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	MSN Encarta - Marriage
		Although marriage in contemporary industrialized societies usually requires religious or legal recognition, or both, some couples may live together as if they are married and not seek formal approval of their union.
		In 2002 Canadian courts began legalizing gay marriage in a number of provinces, ruling that a ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional because it violated the equal rights provisions of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
		In most of the United States, marriage between partners of the same sex is not legally recognized and the issue of homosexual marriage provokes controversy.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761574825_4/Marriage.html (1350 words)

	Concerned Women for America - TALKING POINTS: Why Homosexual "Marriage" is Wrong
		Homosexual sex is dangerous and destructive to the human body and powerless for human reproduction.
		Homosexual marriage is as wrong as giving a man a license to marry his mother or daughter or sister or a group.
		Granting a marriage license to homosexuals because they engage in sex is as illogical as granting a medical license to a barber because he wears a white coat or a law license to a salesman because he carries a briefcase.
	www.cwfa.org /printerfriendly.asp?id=4589&department=legal&categoryid=family (621 words)

	Civilization Watch - February 15, 2004 - Homosexual "Marriage" and Civilization - The Ornery American
		Regardless of their opinion of homosexual "marriage," every American who believes in democracy should be outraged that any court should take it upon itself to dictate such a social innovation without recourse to democratic process.
		Just because homosexual partners wish to be called "married" and wish to force everyone else around them to regard them as "married," does not mean that their Humpty-Dumpty-ish wish should be granted at the expense of the common language, democratic process, and the facts of human social organization.
		Civilizations that enforce rules of marriage that give most males and most females a chance to have children that live to reproduce in their turn are the civilizations that last the longest.
	www.ornery.org /essays/warwatch/2004-02-15-1.html (5653 words)

	Talking Points on Marriage
		Marriage is the union of the only type of couple capable of natural reproduction of the human race—a man and a woman.
		Homosexuals are free to have a “union” ceremony with each other privately, but they are not free to demand that such a relationship be solemnized and subsidized under the law.
		Homosexual relationships, which usually lack both permanence and fidelity, are unlikely to change to fit the traditional model of lifelong, faithful marriage.
	www.nogaymarriage.com /talkingpoints.html (1505 words)

	Talking Points Against Homosexual "Marriage" - Probe Ministries
		Marriage isn't a right, it is a privilege that the state can and should regulate.
		Marriage between a man and a woman promotes procreation and makes intimate sexual activity orderly and socially accountable.
		One lesbian writer calls gay marriage "monogamy without fidelity." Another homosexual columnist writes of "a broader understanding of commitment." A recent Dutch study found that homosexual relationships last, on average, about 1-1/2 years and that men in those relationships have an average of eight partners per year outside their main partnership.
	www.probe.org /docs/samesex-pts.html (804 words)

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		Marriage can thus be seen as a formal institution structured by society to help it meet its needs for stability in the present and continued existence over time.
		Homosexual marriage is a chimera of the real thing on which society depends for its continuation and health.
		Restricting marriage to heterosexual couples continues to say that marriage is oriented toward procreation, and that sex is a social act oriented toward procreation and not merely a private rite of the couple.
	www.ewtn.com /library/ISSUES/HOMOMARR.TXT (3141 words)

	Canadian Homosexual Marriage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		If Canada legalizes homosexual marriage, marriage laws in the United States could eventually be impacted by same-sex couples who travel from America to Canada to be "married" and then return to their home states.
		Homosexual marriages performed in Canada will not be recognized in at least 37 states, including North Carolina, that have Defense of Marriage laws, which define marriage as only a union between one man and one woman.
		But marriage law experts are concerned about other states, including those that border Canada, that do not have such laws, where a legal challenge to traditional marriage could be upheld.
	www.ncfpc.org /stories/030620s1.html (238 words)

