life-skills training, comprehensive sexuality education and school attendance support since 2016. (unicef.org)
  • Biblical faith has always held up marriage as the standard for family life and the foundation of society. (christianitytoday.com)
  • More than two dozen other states are rushing to write gay-marriage bans into their constitutions. (reason.com)
  • The major retail chain, along with other companies, filed an amicus brief to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals supporting same-sex marriage in Wisconsin and Indiana, two states where gay marriage bans still exist. (msnbc.com)
  • Ashbury claims the conservative form of Islam practiced in Saudi Arabia makes any change in cousin-marriage a hard sell, saying consanguinity "literally threatens the gene pool of [the Gulf nations'] societies, making each generation physically weaker. (wnd.com)
  • Even if Kenneth Starr fails to dig up proof of adultery and perjury in the Oval Office, will the strain of battling through one more public scandal be enough to destroy the first marriage? (salon.com)
  • The opinion by the court makes it clear that the public policy of Maryland is very much to be in support of marriage, regardless of how it's done," said Judith Wolfer, an attorney with the House of Ruth who represented Marie-Louise Tshiani. (baltimoresun.com)
  • We can mail your marriage certificate to you or you can pick it up at the Columbia state office. (scdhec.gov)
  • Of course, if marriage were simply about recognizing bonds of affection or romance, then two men or two women could form a marriage just as a man and woman can. (cnn.com)
  • Women and children's rights activists in Afghanistan say the marriages are imposed on young girls for a variety of reasons. (rferl.org)
  • This section includes general information on court forms and resources related to marriage certificates, marriage licenses, sample prenuptial agreements, vital records, and documents needed when meeting with an attorney. (findlaw.com)
  • Click here to find out why marriage licenses are important. (findlaw.com)
  • It is nearly a cultural universal, but the definition of marriage varies between cultures and religions, and over time. (wikipedia.org)
  • Economic anthropologist Duran Bell has criticized the legitimacy-based definition on the basis that some societies do not require marriage for legitimacy. (wikipedia.org)