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Marriage
* All marriages are sacred and holy unions, but among the baptized, they are also Sacraments
  - based on a meshing of neuroses are marriages that allow little room for growth
* Is a religious sacrament and an indispensable institution.
* Many marriages are between acquaintances.
* Many marriages end in divorce if the alcoholic continues to drink
  - when one of the partners falls in love with another person
  - divorce, and many couples experience domestic abuse
  - have daily rituals that continue to be meaningful
  - succeed or fail based on how couples manage their expectations
* Most marriages are monogamous, and the line of descent is through the father
  - the exception being a few headmen who have two wives
  - religious ceremonies
  - fall apart because of selfishness
* Most marriages go down the tubes when a partner has been unfaithful
  - through a stressful period in the months after a first baby is born
  - involve persons who live within a few miles of each other
  - occur during lifetimes
  - start with romance
* Some marriage records even name the place of birth of both the bride and groom.
* actually do survive without children
  - means two individuals love each other in heart, in body, in soul and in spirit
* affects competitive performance in male tennis players.
* also contributes to the health and longevity of both husbands and wives
  - inhibits dangerous and antisocial behavior among young adult males
  - is subject to the law of the harvest
  - provides a means of orderly procreation
* are alliances between kindreds
  - amongst the most joyous events that mankind celebrates
  - classified according to the number of legal spouses an individual has
  - created by weddings
  - families
  - less stable because couples are no longer committed to long-term relationships
  - marital status
  - monogamous, based on the couple's mutual consent
* aspires to permanence, fidelity, and children.
* basic building block of society and culture
  - human right
  - right provided for in the constitutions of both our state and our country
* become simply labels of society rather than bindings between two individuals.
* begin to drift when communication falters.
* binding commitment that is designed for life.
* blessing resultant of salvation.
* blood covenant between a man and a women
* bond based on a lifelong and unconditional commitment.
* bond of partnership for life entered into by a man and a woman
  - security
  - that unites man and woman till their death
  - to be entered into only after considerable thought and reflection
* bonding of two people and if the arrangement is unequal it is doomed.
* can also be a factor in causing obesity
  - die from sin just as surely as our bodies suffer physical death
  - last to eternity
  - only take place between one man and one woman
  - provide emotional intimacy, sexual intimacy, interdependence, and a sense of belonging
* ceremony to use or subvert.
* child rearing institution.
* choice, freely made between adults.
* civil contract as well as a religious one.
* civil contract between a man and a woman
  - woman and a man
  - which the State has an interest in preserving
  - relationship with important legal, economic and emotional consequences
* civilizing institution.
* commitment for life, followed by a continuing relationship
* commitment of friendship and support to each other and each others' families
  - two partners to live out their baptism in a particular way
  - to life - to the best that two people can find and bring out in each other
* commonly occurs at young age, especially for girls.
* communal device invented to control and channel sexual libido.
* companionship which involves mutual commitment and responsibility.
* connects people and goods that otherwise tend to fragment.
* constitutes emancipation of minors, both male and female.
* continual learning experience where there are no experts.
* continuous working relationship.
* contract between a state and a couple
  - husband, wife and the state
  - men, a formalized exchange of women as commodities
* contract between two people who love each other
  - that ensures the survival of the human race
* cooperative enterprise in which two individuals are seeking to become one.
* corporation of two slaves and no masters.
* covenant between two persons
  - in which the bride and groom publicly commit themselves to each other
  - relationship for life
* create intimacy, and intimacy carries with it great power.
* cultural universal.
* decision to serve one another, whether in bed or out
  - the other , whether in bed or out
* dissolve when two lives are pointed in different directions.
* do founder when the status quo changes - as when a spouse begins working.
* does foster more stable commitments of men to their children.
* duly-recognized covenant relationship entered into by a single man and a single woman.
* end in bitter quarrels in which children are emotionally beaten.
* entails many rights and benefits.
* fail, women work, and many American children grow up knowing only one parent.
* firm bond built upon friendship, trust, and love, true love.
* forms around the begetting and educating of children.
* frequently involves a contract and exchange of goods.
