marriage

    Falsehoods Can’t Stop the Marriage Definition

    By: roetenks (Diary)  |  May 10th at 01:14 PM  | 

    Photo by: Dmitri Markine Wedding Day Session, Florida,USA. Same-sex unions are “not an expansion but a dismantling of the institution.”     Matthew J. Frank /  FIRST THINGS On May 8th, primary day for North Carolina voters, Marriage Amendment 1 was voted as law. This further solidifies marriage in NC between “one woman and one man”. As an institution in place even before the Constitution, it will be | Read More »

    Can Marriage Be a Forgotten Art in NC?

    By: roetenks (Diary)  |  April 28th at 01:43 PM  | 

            Bride and groom at the ruins of Sutro bath. Photo credit:  Brocken Inaglory The political decision on marriage made in North Carolina shortly will have aftershocks throughout the nation. The political upheaval in North Carolina will crest on May 8th. That date is for the Republican primary, and on that date NC will decide if marriage is only between one woman and | Read More »

    Gay Marriage: the End of an Institution

    By: roetenks (Diary)  |  February 16th at 07:54 PM  | 

    Thorndike-Barnhart states [Marriage | Define Marriage at Dictionary.com] is the legal union between man and woman. Matrimony actually applies to the spiritual or religious bond in that union. To get married, partners must be of correct age, correct sex, not incarcerated, no animals, and no multiple partners involved (in most cases). Because 7 states (including DC) have legalized gay marriage, any further erosion of marriage | Read More »