Should marriage exist as an institution?
Title: Should marriage exist as an institution?
Category: /Literature/North American
Details: Words: 2100 | Pages: 8 (approximately 235 words/page)
Should marriage exist as an institution?
Category: /Literature/North American
Details: Words: 2100 | Pages: 8 (approximately 235 words/page)
According to Chapter 1 of title 1 of the United States' Code, "the word 'marriage' means only a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife, and the word 'spouse' refers only to a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or a wife" (The Defense of Marriage Act). Marriage has long been an institution that was based on the love of two individuals and their future together. While procreation is …showed first 75 words of 2100 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 2100 total…A. Johnson, Ph.D. "Marriage: The Safest Place for Women and Children." The Heritage Foundation. 10 Apr. 2002. <http://www.heritage.org/Research/Family/BG1535.cfm>.
4.<Tab/>"The Defense of Marriage Act." 13 Feb. 2005. <http://www.indiana.edu/~glbtpol/doma.html>.
5.<Tab/>US Divorce Rate. "The Current US Divorce Rate". 10 Oct. 2005. <http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_dira.html>.
