Getting Married Is The Single Worst Thing A Young Marine Can Do

10-29-2012 • http://www.businessinsider.com, Garrett Anderson

Somewhere between the peak and the valley is the normal; where a human finds themselves most waking hours.

Inside Justin Timberlake And Jessica Biel's Reported $6 Million Wedding

10-20-2012 • http://www.businessinsider.com, Aly Weisman

After five years of dating, Justin Timberlake, 31, and Jessica Biel, 30, tied the knot Friday at the Borgo Egnazia resort in the southern Italian city of Fasano.

Marriage Drives Women to Drink, Study Suggests

08-19-2012 • http://www.livescience.com, Jennifer Abbasi

Marriage may drive a woman to drink, not because she's unhappy but because she's influenced by her husband's alcohol consumption, new research suggests. And men, on average, drink more than women.

Most young adults expect marriage for life: study

08-08-2012 • The Raw Story.com

Eighty-six percent of young adults in the United States expect their marriages to last a lifetime, even though half of all marriages end in divorce, a study released Wednesday suggests.

Chick-fil-A store breaks with founder to sponsor LGBT Pride

08-01-2012 • David Edwards via The Raw Story.com

New Hampshire’s only Chick-fil-A restaurant is going against the wishes of chicken chain founder Dan Cathy by pledging to co-sponsor an LGBT Pride Festival in the state.

Remaking Marital Law

07-17-2012 • http://c4ss.org, by James Tuttle

Does legalizing gay marriage go far enough?

Justice Dept. sues Arizona, Utah polygamous towns

06-21-2012 • AP

Authorities in a pair of polygamous Utah-Arizona border towns have supported a campaign of intimidation against the unfaithful, denying them housing and municipal services and allowing members of the dominant religious sect to destroy their crops and

SEXY, WEALTHY & SINGLE: The World's Most Eligible Royals

06-06-2012 • http://www.businessinsider.com, Ana Douglas

It's been just over a year since Prince William wed Kate Middleton in a lavish and internationally televised ceremony. Even with the most eligible bachelor of the past decade off the market, girls all over the world are still dreaming of their own fa

Obama, Romney and Marriage

05-13-2012 • Free Patriot Press

President Obama and presumed GOP Presidential nominee Mitt Romney have both made public statements about marriage recently. Obama claims that his views have evolved over the years. Romney's position may be consistent, however it is not historically

Book tells Muslim men how to beat and control their wives

03-25-2012 • Toronto Sun

A bookstore in Canada has "sold out" of an Islamic marriage guide that instructs Muslim men on how to beat their wives.

Lawsuit could make DOMA apply to private companies

03-14-2012 • By Stephen C. Webster, rawstory.com

A lawsuit being heard this week in Pennsylvania could rewrite how the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is applied across civil society.

Egypt’s Copts protest “disappearance of girls”

03-01-2012 • Bikya Masr

A number of Egypt Coptic Christian protesters organized a demonstration on Tuesday in front of Parliament to protest what they called “the disappearance and abduction of Coptic girls,” where the families of the missing girls took part in the protest

Gingrich says possibility of a public vote over gay marriage in Washington is the ‘right way’

02-28-2012 • The Washington Post

Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich declined Friday to outright reject a new law legalizing same-sex marriage in Washington state, saying if it is approved by voters it will at least be enacted “the right way.”

Vote Moves Washington State Closer to Gay Marriage

02-08-2012 • New York Times

Washington was poised Wednesday to become the seventh state to allow same-sex couples to marry after the State House gave final passage to such a bill. Gov. Christine Gregoire promised to sign it.

Federal Appeals Court Overturns Prop. 8 Ban On Gay Marriage

02-07-2012 • CBS News

A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued their decision Tuesday to uphold a ruling in which now-retired U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker of San Francisco struck down Proposition 8, the voter-approved ban on gay marriage..

Marriage Revival?

01-20-2012 • arclein

What is behind this shift? Another recent Pew survey reported that four in 10 Americans think marriage is "becoming obsolete." Particularly interesting is that 47 percent of those who think marriage is becoming obsolete say they would like to marry

Marriage in Ancient Hawai'i

08-22-2011 • hawaiianlibertarian.blogspot.com

Before talking about marriage in ancient Hawaii, it is important to understand that Ancient Hawaiian society had a very strict adherence to the ancient religion - the Kapu (taboo) system - that dictated their actions and behavior in every single aspe

Christine O'Donnell Walks Off Piers Morgan Interview

08-18-2011 • www.deadline.com

The tipping point was Morgan's question about her stance on gay marriage.

Polygamist leader gets life in prison for assaults

08-09-2011 • AP

Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday for sexually assaulting two underage followers he took as brides in what his church deemed "spiritual marriages." The head of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of La

Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs convicted of child sexual assault for “spiritual marriages”

08-04-2011 • AP

Warren Jeffs was convicted Thursday of sexually assaulting two child brides after a whirlwind trial in which the polygamist sect leader insisted on representing himself, only to remain silent through much of the proceedings and present just one witne

Privatization: A Third Position on Marriage

7/31/2011 • Free Patriot Press

Texas Governor Rick Perry, who many believe may be preparing to enter the GOP Presidential race, has recently come out on two sides of the same issue. ABCNews reports, “Last week in Aspen, Colo., Rick Perry said he supported New York’s decision to al

Polygamist leader, in court outburst, says is persecuted

07-29-2011 • Reuters

"You are stomping on sacred ground. You are treading on a people of peace. This religion deserves protection. The government of the United States has no right to infringe on the right of a peaceful people. The mockery must cease. This religious perse

Hundreds of same sex couples to marry in New York

07-24-2011 • RawStory.com

Wedding ceremonies for hundreds of gay and lesbian couples were being held across New York State Sunday, with advocates hailing the day as a milestone toward the eventual legalization of gay marriage nationwide.

Ron Paul considering signing marriage pledge.

07-09-2011 • thestatecolumn.com

I am the biggest Ron Paul supporter I know, but if he engages in this pandering to the religious right, I will absolutely never vote for him or support him in any way.

‘Gay Marriage,’ Libertarians, and Civil Rights by George Weigel

06-28-2011 • National Review Online

"...what was done in Albany was an exercise in raw state power, the state’s asserting that it can do X simply because it claims that it has the power to do so."

Vandals slash tires of 51 gay pride parade floats in Chicago

06-26-2011 • Kase Wickman via RawStory.com

The Chicago Sun-Times reported that vandals Saturday night broke into the storage facility of Associated Attractions, a company that helps design, create and store floats.

Gay pride parades in Europe celebrate same sex marriage victory in New York

06-26-2011 • Eric W. Dolan via RawStory.com

The annual gay pride parade in Paris was enlivened by same sex marriage legislation in New York that was recently signed into law. Similar legislation in France, proposed by the Socialist Party, was blocked by conservatives.

New York Senate votes to legalize same-sex marriage

06-24-2011 • Washington Post

The New York Senate voted Friday to legalize same-sex marriage, delivering a significant victory to the gay rights movement and making New York the largest state to permit such unions. Given the state’s population, the vote essentially doubles