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Group Marriage: A Legal Right? After all, her amendment would ban marriage not only between couples of the same sex, but also between (that is, among) groups. Arguments that are sometimes made against group marriage actually turn out to be arguments for group marriage. Right-wing writer Kurtz repeats the most common argument against group marriage: "[Monogamous] marriage is a critical social institution. www.commondreams.org /views04/0517-12.htm   (1152 words)

Group marriage - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Group marriage or Circle Marriage is a form of marriage in which more than one man and more than one woman form a family unit, and all members of the marriage share parental responsibility for any children arising from the marriage. Group marriage occasionally occurred in communal societies founded in the 19th and 20th centuries. Group marriage has been a theme in some works of science fiction- especially the later works of Robert Heinlein's novels, such as Stranger in a Strange Land and The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Group_marriage   (591 words)

Marriage - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Marriage of some kind is found in most societies, and typically married people form a nuclear household, which is often subsequently extended biologically, through children. In most American states the marriage may be officiated by a priest, minister, or religious authority, and in such a case the religious authority acts simultaneously as a religious authority and an agent of the state. Some states allow civil marriages which are not allowed by many religions, such as same-sex marriages or civil unions, and marriage may also be created by the operation of the law alone as in common-law marriage, which is a judicial recognition that two people living as domestic partners are entitled to the effects of marriage. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Marriage   (5838 words)

Links Marriage ♥ Marriage Equality California (MECA) A group seeking gay couples around the country to join in a class action suit to sue states for the right to marry based on violation of the first amendment right to freedom of religion since current marriage laws are based on a religious definition in violation of the first amendment. An equal rights group that is seeking to preserve the Goodridge decision brought about by GLAD's hard work and joins the Freedom to Marry Coalition of MASS in their struggle to defeat an anti-gay amendment to the state's constitution. A group to secure the freedom and the right of Gay and Lesbian couples to enter into legally-recognized civil marriage, having all the federal and state benefits and responsibilities which that entails. www.marriageequalityca.org /links_marriage.php   (2845 words)

Group_marriage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17) de:Gruppenehe Group marriage or Circle Marriage is a form of marriage in which more than one man and more than one woman form a family unit, and all members of the marriage share parental responsibility for any children arising from the marriage. Group marriage is sometimes called "true polygamy" or polygynandry, from a combination of the words polygyny and polyandry. However, with the legalization of Same-sex marriage in some parts of the United States and Canada, the polyamory movement is talking about a reform movement to allow group marriage. www.freecaviar.com /search.php?title=Group_marriage   (519 words)

Family article - Family group marriage adoption degree kinship anthropologists Family - What-Means.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17) A family is a domestic group of people, or a number of domestic groups linked through descent (demonstrated or stipulated) from a common ancestor, marriage, or adoption. In societies with a sexual division of labor, marriage, and the resulting relationship between a husband and wife, is necessary for the formation of an economically productive household. Typically, societies with conjugal families also favor neolocal residence; thus upon marriage a person separates from the nuclear family of their childhood (family of orientation) and forms a new nuclear family (family of procreation). www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/Family   (2030 words)

Beyond Gay Marriage Marriage will be transformed into a variety of relationship contracts, linking two, three, or more individuals (however weakly and temporarily) in every conceivable combination of male and female. The cause of legalized group marriage is championed by a powerful faction of family law specialists. DURING THE 1996 congressional debate on the Defense of Marriage Act, which affirmed the ability of the states and the federal government to withhold recognition from same-sex marriages, gay marriage advocates were put on the defensive by the polygamy question. www.weeklystandard.com /Content/Public/Articles/000/000/002/938xpsxy.asp   (537 words)

Group marriage -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17) Group marriage is sometimes called "true (Having more than one spouse at a time) polygamy" or polygynandry, from a combination of the words (Having more than one wife at a time) polygyny and (Having more than one husband at a time) polyandry. Group marriage occasionally occurred in (Click link for more info and facts about communal) communal societies founded in the 19th and 20th centuries. An exceptionally long-lived example was the (Click link for more info and facts about Oneida Community) Oneida Community founded by the (A member of the Congregational Church) Congregationalist minister (Click link for more info and facts about John Humphrey Noyes) John Humphrey Noyes in 1848. www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/g/gr/group_marriage.htm   (410 words)

group marriage --  Encyclopædia Britannica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17) As an institutionalized social practice, group marriage is extremely rare; nowhere does it appear to have existed as the prevailing form of marital arrangement. The inclusion of marriage among the sacraments gives the Roman Catholic Church jurisdiction over an institution that is of concern to the state and to non-Catholic persons and groups within society. Marriage is a universal institution whereby men and women are joined in a special kind of dependence for the purpose of founding and maintaining a family. www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9038227   (998 words)

