...‘Marriage?’ Over the course of the past decade, the definition of marriage has never been questioned more. The typical union of a man and women can no longer be called the only form of ‘legal’ marriage, for now gay couple can be legally wedded. However, this is not the case when it comes to same-sex marriages in different states across the nation. Across the United States of America, six states allow couples to wed – Connecticut, New Hampshire, Iowa, Massachusetts, New York and Vermont – as well as the District of Columbia. Home to more than 98,000 same sex couples, California would be the gay rights movement’s biggest prize of them all; simply for being the nations most populous state. Having allowed gay couples to wed, and then push for a same-sex marriage ban is ludacris. California is the only state to grant gays the right to marry and rescind it, but the measure to have a same-sex marriage ban serves no purpose, and has no effect, other than to lessen the status of human dignity of gays and lesbians in California. Furthermore, it will only officially reclassify their relationships, marriages, and families as inferior to those of opposite-sex couples. As states, like Maine and Washington follow suit in pushing from gay marriage California’s Proposition 8 seeks to ban the marriage of same-sex couples. As a friend of many gay people, it is in both theirs and my best interest that they are, or will be, happy one day. There is no direct evidence presented in the United States...
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...I DO Throughout history, marriages have been sparked between individuals in many different ways. In many cultures, at one point, monogamous relationships were often arranged for different benefits. Aristocratic families would betroth their children to another for political or social advancement. It was not until fairly recently in human history that the concept of love started to dominant the arrangement of marriages. Individuals with similar core beliefs, mutual attraction, or serendipitous fates pair to form monogamous partners without major regard to anything other than how they feel about each other, determined the match. However, a certain industry, almost a throwback to the ancient practice of arranged marriage, seems to defy this seeming renaissance of matrimony (Coontz, 2005). Men, in developed countries, are given the opportunity to select a woman to marry over the internet or through other such long-distance correspondence. While many modern people might abhor such practice, the concept is not as black and white as many make it out to be. In fact, many factors have led to the reality that "mail-order brides" are now a booming industry, including recent world politics, increasing credibility of the practice, and mutual benefits to both parties. Marriages between Russian women and American men are becoming more common. In Russia there is a higher ratio of women to men mainly due to the Czechian war. In fact, there is a 1.19 ratio of women to men according to the CIA...
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...Life and Death of a Marriage Steven ENG 125: Introduction to Literature Professor: * Every short story generally follows a set of features. Whether it is the plot, a conflict, the setting, the time frame, the characters, the point of view, the themes, the styles, tone or the symbolism, (Clugston, 2014) short stories all have their similarities and differences. These similarities and differences are evident in the stories How I Met My Husband and The Story of an Hour when the main characters take journeys in life surrounding sad, emotional, and joyful events. These stories both follow a chronological pattern in order to create suspense and drama in stories that create a different style ending in their story; one is a happy ending and the other is sad. Both of these stories take place in different times, times that established different standards and views for all women. The women these stories are center around are both looking for love and happiness, however, the needs and wants of each ladies definition is slightly different as examined by their marriages. * Throughout life, people take on adventures full of journeys, trials, and tribulations. During life, most people will go through the steps of growth and development and one day may face marriage. Marriage is something that everyone seems to view differently these days and as time has elapsed, the definition of marriage has changed. There are quite a few people who have different views one what marriage...
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...Stable marriage problem Av Johan Magnusson, SA11 2011-11-07 Inledning Rapporten som följer handlar om det klassiska Stable marriage problemet, SMP. SMP innebär att man låter männen ranka kvinnorna från mest tänkbar till minst tänkbar och vice versa. Utifrån det skall man para ihop männen med kvinnorna på bästa tänkbara sätt. Bästa tänkbara sätt innebär ett stabilt förhållande samt inga singlar. Ett problem som kan liknas vid första valet av sjukhus för läkarstudenter. Rapporten presenterar problemet samt Gale – Shapley algoritmen jämfört med en rekursiv algoritm för att skapa stabila förhållanden. Historia och lösningar Stable marriage problemet är ett välkänt mattematiskt matchnings problem, där första lösningen lanserades av David Gale och Lloyd Shapley (1962). Problemet innebär att man ska hitta de bästa tänkbara paren av n kvinnor och n män. Varje man och varje kvinna listar det motsatta könet från den det helst vill paras ihop med till den de minst vill paras ihop med. Man ska utifrån listorna bilda par där det inte kan finnas ett par som skulle passa bättre ihop än det givna. Förhållandet mellan paren anses vara stabilt när det inte finns något blockerande par, dvs. när det finns möjliga byten mellan par som rankat en partner högre än den nuvarande. Det är bevisat av Gale och Shapley (1962) att i varje SMP med lika många män som kvinnor finns det minst en stabil lösning. Problemet är vanligt förekommande när nyexaminerade läkarstudenter ska välja sitt första sjukhus...
