Essays on Marriage

According to the general understanding, a disciple is anyone who embraces or assists in the spreading of someone’s teaching. In Christianity, discipleship is defined as the process of accepting the ethic and life of Jesus Christ, who brought hope and eternal life to humanity through the gospel. It can also mean the process of becoming Christ-like, and having the zeal to see others become disciples of Jesus. This definition is evident in what Christians refer to as the ‘Great Commission’: Jesus directed the twelve to travel around the world and make disciples. This was a call by

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There are a number of issues with defining marriage in today’s society. For instance, the definition of what constitutes a marriage has changed significantly over the years, and today, marriage is primarily a legal definition, rather than a religious one. This is not to say that there are not religious marriages; however, for the purposes of society and government, religious is taken out of the marriage equation for the most part. Rick Santorum in his article, “The Meaning of Family” makes a number of points in his argument against gay marriage and gay rights. He stated that same-sex

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PART 1: A BELIEF THAT IS STRONGLY UPHELD.

A belief that is strongly upheld is the notion that it is the moral responsibility of members of society that are well off financially or otherwise to chip in and help the less fortunate members of society. This traverses the line of merely neighbor helping neighbor into international boundaries where one country helps another in time of crisis. This especially refers to the countries in Africa which are in most cases in need of various forms of aid varying from financial aid to medical and even psychological aid.
This belief was fuelled by the fact that no one chooses

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Homosexuality is a current controversial issue that has hit the media. One cannot avoid the topic of homosexuality in the news, movies, books, social media, newspapers, and even in politics. Homosexuality has become a controversial issue around the globe today. After Uganda outlawed homosexuality in its country, the topic has been trending everywhere in the mainstream media, and the social media. Some nations like the US have legalized homosexuality, and this is why there has been uproar after the president of Uganda signed a bill in parliament outlawing homosexuality. The media has always been blamed of being bias while

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Introduction

The 18th century society was one characterized by social stratification which took the form of class divisions, political upheavals and the consideration of acceptable gender roles in the society. It was a known fact that men and women were different and therefore held different positions in society. Generally, men were considered superior to women and therefore took up the role of a leader, whether in the public domain as the leader or commander of the army, or in the private sphere, as the leader of the household. Women on the other hand were expected to fulfill their role in

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Is Homosexuality Really Immoral?

Homosexuality is a topic that has become an ethical dilemma in the society today. More and more celebrities and prominent people are coming out and confessing that they are gay. This brings us to the question, is homosexuality really immoral? Well, according to the Vatican, it is. There are over 1.2 billion Roman Catholics in the world. This means that the Vatican controls or influences a very large population of the world. Vatican’s argument is weak because it contradicts their own beliefs by condemning homosexuality whereas we have gay’s clergy among them.
According to the Vatican there

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Military marriages face a lot of challenges due to the nature of work the military personnel are involved. It is, therefore, difficult for a couple to have enough time to spend together in building up their families or marriages.
The nature of activities that the military personnel engages in like war activities are associated with a lot of depression and traumatic stress. This stress that results from the war makes the military personnel difficult to handle their marriages and families. The stress may lead to domestic violence between the couples. The domestic violence from the traumatic stress may consequently

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It seems to be a common belief, that “Marriage is the foundation of a good family; good families in turn are the foundation of a stable civilization”. (Bahai’s Publishing 12) However, lately, marriage does not seem to be such a sacred institution, it was decades ago; people get divorced so often, that the question of “Why even bother getting married” becomes very actual these days. Of course, many will probably disagree, but I sincerely believe, that marriage is just an institution, which is “manifestly in a mess” (Bedell)

At this point I would like to raise some objections that have been inspired by the

skeptic in me. Nowadays marriage is still popular among people,

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Sexual deviance comprises of a wide range of abnormal sexual expressions from cross dressing, fetishism, sexual masochism, incest, pedophilia, and rape. On the contrary, sexual deviant behavior can be defined in different contexts. According to sociology, sexual deviance varies from culture to the other depending different cultural beliefs and norms. Sexual deviant behaviors are attributed with discomfort, bizarreness, and inefficiency. Some sexual deviant habits include paraphilia, exhibitionism, fetishism, and masochist among others. Paraphilia individuals have behavior, an urge, or a sexual fantasy that is distressing and repetitive while exhibitionism entails sexual pleasure through exposure of the genitals (Goode, 2010).

