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Morocco reconsiders rape-marriage law after teenage girl's suicide
Catholic Online
In Morocco, a rapist can marry his victim in order to preserve the honor of the woman's family. Under Moroccan law, rape is punishable by five to 10 years in prison, rising to between 10 and 20 years if the victim is a minor.
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Outrage over marriage law that exonerates rapists
Sydney Morning Herald
Women's rights activists in Morocco demand the repeal of a law allowing rapists to marry their victims. KHEMIS SAHEL, Morocco: Hundreds of activists have rallied outside Morocco's parliament in the capital, Rabat, demanding the removal of an article in ...
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Sydney Morning Herald
Op-ed: Blacks will tip gay marriage amendment
Fayetteville Observer
The marriage amendment, banning same-sex marriage, will be on the ballot for North Carolina voters in the May primary. Some observers believe it will be the test to see whether the Bible is still alive in the Bible Belt.
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House to vote on repealing NH's gay marriage law
Boston.com
CONCORD, NH—The House is voting this week whether to repeal New Hampshire's gay marriage law and replace it with the civil unions law the state had in effect in 2008 and 2009. State Rep. David Bates, a Windham Republican, says his proposal would ...
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Morocco suicide victim of family and society
Boston.com
March 17, 2012|Paul Schemm, AP Escape for 16-year-old Amina Filali from her abusive marriage came in the form of a pill of rat poison she bought in the market for 60 cents. Pressured by a conservative rural Moroccan society, a judge and her own mother ...
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I don't want to marry my fiancee
Seattle Post Intelligencer
By CAROLYN HAX, SYNDICATED COLUMNIST In two months I'm due to be married. I've been with my fiancee for five years. I do love her. She is a wonderful person and she's sacrificed so much for me. She moved when I asked her to, far away from family, ...
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The Real War on Women: Morocco Edition
FrontPage Magazine
Whom did the judge force her to marry? Her rapist. "The prosecutor advised my daughter to marry, he said 'go and make the marriage contract,'" said Lahcen Filali, the girl's father. Thus, once again the wonders of Sharia-based jurisprudence are ...
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Marriage education no sure solution
Washington Times
By Cheryl Wetzstein Marriage education improves relationships and lowers levels of marital distress, but doesn't deter divorce, at least in the short-term, says a new federally funded study. The findings offer new evidence that teaching relationship ...
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Washington Times
GCB Review: Marriage All Stars
TV Fanatic
As we learned last week, Cricket and Blake had a marriage of convenience. She knew fully well what she was getting into when she married him, and they made accommodations to suit their lifestyle. All of the workouts Cricket does?
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Blogs5 new results for marriage
 
Stumbling and Mumbling: Gay marriage: an economist's perspective
By chris dillow
The "debate" about gay marriage is a dialogue of the deaf. Perhaps economics can help. The solution is to trade. Right now, gays don't have a right to marry. But they could, in theory, buy it. They could pay religious...
Stumbling and Mumbling
7 Ways to Divorce-Proof Your Marriage (Statistically Speaking ...
By Kathy Benjamin
7 Ways to Divorce-Proof Your Marriage (Statistically Speaking) Here are some things science says will make you less likely to get divorced.
mental_floss
Gov. Bev Perdue defends women, attacks marriage amendment ...
By jmorrill@charlotteobserver.com (Jim Morrill)
Outgoing Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue sounded like a candidate Saturday night as she spoke to an audience of more than 300 Mecklenburg County Democrats that included three men running to succeed her. Perdue spoke at a dinner that ...
The Charlotte Observer -- News...
Opponents Of Same-Sex Marriage Go To Church For Referendum ...
By Kelly
The battle over the state's same-sex marriage law wages on. Sunday, the debate was front and center in many churches.
CBS Baltimore
Is a "Marriage of Convenience" So Bad? | Psychology Today
By Pamela Haag, Ph.D.
What's wrong with a "marriage of convenience?" By Pamela Haag, Ph.D....
Psychology Today Blogs


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