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...Marriage is the state of being united to a person of the opposite sex as husband or wife in a consensual and contractual relationship recognized by law. Nonetheless I feel that marriage should not be limited to couples of opposite sex since it is just as equally possible for people of the same gender to fall in love with each other. Gay marriage is frowned upon by many religions like Christianity and Catholicism which both consider gay marriage a sin. Although opinions on the topic vary throughout the country, nine states have already legalized same-sex marriage, all of which include Connecticut, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Washington and Vermont; three of which became legalized as a result of popular vote. The Full Faith and credit clause is a section in the United States Constitution which conditions that states must respect the "public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state", marriage is of course protected by this clause, however this does not apply to same-sex marriage because of the Defense of Marriage act. Same-sex marriage is a personal choice that in no way harms society therefore should not be discriminated against. Marriage is a special union and a way of expressing to one’s companion how much you love them and that you are willing to spend a lifetime together with them, whether the is a couple of opposite sex or same sex should not matter. In conclusion same-sex marriage will continue to be debated topic...
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...Traditional Marriage vs. Modern Day Marriage Communications 215 Traditional Marriage vs. Modern Day Marriage Traditional Marriage is the social institution under which a man and a woman establish their decision to live as husbands and wife by legal commitments and religious ceremonies. Also defined as the state, condition or relationship of being married; wedlock. Marriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on culture or subculture in which it is found. (Merriam, 1967) Such a union, often formalized by way of a wedding ceremony, may also be called matrimony. I will build a foundation of my personal principals and moral values on traditional marriage opposed to modern (same sex) marriage, and their contributions to the American Family. In society today modern same sex marriage (also called gay marriage) is legally and or socially recognized marriage between two persons of the same biological sex or social gender. The synonym marriage equality is used especially by supporters of legal recognition of same sex marriage. These two definitions are on very opposite ends of the spectrums in society today. These two very different views have caused a lot of adversity and resistance to the American Family Dream. In closing, my personal viewpoint, religious and political standpoint on the issue may be liberating...
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...Humbert Humbert describes his relationship with his childhood sweetheart, Annabel, who he claims provoked his love for “nymphets” or girls between the ages of 9 and 12 which he finds sexually attractive. He tried to fight his urges for the nymphets by marrying a childish Valeria, but their marrige falls apart and he moves to a small town in America to write. He was invited to stay in the McCoo's house, but upon his arrival, he finds their house burned down, so Ms. Haze invites him to stay with her. He was planning to decline, but when he saw Dolores, Ms. Haze's twelve year old daughter, he changes his mind. He describes Dolores as being similar to his childhood girlfriend, and immediately becomes head-over-heels in love with her, even...
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...sustain forever, it requires a lot of patience, understanding, compatibility, respect, trust, care between each other, not just love. Therefore, I think, that is nothing like an ideal marriage. It depend on the way you preceive it. Now… Have you had the answer for our question? If you are enjoying a happy marriage, you should be proud of that because we have true happiness in the world. Are you single? Have you fallen in love with someone who love you unconditionally? Get ready to share that love for the rest of your life in a long marriage! Have you been looking for a prince or a princess in your dream for a long time…? Don’t be too nervous! Open your mind! Thinking about an arranged marriage could be a great ideal for you. Try it! Marrige, whether it is love one or arranged one, could be an ultimate gift and wonderful experience. It is a journey, not a destination. The important is flow your heart and intuition, you can make a right choice leading to a successful marriage you really want. That bring us to the end of our presentation. Many thanks for your listening. If you have any question, feel free to ask us, we please answer all of...
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...Looking for Love.... Online Today, we have the ability to do a multitude of tasks online; a computer is used in every home, school, and business in America. Social networking has become a very important to communicate with others. However, people are now finding friends and romance via the internet with major websites like Twitter, Facebook, and dating sites connecting people around the world. Dating online began around the 1990's but carried with it the stigma that only desperate people used the web to search for love; however today, that stigma is completely gone and online dating websites currently attract millions of users every day, and the industry as a whole is making hundreds of millions of dollars each year. Online dating provides a way for people to meet prospective partners and to get to know them through e-mails and chats. Dating online is straight forward a person becomes acquainted with another one through the process of e-mail or social media websites like eHarmony and Facebook. The two people then try to explore their compatibility by finding out their dislikes and likes, before meeting face-to-face. There are numerous websites a person can explore when trying to find just the right match. Privacy settings, scams, or being “catfished” have always been an issue when looking for love online. With all this new technology we tend to be less social and become more attached to our phones and computers. Should we really trust online dating websites to find us...
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...The movie is about an alcoholic Woman, Rahcel, who takes a train every day to New York, and the train passes the neighborhood of where she used to live. She watches people who live there, and she wishes that it was still in her life. Her fantasies about a certain couple's life who used to be her neighbors, and how they are a perfect, happy couple. One day as she passes the couples house, she sees that things are not what she expected. The wife of the happy couple is having an affair, which filled her with rage. Her marrige not only ended with her husband having an affair but also because she was unable to get pregnant which lead to her drinking promblems. The day after seeing this she wakes up with no remembrance of what happened the night...
