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History of Marriage

The Definition of Marriage

John Corvino | Posted 12.08.2012 | Gay Voices
Read More: LGBT Rights, History of Marriage, Marriage, Salvatore Cordileone, Proposition 8, Definition of Marriage, Gay Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage, Video, Gay Voices News
John Corvino

Marriage changes, and so does language. What never seems to change is the right wing's propensity for circular arguments.

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Is It Time To Retire The Word 'Wife'?

Lisa Belkin | Posted 04.16.2012 | Parents
Read More: History of Marriage, Marriage, Video, Wife, Women's Movement, Housewives, Feminism, Gender Roles, Parents News
Lisa Belkin

What, nowadays, is the meaning of the word wife? It certainly is not what it used to be -- but it hasn't yet come to mean something new, either.

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Marriage Has Always Been One Man And One Woman? Not Really

James Peron | Posted 03.04.2012 | Gay Voices
Read More: Marriage, Marriage Equality, History of Marriage, Bible Marriage, Marriage History, Gay Marriage, Marriage in the Bible, Same-Sex Marriage, Gay Voices News
James Peron

The moment someone tells me "marriage has always been" something or another, I know they are ignorant of the actual history of marriage. It has never "always" been anything. It has taken different forms, with different social rules attached.

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Love Stories: Is Marriage Necessary?

Wednesday Martin | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: History of Marriage, Mark Sanford, Divorce, The Politician, Andrew Young, Infidelity, Marriage, Monogamy, Elizabeth Edwards, Staying True, John Edwards, Jenny Sanford, Lori Gottlieb, Valentine's Day, Remarriage, Remarriage With Children, Marry Him, Healthy Living News
Wednesday Martin

While marital and couples therapists tell us how to save our marriages, sociology, anthropology, and human behavioral ecology suggest that it isn't so much married couples as Marriage itself that's in crisis.

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