* fundamental building block of civilization
  - the family and our society
  - human institution that predates the law and the Constitution
* fundamentally religious institution.
* generally reduces stress and creates better immunity in the body.
* gift of god, given to comfort the sorrow of life and magnify the joys.
* gives both sexes better health, less depression and fewer other mental disorders.
* growth in holiness and wholeness.
* happens when a man and a woman decide to become husband and wife.
* has an impact on sex
  - many benefits, one of which is that it contributes to good health
* have cost
  - essential features
  - other purposes
* helps cement ties between families and establish land rights
  - in bonding mind, body, and culture
* heterosexual institution.
* hierarchical game played by co-equal partners
* historical institution which has generally been bad for women.
* increases the risk of depression for women, and decreases it for men.
* involve the payment of a substantial bride-price, which consists of livestock.
* involves a man and a woman
  - public, exclusive commitment of a man and woman to one another
  - the sacrifice of self-identity to become part of a greater whole
  - two persons coming together for the purpose of mutual love
* is about a long term relationship between two people
  - being in love
  - two people coming together to love and support each other
* is all about commitment and belonging
  - the generation and fostering of human life
* is also a badge of citizenship
  - means whereby society attempts to distribute wealth in an orderly manner
  - the union of a man and a woman
* is an act purely civil, and authorized by the government
  - art of sacrifice
  - artificial construct of society
  - enduring covenant between one man and one woman
  - entire union of man and woman
  - essential part of the Islamic way of life
  - exclusive relationship
  - exclusive, lifelong union
  - expensive way to have free sex
  - expression of embodied grace
  - important institution among all Punjabi religious groups
* is an institution known in all cultures in all times
  - of oppression against women and children
  - structured by societies
  - that has roles as husband and wife
* is an institution that is historically filled with restrictions
  - under attack
  - means nothing
  - reflects the values of the society that supports it
  - institution, a union between a man and a woman, has been for thousands of years
  - integral part of family formation
  - occasion for presenting the new family with gifts by relatives and friends
  - ongoing process that requires attention, effort, and compromise
  - unconditional committment of life for life, good or bad, no exceptions
  - and has been a specific union between one man and one woman
* is associated with a significantly low suicide rate
  - farm ownership, land quality and male literacy
* is based on an emotional relationship
  - the free consent of a woman and a man
* is between a man and a woman, plain and simple
  - consenting adults
* is between one man and one woman for life
  - both a private contract and a religious ceremony
  - built on love, commitment, and trust
  - by definition between people of opposite sexes
  - central to community life and it involves property and inheritance rights
  - combination of the love and sex
  - conditional upon the consent of both parties and their parents
* is considered a necessary part of life, and almost all adults marry
  - secular contract having both economic and political importance
  - as a bond
  - more of a union between two families than between two individuals
  - the natural state of Jewish life, and necessary for personal fulfillment
  - contracted early in life
* is death as a single person
  - to independent living
  - defined by an unfailing commitment to another human being
  - essential to civilization
  - essentially an inseparable union, both spiritual and carnal, of two beings
* is for life - one man, one woman, till death
  - life, even if the couple is unhappy
  - more than an exchange of vows
  - people who are capable of making an adult commitment
  - procreation or child-raising
  - the comfort, training, and security of children
  - founded upon love, begun in commitment, and fulfilled in faithfulness
* is fundamentally a faith-based institution being encouraged and enforced by the state
  - reproductive union
  - good for children Children do best when they grow up in married, two-parent families
  - grounded in the very nature of creation
  - holy because true marriage is based on love
  - hypothesized to act as either a selective or protective factor in health
  - important in a Muslim culture and Turkish Cypriot girls usually marry at a young age
* is inherently a sexual relationship in that it is the union of the two sexes
  - unique relationship between a man and a woman
  - just two people's commitment to torture only each other for the rest of their lives
  - legalized servitude
  - long term prostitution and prostitution is short term marriage
  - meant to be inclusive regardless of sexual orientation
* is more than a contract between two people
  - mostly for insecure people who feel a piece of paper provides security
  - negotiating differences - there are limited rights and wrongs
* is often across cultural and religious differences
  - hard work, and means changing to fit in with the other person