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...Jim Crow Laws In the years 1870-1950 all colored people had to follow the Jim Crow laws. Jim Crow laws were laws enforcing racial segregation in the southern United States. The Jim Crow laws consist of different schools, entertainment, freedom of speech, health services, housing, Libraries, marrige, transportation, socialization, and many other things for African Americans to follow. The main separations are schooling,health services, and transportation. For example, Jim Crow laws were created for a “separate but equal” treatment. Colored people had to have their own schools because the white children did not want to go to school with colored kids. And if a white person married a colored person their family would technically disown them. Most African Americans had to have a very bad health condition in order to go to the hospital. Most babies had to be born in houses. Colored people would have to do their job perfectly or they would get fired. Blacks would have to call all whites miss or mister. Even children would have to call whites miss or mister. Even the schools were different....
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...DOLLEY MADISON'S FAMILY Picture Dolley Madison was born as Dolley Payne Todd Madison, near Greensboro, North Carolina, United States, on May 20, 1768. Dolley's mother, Mary Coles, was a Quaker, and her father, John Payne, was Episcopalian. When John and Mary married, in 1761, it was an unusual custom to marry someone outside of your own faith. John Payne went to Quaker meetings with Mary and her parent, John was later accepted into the Quaker faith. John and Mary, had nine children, unfortunately one of their children died as an infant. Dolley was the fourth out of the eight chilldren. When Dolley was 15 years old her father sold their land in North Carolina, and the entire family moved to Philadelphia. TEENAGE YEARS & FIRST MARRIGE Picture...
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... the land of the free people who are homosexuality should not get the end of the stick. They are human just like hetrosexual person and deserve the same rights. I belive my opioin is moraly respectable, no matter what my catholic upbringing tries to pursued me in beliving. To have our goveremt say who we can and can’t marry just isn’t right. The government cant control love and commitment. The purpose of our government is to make decision that will benfit the entire country, not just individual people. We need to take our moral out of the picture and make choice that give all a chance to equale. Allowing gay marriage is fair to not only hetrosexuallys, but all to supoorting people in their lives. If the United states allow gay marrige in all states and gives the same rights to heterosexuality couples that homosexual couple have this does not mean were asking all homophobic people to accept gays. Everyone has their own beliefs, and not a single law can change that, but depriving people from their right to marriage to someone they love and want to commint the rest of their life to is not right. Does the Unites states really want to descrimintae againt another group of people? We need to be fair, and being fair allowing gay marriage to be allowed in all 50 states with legal marriage rights just like a hetrosexual couple would...
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...Lewis and Clark College 1975-1980 reciving an Associates in Criminal Justice. He continued his education at Lewis and Clark College 2004-2006 obtaining an Associates in Applied Science-Nursing. In 2006 John attended McKendree College to work on his Bachelors in Nursing, but he did not complete the courses. John stated that he was an good student in school earning A, B, and C's in high school, but once in nursing school he only obtained A's. John has been married three times. John's first marriage was to Pamela L. Smith on Jan 15, 1975. They divorced in 1988 due to Pam having an affair with one of their family friends. Pamela became pregnant with a child from the affair. John raised the child as his own. They were unable to salvage their marrige which lead to their divorce. From this union John has four children. Three who are his biological children; John W. Hohnsbehn 111, born 8/2/75, Amy L. Eye, born 1/15/79, Katherine M. Spengler, John's third child (due to Pamela's affair), and Daniel M. Hohnsbehn born 3/18/81. John's second marriage was to Jacqueline A. Yarnell on August 3, 1990. They divorced July 2006 due to Jackie having an affair with a doctor she worked with. John and Jackie attended counseling and religious counseling to work on their marriage; but, she continued having the affiar. From this marriage John has one biological child and a child of Jackie's that he adopted; Jessica L. Hohnsbehn born 10/6/87 (Jackie's daughter that John adopted) and Rebecca D. Hohnsbehn...
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...Through out Wuthering Heights Heathcliff is presented in many different ways to the reader which create a completly different view of his personality and motives. This is no different in the opening four chapters of the novel. During this time we are able to look at Heathcliff’s character through the perspective of three other characters, Lockwood, Nelly and Cathy. Each of these perspectives shine light on certain aspects of Heathcliff’s personality and to understand what a complex character he is. The reader is not provided with enough information on his background to know enough about his former life. We only become aware of whom he really is, later on in the novel when he narrates for himself. Heathcliff enters the Earnshaw home as a poor orphan and is immediately assualted by questions of his parentage. He is characterized as devilish and cruelly referred to as "it" in the Earnshaw household. This impression of a poor, defencless Heathcliff during his childhood creates a binary opposition to the cold, confident Heathcliff we are introduced to through Lockwood’s narration. “ ‘Mr Heathcliff’ I said, A nod was my answer” this shows that Heathcliff holds Lockwood in contempt and doesn’t deem him worthy enough to break his isolation and engage in converse. “He is a dark skinned gypsy in aspect, in dress and manners a gentleman” this description highlights Heathcliffs dark complextion which isolates him from the rest of the Earnshaw family, this is shown to be key as...
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