Boston.com / News / Nation / Gay rights group challenging marriage ban   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17) A gay rights group is challenging an amendment to Oregon's Constitution banning same-sex marriage, arguing it revises rather than amends the document. The group filed a lawsuit Monday that also argues the ban makes more than one change to the constitution in violation of state law barring multiple changes under a single ballot measure. The attorney for the Defense of Marriage Coalition, which put the ban on the ballot last fall, said the lawsuit was based on a "very weak theory" about constitutional law. www.boston.com /news/nation/articles/2005/02/01/gay_rights_group_challenging_marriage_ban   (219 words)

Religious Support for Equal Marriage Rights Marriage is not a monolithic, unchanging institution, even though many people define it that way (or believe that God has defined it that way). Civil marriage and religious marriage are different institutions, but are often confused with each other because states allow the religious ceremony to double as the state ceremony. Without legal marriage recognition it is difficult or impossible to legally establish and maintain families(especially when facing opposition from relatives), contrary to the Constitutional right of free association. www.iwgonline.org /marriage   (1594 words)

COVENANT GROUP DISCUSSION: MARRIAGE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17) In the marriage ceremony, the ease of falling in love is replaced by the arduous task of staying in love. And that is why we fear marriage and aspire to it, and that is why it is impossible and imperative, and that is why nothing is sweeter. Marriage in the West is like a pot of water on the boil that can too quickly turn to steam and disappear. www.uucharlottesville.org /covenant/sessions/marriage.html   (556 words)

Is Marriage in Jeopardy?, Part 2 Even though same-sex “marriage” is legal there, a British medical journal reports male homosexual relationships last, on average, 1.5 years, and gay men have an average of eight partners a year outside of their supposedly “committed” relationships. Kurtz explains that this “group marriage” movement is marching down the same trail blazed by the same-sex proponents. Every marriage is a public virtue in that it responsibly regulates human sexuality, brings the two parts of humanity together in a cooperative and mutually beneficial relationship and it delivers mothers and fathers to children. www.family.org /socialissues/A000000647.cfm   (1750 words)

ACME Marriage Enrichment Groups   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17) These groups are for partners in a relatively healthy marriage who value their relationship and want to develop and maintain a strong, enduring marriage. Facilitation of the group is provided by a trained couple who are also working on their own marriage within the group. Marriage Enrichment Groups have proven to be highly effective for couples who are seeking greater depth and intimacy within their marriage. www.bettermarriages.org /megs.html   (491 words)

THE BATTLE OVER SAME-SEX MARRIAGE / Group loses bid to join suit over state ban / Conservatives don't trust attorney ... In ruling against the conservative group, Warren concluded that it had not shown that it would suffer any direct harm if the state laws banning gay marriage were either struck down or upheld, and its interest in the outcome was merely political. The group had asked to join a suit brought by the city of San Francisco and six gay couples against the state seeking to overturn state laws defining marriage as between a man and a woman because they say they illegally discriminate against same-sex couples. Zapparoni said that if the religious rights advocacy group and its client were allowed to join the suit, they could have expanded the issues beyond those raised by the plaintiffs, introduced their own experts on marriage and family law, and caused delays and more expenses. www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/04/09/BAGP762TDA1.DTL   (796 words)

Stanley Kurtz on Parenthood & Law on National Review Online Marriage as an institution depends for its successful functioning upon the support and encouragement that the ethos of monogamy receives from society as a whole. If anything can be called a marriage — including group marriage — then the ethos of monogamy that keeps families together will have been broken, and the social reinforcement that is the essence of marriage itself will be gone. And the path to group marriage has been openly and obviously paved by a lesbian couple who consider themselves to be married. www.nationalreview.com /kurtz/kurtz031203.asp   (1077 words)

Boston.com / News / Local / Mass. / Gay marriage lobbying group begins doling out contributions to candidates   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17) A lobbying group that supports gay marriage has started making campaign contributions to candidates in tight races for state office in an effort to tip the legislative balance against a proposed amendment to the state constitution banning same-sex marriage. BOSTON --A lobbying group that supports gay marriage has started making campaign contributions to candidates in tight races for state office in an effort to tip the legislative balance against a proposed amendment to the state constitution banning same-sex marriage. The goal is to help backers of gay marriage put their money where their mouths are by giving them another vehicle to support candidates sympathetic to their cause, group spokesman Josh Friedes said. www.boston.com /news/local/massachusetts/articles/2004/09/07/gay_marriage_lobbying_group_begins_doling_out_contributions_to_candidates?mode=PF   (577 words)

