Marriage – Page 2 – An Exercise in the Fundamentals of Orthodoxy

Procedural Nonsense in the Church of Ireland

Peter Ould May 11, 2012 Tagged with 8a, Alan Harper, Archbishop Of Dublin, Avoidance Of Doubt, Book Of Common Prayer, Christian Belief, Church Of Ireland, Dromore, Dunne, General Synod, Harold Miller, Holy Mystery, Human Sexuality, Ireland Dublin, Irish Times, Marriage Service, Nonsense, Procreation, Sexual Intercourse, Synod President, Technicality, Vote

Yesterday’s vote in the Church of Ireland’s General Synod on Motion 8 was withdrawn on a …

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Marriage, UK News

Do Some Good Today

Peter Ould Sep 12, 2011 Tagged with 365 Days, Advert, Billboard, Billboards, Challenges, Company States, Darker Side, Disgrace, Divorce, Dorset, Global Personals, Greenwich, Local Members, Marital Affair, Prestigious Awards, Publicity, Ross Williams, Singles Community, Successful Entrepreneur, Surbiton

Here’s how. DearÂ Ross Williams, You are a successful entrepreneur who has won prestigious awards for developing …

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Marriage, PCUSA, Sexuality, Theology

The Real PCUSA Shocker

Peter Ould May 12, 2011 Tagged with Adee, Chastity, Church Group, Contentious Debates, Covenant Marriage, Gay Clergy, Huffington Post, Lesbian Members, Mainline Protestant Denominations, Man And A Woman, Member Church, Monumental Shift, More Light Presbyterians, Ordination, Pcusa, Presbyterian Church, Regional Bodies, Same Sex Relationships, Shocker, Singleness

Lots of comment on the web about the decision of the Presbyterian Church of the United …

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Marriage, Statistics, UK Politics, Understanding Society

Understanding Society – Phase One

Peter Ould Feb 28, 2011 Tagged with Academic Criteria, Biological Parent, Biological Parents, Biomedical Data, British Households, Dataset, Economic And Social Research Council, Esrc, Financial Circumstances, First Wave, Interdisciplinary Focus, Life Satisfaction, Longitudinal Study, New Ground, Personal Relationships, Phase One, Previous Research, Social Histories, Society Survey, Understanding Society

The first results from the ongoing Understanding Society survey have been released and there are some …

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Children, Gay Marriage, Legal Stuff, Marriage

What is Marriage? – Children

Peter Ould Feb 23, 2011 Tagged with Core Issue, Couples Sex, Infertile Couples, Marriage, Married Couple, Married Couples, Necessary Goods, Parents, Procreation, Reference, Same Sex, Sex Couple, Two Couples, Unmarried Couples

We’re having some useful discussion on the previous thread about the George et al paper on …

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Gay Marriage, Legal Stuff, Marriage

What is Marriage?

Peter Ould Feb 19, 2011 Tagged with Burdens, Conj, Distinctive Structure, Extracts, Fidelity, Girgis, Harvard Journal Of Law And Public Policy, Hearts And Minds, Law And Public Policy, Man And A Woman, Marriage, Monogamy, Norms, Revisionist View, Sexes, Sexual Intimacy, Union Of A Man And A Woman, Union Of Hearts, Welfare, Wills

I’ve just got round to reading the much talked about “What is Marriage?” by Girgis, George …

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Marriage, Pastoral

Celibacy Whilst Unmarried Leads to Better Sex

Peter Ould Dec 28, 2010 Tagged with Better Sex, Brigham Young, Brigham Young University, Celibacy, Couples, Dean Busby, Having Sex, Honeymoon, Lisa Kudrow, Loyalty, Marriage Sex, Outset, Partner Analysis, Pop Stars, Premarital Sex, Professor Dean, Relationship Satisfaction, Sex In America, Sexual Aspect, Sexual Compatibility, Term Commitment

It’s official! Amazed I miss this one last week. Scientists at the School of Family Life …

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Civil Partnerships, Marriage, Sexuality, UK Politics

Humiliation?

Peter Ould Dec 1, 2010 Tagged with 30 November, Campaigners, Civil Marriage, Collette, Helpfulness, Humiliation, Interesting Story, Legal Challenge, Lesbian Couple, Love, Marriage, Marriage Equality, Office Staff, Partnership, Recognises, Register Office, Same Sex Couples, Same Sex Marriage, Sexes

Ekklesia have an interesting story in relation to the ongoing campaign for marriage equality. A lesbian …

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Church of England, Civil Partnerships, Legal Stuff, Marriage

Anglican Marriage – A Guide to the Law

Peter Ould Aug 31, 2010 Tagged with Anglican Clergy, Church of England, Civil Partnerships, Confidentiality, Consciences, Divorcees, England And Wales, Gender Work, Homosexuality, House Of Bishops, Impediment, Key Sentences, Letter Boxes, Man And A Woman, Moral Deliberation, Obvious Conclusion, Recent Developments, Remarriage, Strict Rules, Transgenderism

The third edition of this perennial favourite has just dropped through the letter boxes of Anglican …

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Legal Stuff, Marriage, Secular / Christian, Sexuality, US Politics

Some Thoughts on the Prop 8 Ruling

Peter Ould Aug 5, 2010 Tagged with Alleged Victim, Backers, Civil Rights, Civil Unions, District Judge, Equal Marriage, Federal Judge, Female Judge, Gay Couples, Holdsworth, Judgement, Marriage, Nuptials, Politicians, Referendum, Same Sex Couples, Same Sex Marriage, State Measure, Us Supreme Court, Washington Dc

In case you hadn’t noticed, there was a significant ruling in California yesterday. A US federal …

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