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Don't send a man to the grocery store!
Jeanne Robertson
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Child Bride Who Was Married to 41-Year-Old Malaysian Man Returned to Thailand for Safety
A Thai “child bride” who was married to a 41-year-old Malaysian man back in June has been sent back to Thailand and is now under the care of local social service agency in Narathiwat. Kelantan State Government reportedly handed the 11-year-old girl to Thai authorities on Wednesday, a social activist source told The Star. The order for the girl to go back to Thailand was reportedly so sudden that the girl did not have time to pack. 'The ministry is supposed to protect the girl and rehabilitate her,' the unnamed source was quoted as saying. “It's right for the Thai
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Men take care of their spouses just as well as women (new research suggests)
Men respond to their spouse’s illness just as much as women do and as a result are better caregivers in later life than previous research suggests, according to a new Oxford University collaboration. The study, published in Journals of Gerontology, Series B, is good news for our increasingly stretched adult care services, which have become more reliant on patients’ family and spouses for support. Conducted with peers from the University of Pennsylvania...
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Costa Rica court: End gay marriage ban
Costa Rica's Supreme Court has ruled that the country's same-sex marriage ban is unconstitutional and discriminatory. The court ruling gives the country's legislators a time limit of 18 months to change the current law. The president welcomed the ruling, saying he wants to guarantee "no person will face discrimination for their sexual orientation". However many lawmakers are evangelicals who strongly oppose gay marriage.
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Til Death
Try it, it will make you laugh!
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Pope marries flight attendant couple mid-flight
Pope Francis has married a couple of flight attendants on board a flight from Santiago Chile to the northern city of Iquique. Carlos Ciuffardi and Paola Podest had planned to wed on February 27, 2010, but a massive earthquake struck and their church collapsed on their intended wedding day. They eventually had a civil service, but had yet to be formally married in the eyes of the Catholic Church.
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Courting trouble: Roy Moore allegations shed light on fundamentalist Christian practice of marrying off young girls
Many people find Moore’s alleged sexual assaults disturbing, but the romantic pursuit of teens appears to be an accepted practice in some parts of the fundamentalist Christian community. By Matt Kwong.
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Deadly Valentine
Charlotte Gainsbourg
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The Queen and Prince Philip: new portrait for 70th wedding anniversary
A new official portrait of the Queen and Prince Philip has been released in honour of their platinum wedding anniversary, which marks 70 years of marriage. The three photos, taken by Matt Holyoak earlier this month, shows the royal couple in the White Drawing Room at Windsor Castle. The Queen is seated, smiling, alongside the standing Duke of Edinburgh in one shot, while another shows the pair in a more sombre attitude, standing side by side. In the third, more intimate photograph, the two are looking at one another as though sharing a joke.
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Texas church stops weddings until it can do same-sex ceremonies
Texas and the church aren’t often known for their progressive nature, but one church in Austin has decided to take a significant stand on LGBT rights. The First United Methodist Church on 1201 Lavaca has this month announced that it will no longer hold any weddings until it is permitted to hold same-sex ceremonies, MyStatesman reports.
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Why does divorce run in families? The answer may be genetics
Children of divorced parents are more likely to get divorced when compared to those who grew up in two-parent families — and genetic factors are the primary explanation, according to a new study by researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University and Lund University in Sweden.
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Why Happy People Cheat
A good marriage is no guarantee against infidelity.
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12-Year-Old Girls Will No Longer Be Able To Get Married In Virginia
Between 2004 and 2013, around 4,500 children under the age of 18 got married in the state of Virginia. Of these girls, more than 200 of them were aged 15 or under. Last week, the authorities in the state introduced new legislation that updated rules that had until then made it legal for girls aged 12 or 13 to get married if they had parental consent and were pregnant.
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Over 45,000 vendors in Rajasthan refuse to rent out wedding supplies to protest child marriages
The Rajasthan Tent Dealers Kiraya Vyavsai Samiti, will verify and scrutinise the birth documents of the bride and groom each time they're approached for wedding supplies.
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Why three isn't a crowd: Meet the trio who 'married' each other
Three men from Colombia speak to BBC World Service about life as a polyamorous throuple, after having their romantic union officially recognised.
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Watch: Marriage Equality Act approved with Edwin Vassallo voting against
Parliament this evening approved the introduction of gay marriage through the new Marriage Equality Act with Nationalist MP Edwin Vassallo voting against. Malta became the 15th EU state to introduce same-sex marriage, just six years after the introduction of divorce.
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I Will Possess Your Heart
Death Cab for Cutie
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Growing acceptance of interracial marriage in US
In 2017, 39 percent of Americans said interracial marriage was a good thing for society, up from 24 percent in 2010.
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China’s Mistress-Dispellers
How the economic boom and deep gender inequality have created a new industry. By Jiayang Fan.
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Couples divorcing after a short marriage 'may no longer have their assets split equally'
Couples who divorce after only a brief marriage can no longer expect to have their assets split equally by default following an appeal court ruling. Energy trader Julie Sharp, 44, successfully challenged a ruling that her former husband was entitled to half of the fortune she built up during their four year marriage.
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