Journal of Political and Military Sociology: INTER-GROUP MARRIAGE AND UNITED STATES MILITARY SERVICE We compare patterns of interracial marriage in the military to national rates, and we examine the effects of military rank, type of service, and periods of military service on inter-group marriage. Since group size is inversely related to the chances that individuals will marry out of their own group, a setting where traditional barriers are low is likely to have higher than normal rates of intermarriage. While group norms usually emphasize marriage within one's own group, these forces are mitigated in the military because of its emphasis on non-prejudicial, non-discriminatory treatment of other groups. www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3719/is_200307/ai_n9266468   (1409 words)

Card Games: Marriage Group This is a large subgroup of the ace-ten group of point-trick games. I also include in the marriage group games which allow further bonuses for other combinations of cards in hand; Bezique and Pinochle include scores for 4 of a kind, trump sequence, and the special combination of The Jass group is another subgroup of marriage games, with scores for suit sequences and for four of a kind, and with the special characteristic that the jack and nine of trumps are promoted to be the highest cards. www.pagat.com /marriage   (203 words)

iMAPP.org | Institute for Marriage and Public Policy One way SSM will damage marriage: by creating an institution at law that is unrecognizable to the bulk of religious communities, whose efforts are essential to sustaining marriage as a social institution. For their part, gay couples have had reason to worry that their marriages, however valid in the law's eyes, might be regarded as less than authentic in the eyes of family, friends, religious institutions, employers. After all, a marriage is a marriage not just because the law certifies it but because the community accepts and underwrites it. www.marriagedebate.com /mdblog.php   (2783 words)

DfES - Marriage and Relationship Support   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17) The defining feature of 'marriage and relationship support' is its focus on the relationship between the adult couple, as distinct from the family unit as a whole. Essentially, marriage and relationship support activities are aimed at helping people establish, maintain and develop successful relationships with their partners. The Group's aim is to develop a strategy for the delivery of marriage and relationship suport. www.dfes.gov.uk /marriageandrelationshipsupport   (384 words)

JS Online: Group marriage may sizzle, fizzle According to an article I recently read, such group marriages are not entirely unheard of, and not entirely confined to mountain hamlets where people store canned food in the event of the Apocalypse. Most of marriage is not sexual, despite what you think the first time you fall rapturously onto whatever it is you fall rapturously onto when you first make love. Most of marriage is about negotiating, making values compatible, dividing up the work of a life, not to mention endless and consuming agreements and disagreements about the way to raise children if you have children. www.jsonline.com /lifestyle/advice/mar01/mitccol25032401a.asp?format=print   (664 words)

Group joins marriage fight Amendment opponents argue that the measure is not necessary because Missouri already has a state law that defines marriage as between a man and a woman. National activist groups, such as the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and Lambda Legal, have offered to help in the campaign, "but to what extent and how is not clear now," Snively said. Vicky Hartzler, a former state legislator and chief organizer of the coalition, said the group is recruiting families and individuals in Mid-Missouri to help with education and voter-registration drives in support of the proposed amendment. www.showmenews.com /2004/May/20040518News010.asp   (652 words)

Essential Chaucer: The Marriage Argument Argues for the "inconclusiveness" of the Marriage Group by extending it to include the Squire's and Shipman's tales as commentaries on the Merchant's, by assessing the importance of illusion in the Franklin's Tale, and by identifying the tendencies of the involved tales to cancel one another. Reads the Marriage Group as a cogent sequence within the Canterbury Tales which addresses two issues: male vs. female sovereignty in marriage and the place of sex in marriage. Establishes the outlines of the Marriage Argument of Canterbury Tales, first suggested by Hammond (entry 45), by demonstrating the dramatic and thematic interrelations among the prologues and tales of the Wife of Bath, Clerk, Merchant, and Franklin. colfa.utsa.edu /chaucer/ec28-1-7.html   (535 words)

Seattle Poly Potlucks and Discussions: Polyfidelity, Group/Open Marriage, Responsible Non-Monogamy/Nonmonogamy, ... Les-Bi-Poly A new group of 65+ lesbian and bisexual women who identify as poly. The group can be found at http://www.groups.yahoogroups.com/inwpoly or email the organizer at inwpoly@lewiston.com. The Alternatives to Marriage Project is open to everyone, including singles, couples, people in relationships with more than two people, and people of all genders and sexual orientations. www.scn.org /~spg/index.html   (1990 words)

Singles' Group Calls Marriage Benefits 'Discrimination' -- 09/23/2003 Glen Stanton, director of social research and cultural affairs for Focus on the Family, stressed that it is not just his or Wright's opinion that marriage is good for its participants, their children and society. "The reason that we favor marriage in our laws and employment benefits and things like that is because marriage provides real, tangible goods for everybody in society as a whole, as well as business," Stanton said. Stanton noted that the benefits of marriage extend beyond the relationship and the employment situation. www.cnsnews.com /ViewCulture.asp?Page=\Culture\archive\200309\CUL20030923b.html   (1467 words)

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