Couples who helped each other through the stress of Canterbury’s earthquakes were brought closer together by the traumatic events, a new study says. Research into how couples were affected by the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes found that while some couples experienced increased marital distress, others would have felt their relationship grew stronger. University of Canterbury Read more
Posts Tagged ‘Marriage’
Joint Catholic/Lutheran statement on Marriage under discussion 
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Friday, April 19th, 2013
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands at their Annual General Meeting in Madang have prepared a draft Statement on Marriage. If it is also accepted by the Lutheran bishops at their meeting in Lae on 10-14 June 2013, plans may be made to formally launch it in March 2014. Bishop Read more
Finding true essence of marriage Comments 0
Friday, April 12th, 2013
The catchcry of same-sex marriage proponents is “equality”: gay couples have a right to equal treatment and to deny them legal marriage is blatant discrimination. Yet this claim deflects attention from the real issue: what is the true nature of marriage? Two rival visions jostle for supremacy. The conjugal model says marriage is a lifelong Read more
Anglicans rule out blessing same-sex relationships Comments 0
Friday, April 12th, 2013
The Church of England has ruled out offering blessings to same-sex relationships, reiterating that marriage is “a faithful, committed, permanent and legally sanctioned relationship between a man and a woman”. A new report from the church’s faith and order commission recognises the existence of same-sex relationships, but says they are “forms of human relationships which Read more
Catholics should show love to gays, says Cardinal Dolan Comments 0
Friday, April 5th, 2013
In two television interviews aired on Easter Sunday, Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York said Catholics should show more love to gays and lesbians. In an ABC interview he was asked, “What do you say to a gay couple who says, we love God, we love the Church, but we also love each other and Read more
This generation can turn the marriage problem around Comments 0
Friday, April 5th, 2013
Marriage has been under assault for at least 40 years, but according to Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, the younger generation can turn the tide — by getting married and staying married. Archbishop Cordileone of San Francisco is the chairman of the US bishops’ Subcommittee for the Promotion and Defense of Marriage. As the Supreme Court on Read more
Gay marriage and the ancient Greeks Comments 0
Tuesday, March 19th, 2013
It is ironic that the proponents of homosexuality so often point to ancient Greece as their paradigm because of its high state of culture and its partial acceptance of homosexuality or, more accurately, pederasty. Though some ancient Greeks did write paeans to homosexual love, it did not occur to any of them to propose homosexual Read more
Lack of faith can harm marriage bond, says Benedict XVI Comments 0
Friday, February 1st, 2013
Pope Benedict XVI believes the world’s current crisis of faith in God has caused a crisis for the Christian vision of marriage, even to the extent that lack of faith could affect the validity of a marriage bond. “Faith in God, sustained by divine grace, is therefore a very important element for living in mutual Read more
US Supreme Court and same-sex marriage debate Comments 0
Friday, December 14th, 2012
The United States Supreme Court has a history of playing a pivotal role in emotive cultural debates including, for example, abortion (Roe v Wade), racial segregation (Brown v Board of Education) and the death penalty (Roper v Simmons). Marriage equality will now join this list. In a much anticipated move, the US Supreme Court announced Read more
What is marriage? Comments 0
Friday, December 14th, 2012
American gay rights activist and radio host Michaelangelo Signorile recently wrote triumphantly of what lies around the corner for a country that just re-elected its “First Gay President” — as a Newsweek cover last year dubbed Obama. Claiming an early victory for his movement in the Huffington Post Signorile proclaimed that “[n]o longer will politicians — or Read more