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The main character in Sandra Cisneros’ Woman Hollering Creek Cleofilas is a married Mexican woman who moves to Texas with her husband Juan Pedro. She is an inquisitive woman as is evidenced by her asking Trini the woman at the Laundromat why the creek behind her house is called La Grintona, something other people have not bothered to find out. She is also very aware of the current affairs as she notices the amount of violence against women that are being reported in the news. Cleofilas is also worried about what other people will think about her, especially when

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Liberty University

Abstract
Intimacy issues in marriages have been in the forefront of many psycho-social-spiritual circles recently. In addition, intimacy issues and barriers have just started to be analyzed psychologically, sociologically, physically, and spiritually in the psychoanalytic literature. Qualitative and longitudinal studies are giving way to new theories and thoughts on why the 21st century marriage has so many barriers to intimacy and how these barriers become ingrained in an individual’s psyche. These studies show that from birth to death, the human capacity to remember definitive moments that will forever change the outcome of an individual’s life, whether consciously

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In A Doll House, Henrik Ibsen writes about a topic that seems so vital to him, this is the social life and duties of persons in society. This time round he chooses to use the institution of marriage and a home. Ibsen intended that the reader sees the position of a woman in this society as she seems caged in the whole institution of marriage. This is seen through the relationship that exists between Nora Helmer and her beloved husband Torvald Helmer and to some extent Nora’s father. In fact all the life that Norah lives, she conforms

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Marriage has changed in the last century. Divorce rates are at all tie highs. Though divorce rates are up and this causes some people to think that there is are increased marriage crisis, Eli J. Finkel believes that this could be interpreted as a positive thing for the institution of marriage. She writes “though marriage has experienced disruptive changes like higher divorce rates, such developments are a sign that the institution has evolved to better respect individual autonomy, particularly for women” (Finkel, 1). In the past marriage as an institution did not hold women as equal partners in the

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An intact family is a child’s source of strength and security. Parents welcome the birth of every child. Even before the baby is born, there is already a bond that forms between the baby, his parents, and his/her siblings. This attachment grows because the baby in the womb becomes familiar with the environment outside through the voices he/she hear and the scent of his/her mother. During the years before the child becomes a teenager, his/her mother, father, and siblings form the foundation of his identify. The absence of one parent would have devastating effects on the child’s

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Women from the Lake of Scented Souls is a movie produced and directed by Xei Fei. The movie revolves around two families separated by deep divides of economic disparity. This is obvious  in the movie where the family of Huanhuan is on one side of economic hierarchy the poor one, and that of the main character, Xiang is on the other side of economic hierarchy, the prosperous one. The movie puts great emphasis on the sad plight of Chinese women under a male dominated society characterized by a feudal ethical code.
Feudal ethical code is ripe throughout the movie

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There are various issues related to marriage and family that arise in relationship today. Relationship has become very dynamic in nature, and there are occasions whereby relationship tends to depart from traditional forms of family and marriage. There are ways that Max and Kate relationship depart from the traditional forms of family and marriage. One of the ways is the issue of financing the family and the entire marriage needs. In the traditional way men is basically seen to the head of the family and financing it. In Max and Kate relationship, Kate earned more than max based on

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The education of women and girls tends to result in a low rate of population growth. This is because education provides females with the knowledge on how to plan their families. For instance, education provides them with knowledge about the use of contraceptives and thus results in a reduction in pregnancies. In any case, it allows women to space pregnancies and have fewer children that matches their economic abilities. Consequently, a decline in the number of children in every household result in a slow rate of population growth.
Another correlation between the education of the girl child and that

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Introduction

David Olson, Candyce Russell and Douglas Spenkle’s model provides useful insights on matters of family structure. The hypotheses presented aid in analyzing how strong or weak relationship is between members of the family. It addresses both marriage and family in sixteen subdivisions. These divisions are determined by cohesiveness, communication and flexibility. These foundations define a good relationship and a weak one. Cohesiveness is the ability to build a bond between people in the family or marriage. This ought to be balanced in order to develop a strong relationship. A couple or family ought not to be disengaged or

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I. Introduction
Federal benefits in the basis of marital status include social security as well as tax, employee and health benefits. America’s Defense of Marriage Act defined ‘marriage’ as a union between one man and one woman and therefore, same-sex or gay couples are not included in this act and subsequently, not included in the benefits that heterosexual couples enjoy. Recently, however, there has been an amendment to this Act which now will include same-sex couples in the provision.
My claim on this issue is that gay

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There are two significant tales, Miller’s and Wife of Bath’s that stand out from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer for astonishing depiction of eternal problems of love, marriage and sex. The issues of love affairs have always excited people’s minds and hearts both now and always. Chaucer touches upon the majority of the important questions connected with marriage, reveals lustful and sly nature of the dishonest people. Both tales describe liberal attitude and disregard towards marriage and sex.
Firstly, it should be said that in both tales the liberal attitude and disrespect towards the institution

