Here's an interesting article about the use of Muslim marriage contracts to safeguard women's rights. Something I strongly endose! Originally published by Newsday American Muslim women assert rights in Islamic marriage contracts By NAHAL TOOSI Associated
. Because of their numbers, they have had a major impact on American politics, especially on issues such as abortion rights and same sex marriage. As scholarship on the so-called “culture wars” has shown, evangelicals have been a particularly potent force when combined with other religious ...
but for checking off “inclusiveness” blocks. New Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was not chosen because he loves to ride on trains, but because he is an openly gay man in a gay marriage. There is another official chosen because they are transgendered. I was going to point...
– a "core Jewish" population – people of Jewish background and descent who adhere to no religion other than Judaism – and two other variants (i.e. people who are of Jewish descent but now adhere to another religion, and people who are related by marriage to persons of Jewish descent)...
Until tomorrow, Peace, Padre Steve+ In light of the many historical myths and conspiracy theories being floated by pseudo “historians” like the infamous David Barton it is always appropriate to look at examples of the power of those myths in the lives of nations and their influence on citize...
Sear, R., Allal, N. & Mace, R. Height, marriage and reproductive success in Gambian women.Res. Econ. Anthropol.23, 203–224 (2004). ArticleGoogle Scholar Silventoinen, K., Lahelma, E. & Rahkonen, O. Social background, adult body-height and health.Int. J. Epidemiol.28, 911–918...
there would be 20 times as many white woman-black man unions and about 50 times as many white man-black woman unions. Whites are more likely to marry Hispanics than blacks. If marriages were random by race, there would be only five times as many white-Hispanic marriage as there are now...
They are married in the Jewish faith/law but never get legally married by the state through a marriage license. So the wife applies for all the city and state benefits for single mothers, etc. The money can really add up ’cause they always have 4-5 kids. They also get a tax break...
That ad involved a giant X-ray screen erected in Santa Monica, California, on Valentine's Day that rendered couples and friends as kissing, dancing and hugging skeletons. Timed to air months before the Supreme Court's historic ruling on gay marriage, the message was that love is a universal...
He is black — or at least half black: “Son of an interracial marriage, Jesse is, as he puts it, ‘a kid from the projects who went to Yale and married a doctor. I’m a person who fits in everywhere and nowhere.’” He replaces Erin Texeira. [Joe Strupp, AP Appoints New Natio...