	Crosswalk.com
		Marriage is always both a private and a public matter, and in Western cultures, it has stood as both a civil and religious institution.
		The integrity of marriage is essential for children to know the security necessary for their own self-identity and sense of belonging.
		Marriage is a given--and is therefore not infinitely negotiable.
	www.crosswalk.com /news/weblogs/mohler/1241113.html?view=print (1581 words)

	Accuracy In Media - Weekly Column - KERRY LIES ABOUT HOMOSEXUAL "MARRIAGE"
		Desperate to shed the label of Massachusetts liberal, Senator and presidential candidate John Kerry claims that his position on homosexual marriage is the same as that of Vice President Dick Cheney.
		His book tells the story of Margaret Marshall, a supporter of homosexual marriage who is married to Times columnist Anthony Lewis and was installed as the Chief Justice on the Massachusetts Supreme Court.
		It was Marshall and her entire court that allowed the legislature in 2002 to refuse to vote on a constitutional amendment protecting traditional marriage, even though supporters got 130,000 signatures and spent $1.7 million in the process to get the measure on the ballot.
	www.aim.org /publications/weekly_column/2004/02/06.html (681 words)

	Poll: Opposition To Homosexual Marriage Growing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		A total of 59 percent of Americans surveyed oppose homosexual "marriage" while only 32 percent are in favor and 9 percent are unsure, the Pew study found.
		The issue of homosexual "marriage" could present a significant problem for the Democratic candidate in the 2004 presidential election because while 78 percent of voters who favor reelecting President Bush oppose homosexual "marriage," the Democrats are sharply divided.
		Seventeen percent said it's against their religious beliefs, and one in five explained their position in more literal terms such as the definition of marriage involves a man and a woman or that the purpose of marriage is reproduction.
	www.mcjonline.com /news/03a/20031120a.shtml (581 words)

	American RealPolitik: Homosexual Marriage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		On the other, I didn't see why their attempt to change the definition of marriage shouldn't put the onus on them to make a case as to why the change should be made.
		Some on the pro-gay-marriage side have kept me from coming to this conclusion for about two years with their disingenuous arguments and their habit of claiming all those who oppose such a legalization of gay marriage are theocratic homophobes.
		I certainly didn't grow up fearing homosexuals, although I think my early and regular exposure to them led me to the understanding that I wasn't one of them far earlier than most young men even contemplate the issue.
	realpolitik.us /archives/001823.php (983 words)

	iMAPP.org \| Institute for Marriage and Public Policy
		This view of marriage radically sidelines the main feature that makes marriage unique and important as a social institution--that is, the attempt to bridge sex difference and struggle with the generative power of opposite-sex unions, including the reality that children often arise (intentionally and not) from heterosexual unions.
		The marriages that emerge from the pages of these books are marriages of two people who rarely engage their communities.
		Marriage is figured as something that is undertaken by, and that serves, only the husband and wife.
	www.marriagedebate.com (736 words)

	The Massachusetts Court Ruling on Homosexual Marriage
		In defending the current practice of restricting marriages to heterosexual couples, Massachusetts officials had argued that the main purpose of marriage was procreation, that heterosexual marriage was best for child-rearing, and that gay marriage would impose a financial burden on the state.
		The marriage would not automatically be considered valid by the federal government or other states, which would probably have to decide on their own whether to recognize a Massachusetts gay marriage.
		Whether or not one agrees with the idea of homosexual marriage, this move was an act of defiance, of civil disobedience.
	www.pricescope.com /diamonds/x10514.htm (7078 words)

	German marriage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Marriage of Maria Braun, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Hanna Schygulla,...
		A summary of the consequences of the German 1977 Marriage Law Reform, the lawr reform that was celebrated by its creators as the Family Law Reform of the...
		Under German marriage laws, a party can't file for divorce until he or she has been separated for one year, or for three years if the divorce is contested.
	www.nougatlor.com /german-marriage.html (981 words)