* is one of the 'basic civil rights of man,' fundamental to our very existence and survival
  - chief causes of divorce
* is one of the most central institutions in human societies
  - sacred institutions of our society
  - underpinnings of society
  - ways by which human emotions are controlled
* is only between a man and a woman, according to the dictionaries
  - possible between a man and a woman
  - perhaps the most conservative of all social institutions
  - popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity
  - possible to someone with a love for the outdoors, or an interest in sporting activities
  - regulated by individual states
  - related to real feelings of love, understanding, and respect for the beloved
  - something sacred, to be shared between two people
* is something that involves the family of both the bride and the groom
  - suppose to bond two people together, to love and cherish one another
* is the aftermath of love
* is the basis of our society, one man and one woman in a committed relationship
  - the home, the basis of male and female relationship
  - best way for a couple to come together in love for life and for children
  - binding, both legally and spiritually, of two individuals into one unit
* is the blending of two different family cultures
* is the bringing together of one man and one woman
  - celebration of conversation
  - chief cause of divorce
  - clasping of hands, the blending of hearts, the union of two lives as one
* is the closest communion that can possibly exist between two people
  - of all human partnerships
  - context and the relation in which sexuality is to be expressed
  - covenant of companionship
  - essential basis of the family and rests on equality of the rights of spouses
  - first and holiest institution among men
  - foundation of the family and preserves the well being of society
  - fundamental building block of all human civilization
  - fused intersection of love's sanctity and necessity's demand
  - glue of all civilizations
  - highest form of commitment a man can make with a woman
  - holy reality of two becoming one
  - incarnation of eros, the body of love
  - institution that is the foundation of the family and of society
* is the joining of an unmarried man with an unmarried woman to form a home of their own
  - husband and wife in holy matrimony
  - leading cause of divorce in America
  - legal union of two people
  - legal, publicly witnessed and binding commitment between a man and a woman
  - main cause of divorce
  - means for melding the two sexes into a stronger and more complete whole
  - merger of two separate individuals into a union dedicated for their common good
  - moral context for sex
  - most difficult profession on earth, besides raising children
* is the most important of all earthly relationships
  - social institution in society
  - intimate bond two people can enter into
  - mourning after the knot before
  - natural and best means for the propagation of the human race
  - next important event in person's life
  - number one cause of stress and stress related deaths and adultery
* is the only proper and healthy place for sexual love
  - setting for sexual intimacy
  - perfection which love aimed at, ignorant of what it sought
  - physical and spiritual union of two people
  - preserver of the human race
  - principle of sexual morality
  - public recognition of life-long commitment between two people
  - sacrament which joins two people together in a special bond of love
  - sole cause of divorce
  - ticket of admission to true adulthood
  - time of greatest giving for people in all cultures anywhere in the world
* is the ultimate acknowledgment of two people's commitment and love for each other
  - commitment to another person
  - union of two people and sex is the physical expression of that
* is the union between a woman and a man as recognized by the state
* is the union of a man and a woman
  - man and woman for life
  - that brings children into a family and perpetuates the human race
* is the uniting of one man and one woman in covenant commitment for a lifetime
  - two souls that are already attuned to each other
  - then a contract between two families
* is thus a personal relationship that serves a public purpose in a political community
  - relationship between families, as well as individuals
  - an index of women's status
* is to be a unity between two people who love each other
  - an exclusive relationship that is maintained in purity
  - characterized by mutual love, faithfulness and submission
  - fulfill the sexual desires of men and women
  - have children, to show kindness towards one another and to have a companion in life
  - perpetuate the human race
  - truly the foundation of culture and civilization
  - understood as a partnership of the whole life of a man and a woman
  - union of two families
  - universal and is contracted at young ages
  - upheld as the Scriptural place for expressions of sexuality
  - used to strengthen kinship ties and is more a family than an individual concern
  - viewed as a social contract between two people and their families
  - what married people do
  - where the best sex is
  - work that continually renews their hearts
* is, after all, a union of equals
  - among other things, about total inclusion and absolute fidelity
  - of all human arrangements, the chanciest
* joining of two hearts.
