NounSingular marriage Plural marriages marriage (plural marriages)
From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. Marriage is a social union or legal contract between individuals that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found. Such a union may also be called matrimony, while the ceremony that marks its beginning is usually called a wedding. People marry for many reasons, including one or more of the following: legal, social, emotional, economical, spiritual, and religious. These might include arranged marriages, family obligations, the legal establishment of a nuclear family unit, the legal protection of children and public declaration of commitment. Marriage practices are very diverse across cultures, may take many forms, and are often formalized by a wedding. The act of marriage usually creates normative or legal obligations between the individuals involved. In some societies these obligations also extend to certain family members of the married persons. Almost all cultures that recognize marriage also recognize adultery as a violation of the terms of marriage. Marriage is usually recognized by the state, a religious authority, or both. It is often viewed as a contract. Civil marriage is the legal concept of marriage as a governmental institution irrespective of religious affiliation, in accordance with marriage laws of the jurisdiction. If recognized by the state, by the religion(s) to which the parties belong or by society in general, the act of marriage changes the personal and social status of the individuals who enter into it. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License How to do marriage ceremony based on Chinese tradition? Q. Hi all, I and my boyfriend are planning on marriage, but we confuse about the tradition. We are both Chinese. Anybody knows about the arrangement, start from proposing, family gathering, until the day of marriage and what should we prepare? we also live at different city. Oh, we are going to have only a simple ceremony. Thanks for the answer. Asked by StrawBerry - Sat Oct 24 05:49:40 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. you mean an "american" wedding influenced by chinese traditions? my cousin did that. he spoke both english and chinese at the wedding, had karaoke, and the bride wore a western style dress. also, the groom proposed with an actual engagement ring. there was lots of chinese food and smoking there. Answered by sunn - Tue Oct 27 20:40:53 2009 Whats the difference between marriage and civil union? Q. I read somewhere that marriage has more benefits then civil union, but they didn't specify on what they were. Would someone be so kind to tell me the benefits that marriage has that civil union does not? Asked by Silth - Sat Jul 10 16:53:16 2010 - - 6 Answers - 0 Comments A. There are a lot of differences. One is that civil unions are not recognized by federal law - there are none of the federal benefits of marriage given to those in civil unions. Also, civil unions are not portable. You cannot take them from state to state. Furthermore, the people I know want to get married. Not civil unioned. Who wants to civil union their beloved, when they could marry them instead? Answered by Raistlin Reloaded - Sat Jul 10 17:04:57 2010 What were the dynamics of marriage in the 19th century?
Q. I know that women had few legal rights but what kind of unofficial roles did women and men have in marriage. Did women really obey their husbands? Did husbands really command their wives? Was it very different from modern marriages or essentially similar? Asked by Cybele - Sat Mar 8 23:14:59 2008 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments A. I've had the interesting experience of knowing some Middle Eastern Muslims from Lebanon. Now remember, this culture, supposedly the women are second class citizens, etc., and it looks that way in public for the most part. However, back at home, the woman is boss. I think that no matter what the "official" legal and/or cultural rights assigned to women are, they have, throughout history, known how to control their men, by either nagging, cutting them off from sex, giving them bad food, etc. I think that the truth is, in this "enlightened feminist age" more women are abused by men, than they were back then, and this is especially true in inner cities, where the family unit has been devalued by the welfare check, so men and women no longer… [cont.] Answered by mande - Sat Mar 8 23:22:57 2008 From Yahoo Answer Search: "Marriage"  blog.cleveland.com Sat, 31 Jul 2010 08:01:08 GMT+00:00 months ... Plain Dealer (blog) But Hunter-Lyons, a 42-year-old family and marriage counselor, told Connally she wanted to work on her marriage . "Maurice is a good husband. ...  dispatch.com Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:56:48 GMT+00:00 -fraud ring sent to prison Columbus Dispatch They said they wanted to stay in America, but now the ringleaders of a sham- marriage scheme just want to go home. ... Ohio marriage scam paired immigrants, poor brides wfmj ohio sham marriages paired Eastern European nationals seeking US residency ... The Canadian Press  pinknews.co.uk Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:33:10 GMT+00:00 PinkNews.co.uk Labour leadership frontrunner David Miliband has changed his mind on the issue of equal marriage rights. ... Lost Opportunity for Marriage Equality with New Jersey Ruling San Francisco Bay Times NJ Supreme Court refuses gay- marriage case Philadelphia Gay News Lord Waheed Ali Calls for Full Marriage Equality in the United Kingdom Gayapolis Sovo.com - Metro Weekly - Asbury Park Press From Google News Search: "Marriage"  i276.photobucket.com 641px x 800px | 400.30kB [source page] out so that you grow together in a spirit if unity commitment and a bond of intimacy Pray that your marriage is one in which you both agree and that God will be in the center of it Lord unite my husband and me in a bond of friendship commitment generosity and understanding Eliminate our immaturity hostility or fellings of inadequacy Help us to make time for  i12.photobucket.com 527px x 640px | 44.90kB [source page] http i12 photobucket com albums a228 nilla pimp jewjitus jpg http i12 photobucket com albums a228 nilla pimp marriage jpg http i12 photobucket com albums a228 nilla pimp petergriffin jpg From Yahoo Image Search: "Marriage"  ontopmag.com unknown ue, 27 Jul 2010 21:46:00 GM NOM saw its largest crowd yet Tuesday in Madison, but counter demonstrators continued to outnumber NOM supporters. From Google Blog Search: "Marriage" Quotes about marriage. This theme article needs cleanup. Please review , especially the , to determine how to edit this article to conform to a higher standard of article quality. This page has been listed as needing cleanup since 2009-08-28.ContentsSourced
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