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Over the years, same sex marriage has been a controversial issue among various religious groups and governments in various countries. It has resulted in numerous perceptions among different individuals and social groupings. The issue of the same sex marriage can be viewed from different perspectives depending on its basis. Religious leaders, especially Christians, around the world have condemned the act, referring to it as illegal. On the contrary, some religious groups have proposed the idea leading to conflict among different religious leaders and groups. According to the history of marriage and religion, marriage was embraced in religion through the

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William Wallis’ poem “Family” is devoted to the theme of family togetherness, calm family life, and childhood memories. The author of the poem narrates from the nephew’s perspective showing his emotions as a child visiting his aunt. The picture drawn by the poet reminds of an episode of calm family life having good and bad moments. Probably, the author tried to describe his sensations related relationships between close relatives. Wallis succeeded to get the reader to see a peaceful picture of family life from the first rows. The poetic form used in the poem is free verse (Padgett

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Long ago in a land known as Sankara, there lived a young girl known as Belema. Belema lived with her loving mother in a big wooden house her father had built them. Unfortunately, her father had passed on when she was so young that she barely had any of his memories. However she was told a lot about his heroic acts. That he was a great hunter and had lost his life fighting a leopard that had invaded their village. Belema therefore lived with her mother alone as she had no siblings.
Belema was a very hard working young

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Managerial and decision making

Decision Making
Decision making processes occur in different organizational levels and communication patterns depend on the role played by the decision maker. In Washington, the Supreme Court appended same-sex duos that are married are entitled to federal benefits though there was no constitutional right stated. However, this ruling only gave permission to married couples in that state only. On June 26, 2013, the highest court having been asked to determine the constitutionality of section 3 of DOMA (Washington Post, 2014) gave them the leeway to federal rights. With such a decision at hand, the court personnel had to use

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Thesis: What are the impacts that can be resulted by gay marriage? Should gay marriages be legalized? What is your opinion on this type of marriage?
Gay marriage is that marriage where two people who are of the same gender get to marry. This type of marriage has both negative and positive effects on the society’s social landscape. This would happen because gar marriage is seen as immoral and a shame to the society. Most children from broken homes greatly engage in these relationships. This is because their parents are a good example to them that relationships of

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Richard John BAKER and Another v. Gerald R. NELSON

John Richard Baker and James McConnell filed a suit against Nelson Gerald for failure to issue them with a marriage certificate to legalize their same sex relationship. Nelson Gerald was a clerk in Hennepin County District Court who and was mandated to offer legal marriage certificates. During the case trial, it was held that the petitioner was not supposed to be issued with a marriage certificate. The plaintiff contends that, the failure for state organs to include an express statute prohibiting same sex marriage meant that, it was not be

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(a) Voidable marriages are those marriages which exist in the eyes of the law and shall remain valid until annulled (Lim 18). Under the Section 20B of the MCO, the parties who contracted a voidable marriage will enjoy the rights and the duties of a married couple until a decree of nullity has been made absolute by the court. The difference between a void and voidable marriage is that in voidable marriages, even if there are factors which exist to make a marriage voidable and the parties are allowed to choose to continue with the marriage despite the existence

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There are several things that Kartha Pollit mentioned in her article “What’s Wrong with Gay Marriage?” that answers the question of why people object to same sex marriage. Among these objections is the issue of procreation, the societal behavior of married men versus single men, as well as the argument on the history of heterosexual marriage (549). Pollit had been able to debunk each of those objections with strong arguments.
However the objections previously stated are not what Pollit viewed as the main reason of people’s

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In the contemporary times, it is rather impossible to not notice the significant consequences on people and society. Social scientists believe that the rise in marriage endings has not only troubled and destroyed children’s lives but has also impacted the society incredibly. Divorce is a prevalent social problem that has not only brought devastation to family life but has also impacted emotional wellbeing, job solidity, substance abuse, physical health, juvenile delinquency, crime, and attainment of education. Although divorce saves adults from bad marriage experiences, it hinders social development through impoverishment, economic stress, and psychological trauma

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The family is the smallest unit of group in the society. It has functions to fulfill whether within or outside this group. However, there are now questions that plague society regarding the roles of a family. Are these roles still the same as before or do they change or vanish over time?
David Popenoe defined the family in various ways. He stated that “the term has become a sponge concept, with multiple meanings that can include two friends who live together, the people who work in an office, a local unit of a Mafia, or a family of a

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Part 1 – Explication:

O: Mark but this flea, and mark in this,
How little that which thou deniest me is;
I: Mark here means “See” or “Look at”. In this line, the poet brings attention of the reader to an insignificant flea. He relates the small size of the flea to the thing that his beloved has denied him, without knowing that the thing she has denied to him is very little.

