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    View of marriage In this novel Jane Austen explains that during early 1800’s marriage is considered to be the only way‚ for women in particular‚ to live a comfortable life and free from financial worries. However‚ if women fail to marry‚ one of their only other options would be to become a governess‚ completely under control of their employer for the rest of their lives. This is why marriage is so significant for people of a lower social or economic status. Despite whether they love their marriage

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    Gay Marriage Gays and lesbian have been a controversial subject that no one want to talk about; into recently when more gays and lesbians came out and expressed their sexuality preferences. Many people don’t believe that same sex marriage should not be legalized‚ because it is against their morals. Many people say it against their definition on marriage‚ which it is the union of man and woman known as husband and wife. I think same sex marriage should be legal because a person can’t help who they

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    Arranged Marriages in India

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    castes‚ outside the Brahmin fold. The children of such marriages have generally acquired the caste of the mother. Iyers follow one of the four Vedas - Rig Veda‚ Sama Veda‚ Yajur Veda and Atharva Veda. The Veda that an Iyer follows forms an important part of his identity‚ another being the gotra that he belongs to. The gotra is the name of the rishi who founded the clan one is born into. A woman belongs to gotra of her father until marriage‚ and then during kanyadaan changes to that of her husband

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    Electoral Systems and Stability in Divided Societies Introduction Severely divided countries pose a particular problem when it comes to securing democratic stability. Such countries are characterised by deep cleavages representing ‘sociocultural and ascriptive traits‚ such as race‚ ethnicity‚ language‚ religion or region’ (Bogaards‚ 2003‚ p. 59). Other forms of social division‚ which focus on wider issues‚ do not diffuse the strength of these cleavages‚ making them particularly entrenched.

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    The idea of gay marriage is what I would call a recent phenomenon. I say recent because it has only been in the past few years that activists in the country have become extremely vocal about legalizing gay marriage. What got the ball rolling was the first legally gay marriage in the United States which was performed in San Francisco in 2004 between Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon who are gay rights activists. After this first marriage the idea of homosexuals marrying became a trend that swept across

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    Marriage and Cohabitation

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    1.1 What is Marriage 1.2 What is Cohabitation CHAPTER TWO – ORIGIN OF MARRIAGE 2.1 Types of Marriage 2.2 Justification of Marriage 2.3 Christian Perspective of Marriage 2.4 Advantages and dis-advantages of Marriage CHAPTER THREE – ORIGIN OF COHABITATION 3.1 Types of Cohabitation 3.2 Justification of Cohabitation 3.3 Christian perspective of Cohabitation 3.4 Advantages and dis- advantages of Cohabitation CHAPTER FOUR – MARRIAGE AND COHABITATION 4.1 Relationship between Marriage and Cohabitation

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    The Development of American Law Dr. Judit BEKE-MARTOS Essay Goda Gutauskaitė Same – sex marriage: pros and cons Legal aspects "It is legitimate and necessary to ask oneself if this is not perhaps part of a new ideology of evil‚ perhaps more insidious and hidden‚ which attempts to pit human rights against the family and against man." Pope John Paul II‚ referring to same-sex marriage[1]. According to the general opinion of the society and penultimate pope John Paul II‚ whose standpoint

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    Traditional Marriage or Non-Traditional Marriage‚ That is the Question Teresa Brasaemle PHI 103 Instructor Bence May 18‚ 2014 The argument that will be assessed is “In Defense of Traditional Marriage”‚ Anderson presents the question: “Should the government recognize same-sex relationships as legal marriages?” (Anderson‚ R.T.‚ 2013). However‚ the author does offer numerous premises in relation to the argument that do help in the support of the conclusion that the marriage laws should remain

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    Jordan Lamb October 13‚ 2010 Research Paper Outline Bride Burning‚ Murders and Dowry Pressure in India I. Women in India are exposed to heinous acts of abuse. A. Women in India have become victims of human rights abuse. B. Different components of Bride-Burning II. Extent of the Problem A. Statistical Analysis of the number of Dowry Related deaths B. Under Reporting of Cases C. Inconsistencies between police reports and Victim Accounts D. Dowry Pressure leads to Suicide

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    What is the big deal over the same sex marriages? This has always been a controversial issue. There are two issues that come to mind. First‚ there is the religious point of view. Many religious leaders oppose homosexuality or specifically same sex marriages‚ they feel that God made men and women to produce and take care of children and that is how it should be. They also feel that God created Adam and Eve because that’s how God wants us to finish the cycle. Second‚ there is the issue of being the

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