* last a life time and weddings occur in one day
  - for years
* legal and political act
  - institution in order to offer protection for women and children
  - relationship and a social status understood everywhere
  - social contract, and as such it is governed by law
* legally sanctioned contract between a man and a woman.
* life commitment to be kept
* lifelong commitment, which the larger faith community has a responsibility to nurture.
* lifelong, covenantal union.
* lifetime commitment, but humans almost always fail to live up to expectations.
* living sacrament alive with grace and blessings.
* living, breathing organism.
* long term commitment.
* long-term commitment.
* lottery in which men stake their liberty and women their happiness.
* major commitment in Hinduism.
* marks the dividing point between singleness and marriage.
* means a commitment to a shared future thus making life more secure
  - love, a desire to be one
  - loving, caring and sharing in joy and in sorrow
* microcosm for Indian society as a whole.
* mutual complete giving and receiving of persons.
* natural institution that predates government.
  - primarily between individuals of equal status
* occurs when all three phases are in effect.
* often didn t take place until a pregnancy showed that a couple was fertile.
* oneness that can only be achieved when complementary parts are joined.
* partnership of love, trust and mutual respect between two people
  - where there is mutual understanding and likemindedness
  - with a contract
* patriarchical, heterosexist institution.
* percieved bond between two adults.
* personal extension of love
  - partnership based upon love, trust and a mutuality of interest and benefit
* private union that has become a political issue.
* privilege granted by state governments to whoever they choose.
* product of love and commitment.
* property contract hanging over from the days of women and children as property.
* protects men and women from suicide and mental illness as well.
* public commitment.
* public, life-long, exclusive, loving commitment of a man and woman to one another.
* punishment for shoplifting in some countries.
* realtionship of two people who Love each other.
* records Marriage records give the names of the bride and groom and the date of the union.
* relationship between one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others
  - woman, dissoluble only by death
  - in which anger is very evident and destructive
  - that demands that the spouses warm each other's hearts
* remains the great regulator of sexual behavior.
* represent eternity.
* represents the blending of two families, including financial and emotional caretaking.
* rest period between romances.
* restricts the ability to enjoy sex.
* room in which there is no exit except the door that is marked Death.
* sacrament of faith.
* sacred institution of the Bible
  - that unites two soulmates
  - relationship entered into for purposes that are well recognized
  - union in the Indian culture
* school of love.
* separate calling from the priesthood or religious life.
* series of vows taken to guarantee one has a reason to exist.
* serious matter that ends at death.
* serves as the prevention of loneliness.
* shelter for the well-being and happiness of several generations.
* social and civil act
  - institution which varies widely over time, place, culture
* social, legal, and religious ceremony, a union of mind, heart, body, and soul.
* solemn contract, and the basis of a stable family and society
  - union between two loving people, nothing less and nothing more
* special relationship.
* spiritual commitment which last for as long as the two live.
* state of continual self-giving, just like the priesthood
  - mutual obligations
* strong safety factor for women.
* subject that has immediate application to a large portion of the population.
* symbolic state that is life-long unity between man and woman.
* take places.
* tend to be between co-villagers or with nearby villages
  - result in further concentration of wealth
* tends to be associated with lower rates of poverty.
* thing which puts a ring on a woman's finger, and two under the man's eyes.
* total commitment of two people to one another for life.
* trust, a foundation upon which a family is built.
* union between a male and a female
  - in spirit, soul and body
  - which, like all Sacraments, has two aspects - one physical, the other spiritual
* uniting of two people at every level
  - spirit beings
* valued and important ceremony the world over, in virtually all religions and cultures.
* vessel for nurturing the growth and development of two individuals over time.
* vocation that lasts until death.
+ Sacrament of marriage: Roman Catholicism :: Marriage
  * The 'sacrament of marriage' in the Catholic Church is the marriage contract between two baptized persons of the opposite sex. Each person acquires the irrevocable and exclusive right over the body of the other for the purposes of procreation. Marriage ends with the death of either person. Catholic Concise Encyclopedia' 1952. The Roman Catholic church does not perform or recognize same-sex marriages. Religions other than Roman Catholicism have different regulations and customs governing marriage.