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Another argument, vaguer and even less persuasive, is that gay marriage somehow does harm to heterosexual marriage. I have yet to meet anyone who can explain to me what this means. In what way would allowing same-sex partners to marry diminish the marriages of heterosexual couples?
by Ted Olson (Politician, American , born in 1940) keywords: allowing, another, anyone, argument, couples, diminish, does, even, explain, gay, harm, heterosexual, less, marriage, marriages, marry, means, meet, partners, persuasive, same-sex, somehow, way, would , yet For the standard of Christian life was to be strained to a higher pitch; more fasting was required, and more careful separation from the manners and enjoyments of the world; celibacy and martyrdom had great value set upon them, and second marriages were prohibited.
by Robert Rainy (Clergyman, Scottish , born in 1826) keywords: careful, celibacy, christian, enjoyments, fasting, great, had, higher, life, manners, marriages, martyrdom, more, pitch, prohibited, required, second, separation, set, standard, strained, them, upon, value, were , world I'm certain that it was an incredible gift for me to not only be friends with some of the greatest blues people who've ever lived, but to learn how they played, how they sang, how they lived their lives, ran their marriages, and talked to their kids.
by Bonnie Raitt (Musician, American , born in 1949) keywords: blues, certain, ever, friends, gift, greatest, how, incredible, kids, learn, lived, lives, marriages, only, played, ran, sang, some, talked , their France may claim the happiest marriages in the world, but the happiest divorces in the world are "made in America."
by Helen Rowland (Writer, American , born in 1875) keywords: america, claim, divorces, france, happiest, made, marriages, may , world Marriages don't last. When I meet a guy, the first question I ask myself is: is this the man I want my children to spend their weekends with?
by Rita Rudner (Comedian, American , born in 1955) keywords: ask, children, first, guy, last, man, marriages, meet, myself, question, spend, their, want , weekends I don't think there is such a definition of a perfect family, but I do think that our marriages are in crisis. Our families are in crisis. And I think the African-American family is at one of the worst stages it's been at in a very long time in this country. Fatherlessness is rampant.
by Leah Ward Sears (Judge, American , born in 1955) keywords: african-american, been, country, crisis, definition, families, family, long, marriages, our, perfect, rampant, stages, such, think, time, very , worst The most successful marriages, gay or straight, even if they begin in romantic love, often become friendships. It's the ones that become the friendships that last.
by Andrew Sullivan (Journalist, American , born in 1963) keywords: become, begin, even, friendships, gay, last, love, marriages, most, often, ones, romantic, straight , successful I've given my memoirs far more thought than any of my marriages. You can't divorce a book.
by Gloria Swanson (Actor, American , born in 1970) keywords: any, book, divorce, far, given, marriages, memoirs, more, than , thought My daughter is a good, caring, compassionate person. To me that's the true meaning of success, even though the marriages didn't work out. My success with my daughter is all that matters.
by Charlene Tilton (Actor, American , born in 1958) keywords: caring, compassionate, daughter, even, good, marriages, matters, meaning, out, person, success, though, true , work In those days, man, in the '50s, black people in the South... We didn't recognize contracts that much. And we didn't recognize marriages that much, either.
by Ike Turner (Musician, American , born in 1931) keywords: black, contracts, days, either, man, marriages, much, recognize, south , those She worded it a bit strongly, but I do find myself more and more struck by the differences between the sexes. To put it another way: All marriages are mixed marriages.
by Anne Tyler (Novelist, American , born in 1941) keywords: another, between, bit, differences, find, marriages, mixed, more, myself, put, sexes, she, strongly, struck , way The proper union of gin and vermouth is a great and sudden glory; it is one of the happiest marriages on earth, and one of the shortest lived.
by Bernard De Voto (Writer, American , born in 1897) keywords: earth, gin, glory, great, happiest, lived, marriages, proper, shortest, sudden , union As a 29-year-old, the only thing that I can possibly think is that if I'm still performing at 50, it's because I'll have had disastrous marriages and I have to pay for them.
by Robbie Williams (Musician, British , born in 1974) keywords: because, disastrous, had, marriages, only, pay, performing, possibly, still, them, thing , think In Hollywood, all marriages are happy. It's trying to live together afterwards that causes the problems.
by Shelley Winters (Actor, American , born in 1920) keywords: afterwards, causes, happy, hollywood, live, marriages, problems, together , trying Not every religion has to have St. Augustine's attitude to sex. Why even in our culture marriages are celebrated in a church, everyone present knows what is going to happen that night, but that doesn't prevent it being a religious ceremony.
by Ludwig Wittgenstein (Philosopher, Austrian , born in 1889) keywords: attitude, augustine, being, celebrated, ceremony, church, culture, even, every, everyone, going, happen, knows, marriages, night, our, present, prevent, religion, religious, sex, st , why Many marriages would be better if the husband and the wife clearly understood that they are on the same side.
by Zig Ziglar (Author, American , born in 1926) keywords: better, clearly, husband, many, marriages, same, side, understood, wife , would
