Martin
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Marriage:
noun
Marriage is a relationship that usually forms the nucleus of a family and is generally considered to be the union of two people, usually (but not always), a man and a woman. Since the latter decades of the 20th century, alternative definitions have come to the fore.
In the East, some have described marriage as a "socially sanctioned union", implying that any sort of relationship can be called marriage if a given society approves of it. Some others regard this description as part of a campaign of redefining the very concept of marriage. Typically, these are advocates who maintain that marriage can and must be a relationship of one man and one woman. Other advocates maintain that the aspect of social sanction has always been the major determining factor, and that redefinition is accordingly perfectly legitimate (as well as long overdue).
Marriage is found in all societies, and typically a married couple form a household, which is often subsequently extended biologically, through children. Alternatively the parents may have chosen to be "childfree". Finally, they may be childless due to infertility, and possibly seek treatment or consider adoption.
Cheers, Martin
Oh wait ..
.. I'm telling you this because our good friend Darren Lewis is getting married this saturday.
That's all.
noun
- A wedding.
- The legal union of a man and woman as husband and wife.
- The state of being married; wedlock.
- A common-law marriage.
- A union between two persons having the customary but usually not the legal force of marriage: a same-sex marriage.
- A close union: “the most successful marriage of beauty and blood in mainstream comics” (Lloyd Rose).
Marriage is a relationship that usually forms the nucleus of a family and is generally considered to be the union of two people, usually (but not always), a man and a woman. Since the latter decades of the 20th century, alternative definitions have come to the fore.
In the East, some have described marriage as a "socially sanctioned union", implying that any sort of relationship can be called marriage if a given society approves of it. Some others regard this description as part of a campaign of redefining the very concept of marriage. Typically, these are advocates who maintain that marriage can and must be a relationship of one man and one woman. Other advocates maintain that the aspect of social sanction has always been the major determining factor, and that redefinition is accordingly perfectly legitimate (as well as long overdue).
Marriage is found in all societies, and typically a married couple form a household, which is often subsequently extended biologically, through children. Alternatively the parents may have chosen to be "childfree". Finally, they may be childless due to infertility, and possibly seek treatment or consider adoption.
Cheers, Martin
Oh wait ..
.. I'm telling you this because our good friend Darren Lewis is getting married this saturday.
That's all.
