Marriage
Santorum: Marriage Only Exists for the Purpose of "Continuing Society"
This is an interview with Rick Santorum last April (2011), before his presidential campaigning began. Here, during an interview on gay rights, his socially conservative views on issues like gay marriage, DADT, DOMA, abortion and contraception all come together at one single core belief: that the institution of marriage exists for the purpose of reproduction alone.
How One Governor Changed Her Mind On Gay Rights
WA Governor Gregoire: "Some argue that the state should deny [same-sex couples the right to marriage] based on the premise that marriage is for procreation. Do we then deny a license to those heterosexual couples who choose not to have children? To those who have children who are adopted? To those who have children through in vitro fertilization?"
What If No One Else Saves Sex For Marriage?
by Heather Corinna, Scarleteen.com
November 4, 2011 - 8:35am (Print)
For someone choosing to hold off on sex until marriage, what to do about the fact that most other people, including potential partners, will not have made the same choice? How much should your own sexual ethics and values hinge on those of others?
Violence Against Women: Not Going Away Until You Do Something About It
by Marianne Møllmann, Amnesty International
October 28, 2011 - 10:07am (Print)
I am tired of it: violence against women may be a current fact—every 3 minutes a woman is beaten up -- but it is not inevitable. So here are my top three key recommendations for how you (yes: you) can make it stop before it even starts.
The Princess Bride and Why "Mawwage" By Any Other Name is Not the Same
by Martha Kempner, RH Reality Check
June 21, 2011 - 4:24pm (Print)
Some opponents of same-sex marriage sound rational when they offer civil unions as a substitute for marriage but marriage by any other name is not the same. Our society can’t hold out marriage as this ideal and then withhold it from some--even if it is in name only. We tried separate but equal and we all know it isn’t equal.
Right-wing Focus on the Family's Chilling New Agenda on "Marriage Defense"
reader diary by Vyckie Garrison, No Longer Qivering
May 25, 2011 - 6:27am (Print)
"Pro-family" group, Focus on the Family is shifting away from opposing same-sex marriage and instead focusing on making it more difficult to obtain a divorce. Does anyone else think this is scary? ...
Get Real! Waited Til Marriage But Sex Isn't Working Out
by Heather Corinna, Scarleteen.com
October 1, 2010 - 6:00am (Print)
The lead-up to sex for newlyweds who wait for marriage is SO huge, unrealistic expectations--to be a "good" wife or a "good" husband, or have sex as some sort of duty-- can create even more stress.
"Building Strong Families" Found Completely Ineffective
by Joseph DiNorcia Jr, SIECUS
August 5, 2010 - 6:00am (Print)
The evidence is unmistakable: there’s just no amount of government coaxing that will make unmarried couples want to, as Beyoncé would say, “put a ring on it.”
At Christian School, Non-Virgins Need Not Apply
by Debra Haffner, Religious Institute
June 18, 2010 - 6:00am (Print)
I can't know the ethics of Ms. Hamilton's relationship, or her skills and talents to teach elementary school. What I do know is that premarital chastity should not be among the criteria of employment.
How Newsweek Got It All Wrong
by Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check
May 9, 2010 - 10:00pm (Print)
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