O: It suck'd me first, and now sucks thee,

And in this flea our two bloods mingled be.
I: He tells that the flea sucked, after sucking his blood, is now sucking hers. He is strangely happy that their

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Morality is a personal distinction of the right and wrong. What is moral to you might not be moral to a friend, neighbour or even to a family member. Morality is not however equated to ethics. In our readings, we have differentiated the two concepts. While morality is an individual distinction of just and unjust, ethics is a societal standard of right and wrong. For example, bowing to elderly is an ethical standard to most Asian communities but it isn’t in the western communities. An anti-feudal Korean may however find no moral ground for the idea of respect

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Wang Yun’s play A Dream of Glory; talks about a woman who wants to become a man and display his powers before the world. Wang Yun, a Chinese dramatist of the eighteenth century, could have been influenced by a number of incidents that took place in China during the century. The patriarchal system must have played a dominant role in eighteenth century China where men had all the liberty to choose the life they wanted while women were confined to domestic roles. As the name of the play signifies, A Dream of Glory can be juxtaposed to the

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Both Ivan and Michelle have a clear understanding on how to bring their children up. They keep themselves abreast with the events that are taking place in their lives. It can be stated that they have a permissive parenting style (Knox and Schacht, 2013). The parents allow children to make independent decisions, however, they guide them along the way.

Conflict Resolution

Conflicts are common in the family and as expected they are heated and can be characterized by yelling and scolding. The family acknowledges that individuals need space when they are angry (Petronio and Caughlin, 2006). Therefore, the family members give

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How family structure has changed since the 1960's

The twentieth century has gradually witnessed vast transformation in the U.S. family structure in many ways like divorce and marriage rates, childbearing, cohabitation, increase in the rate of working women and sexual conduct. The 1960’s witnessed the concept of ideal marriage which gradually changed with the change in the aspirations and ambitions of people. The then paternalistic society viewed male dominion and suppressed and oppressed the female by limiting them to function the roles to manage the home and the family. The society gradually changed by moving over to egalitarian relationships, independence and aspirations. The financially independent women

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- According to Nhfamilylawblog.com (2014), New Hampshire currently allows both fault- and no-fault divorces. At the present time, only about 1% of divorces are filed as fault-based, with adultery begin the most common reason. The issue of her infidelity is applicable due to the marriage being married in a fault-based only jurisdiction. Unless she can contest the accusation of adultery, defined by the state as engaging in coital sex acts outside the marriage, it is not likely she will be successful.
- a. Wilma can hope for equitable distribution in the proven value of the license, and may

b. The

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Adultery and divorce are the factors that require great consideration because they affect the lives of most of people. In the cases of the adultery and divorce the counselor plays a significant role. Proper guidance by the counselor can help in saving the relations and lives of many individuals. In this paper, the counseling options and effective addressing of the situation involving adultery and divorce cases are discussed in detail from a counselor point of view.
In an adulterous relation, people loss their family, job, dignity, trust, self respect, relationship with families and God. The commitment and the loyalty

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Introduction

Gay marriage is perhaps the most controversial social dilemma. Mention of such issues would certainly stir emotional responses leading to a debate. Despite the long standing debate on this issue, gay marriage remains an unresolved topic that will continually have social, political and psychological implications as it threatens the long-held tradition of marriage along with its naturalistic procreation and parenting principles. Despite the growing support for gay marriage, it is difficult to penetrate the cultural and social institutions that have been structured to support marriage between opposite sex. As observed by Hunter, same-sex marriage will create more questions and

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Death is the biggest and the inevitable truth of life. Death makes everyone helpless and isolated. Only time can heal the pain and the loss inflicted by the death of any person. Death of a spouse is a heart breaking experience with profound implications that affect the living spouse physically, psychologically, emotionally and spiritually. In this context, this essay tries to find out how widows and widowers differ in coping with the death of their spouse.
Generally, death cuts the deep, meaningful connection between the spouses. But, in order to get healed the grieving process is necessary for both

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Resentment is at the centre of the fiction. Most characters in play are resentful of others. George’s refusal to accept the marriage between Ann and Chris shows resentment. He claims that the family of Chris is responsible for their problem. The keller’s, according to George made their father to be arrested. George opposes the marriage between Ann and Chris because he believes that it is Joe who had destroyed their family. Joe’s father hates Joes according to the story told by George.
Sue is resentful of Chris. She blames Chris of Harming a bad influence on

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