	HOMOSEXUAL (SAME-SEX) MARRIAGES - All sides to the issue
		Same-sex marriage, or its equivalent, is being actively discussed in a few countries of the world, including Ireland, Spain, and Switzerland.
		Currently, only one man and one woman can be joined in matrimony and have their marriages recognized by the state, except for residents of Massachusetts who successfully won a court battle for the right to marry.
		Marriage has been available for both opposite-sex and same-sex couples since mid-2004-MAY. However, the state has an ancient miscegenation law on the books that was passed to prevent out of state inter-racial couples from coming to Massachusetts and marrying.
	www.religioustolerance.org /hom_marr.htm (1358 words)

	WorldNetDaily: Opposition to homosexual marriage on rise
		Proponents of homosexual marriage reject the idea of such a compromise.
		While the justices decided the legislature was the best body to address the social implications of homosexual marriage, indications are the concept faces stiff opposition.
		Prior to the 4-3 ruling, Massachusetts lawmakers were already considering a constitutional amendment to legally define a marriage as a union between one man and one woman.
	www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=35957 (663 words)

	WorldNetDaily: Homosexual marriage sparks nationwide backlash
		''Marriage is a sacred institution between a man and a woman,'' Bush said in a statement.
		The high court decided Nov. 18 homosexual couples are legally entitled to wed under the state constitution and should be allowed to apply for marriage licenses, overturning a ruling by a lower court handed down in May 2002 which said state law does not convey the right of marriage to homosexual couples.
		However, the 4-3 ruling stopped short of declaring homosexual couples should be granted the licenses and did not call for them to be immediately issued to the plaintiffs in the case.
	www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=36947 (1176 words)

	Homosexual marriage ban protects hate, not families \| ajc.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Georgia Senate is considering a proposed amendment to the state constitution that would bar marriage between gay people; sadly, the bill is all but guaranteed to pass.
		Talk of protecting marriage is merely an excuse, a politically convenient disguise for the real agenda behind this proposal, which is to bash gay people.
		The very idea that gay people are trying to tear down marriage is nonsense; heterosexual people are doing quite fine on their own in that regard and hardly need the assistance of others.
	www.ajc.com /opinion/content/opinion/0104/30gay.html (377 words)

	Canada Allows Homosexual Marriage -- 06/11/2003
		Right now, no state sanctions homosexual marriage, although Vermont recognizes "civil unions," which give homosexual couples the same legal rights and benefits that married couples enjoy.
		Robinson is a homosexual lawmaker for the New Democratic Party who has pressed for the legalization of homosexual marriage.
		Opponents of homosexual marriage say Wednesday's court ruling in Canada is a blow the family - the foundation of society.
	www.cnsnews.com /ViewPrint.asp?Page=/Culture/archive/200306/CUL20030611f.html (359 words)

	Homosexual Marriage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Hopefully, homosexual marriage will be indoctrinated as a matter of law in Canada before you read this.
		Marriage is a matter of law, not religion.
		The RC Church, however, seems to be OK with pedophilia among it's own priests, and if they're OK with adults forcing sex on children of either sex, I have trouble with them objecting to consenting adults of either sex having sex with each other.
	www.mts.net /~dwright/lostcauses/news/homosexualmarriage.html (381 words)

	Homosexual marriage: AB1338 resoundingly trounced (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		She added that while she is pleased the bill has been pulled, the war against the homosexual attempt to destroy marriage is continuing unabated.
		The whole point of marriage, to my mind, is the formation of a family unit on a solid moral foundation, which homosexuality does not provide.
		Homosexuality is a behaviour, not a state of being.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/fr/609435/posts (2945 words)

	NoGayMarriage.com -- Help Save Marriage! Sign the Marriage Protection Amendment petition
		Activist liberal judges are intent on destroying the institution of marriage as being between one man and one woman.
		There are cases in several courts across the country in which the pro-homosexual marriage proponents are attempting to get an activist judge to legalize homosexual marriage.
		We need the Marriage Protection Amendment, which defines marriage as being only between one man and one woman, in our Constitution to keep activist judges from forcing their view of marriage on every American.
	www.nogaymarriage.com (484 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)

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