Love, the strongest and deepest element in all life, the harbinger of hope, of joy, of ecstasy; love, the defier of all laws, of all conventions; love, the freest, the most powerful molder of human destiny; how can such an all-compelling force be synonymous with that poor little State and Church-begotten weed, marriage?

Free love? As if love ( Read more... )

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Gay Unions Shed Light on Gender in Marriage

A growing body of evidence shows that same-sex couples have a great deal to teach everyone else about marriage and relationships. Most studies show surprisingly few differences between committed gay couples and committed straight couples, but the differences that do emerge have shed light on the ( Read more... )

For my Sam

A Marriage
You are holding up a ceiling
with both arms. It is very heavy,
but you must hold it up, or else
it will fall down on you. Your arms
are tired, terribly tired,
and, as the day goes on, it feels
as if either your arms or the ceiling
will soon collapse.

But then,
unexpectedly,
something wonderful happens:
Someone,
a man or a woman ( Read more... )

I had an entry almost completely written, and it was good. Then I hit something badly with my numb hand, and my browser backed up a page. Now the entry is all gone. Yes, I should have saved some time while writing, but I was on a roll.

So you’ll have to settle for knowing that I spent the day recovering from yesterday but my body is still pissy at ( Read more... )

Ok-if heterosexual marriage is so sacred because it takes a man and a woman to procreate, those het couples had best be proving that’s why they’re married, right?

Or at least, that’s the logic behind a ballot measure proposed in Washington state.

Proponents of same-sex marriage have introduced a ballot measure that would require heterosexual ( Read more... )

The Longly-Weds Know
-Leah Furnas
From To Love One Another

That it isn’t about the Golden Anniversary at all,
But about all the unremarkable years
that Hallmark doesn’t even make a card for.

It’s about the 2nd anniversary when they were surprised
to find they cared for each other more than last year

And the 4th when both kids had chickenpox
and she ( Read more... )

"The Longly-Weds Know
From To Love One AnotherThat it isn't about the Golden Anniversary at all ( Read more... )

The Marriage-Bed
-Michael Simms
From The Happiness of Animals

for Eva

The marriage-bed is the center of happiness,
            a point from which all things ripple outward,
            a nest from which all things learn to fly.
It is the sign of return, part of the great rhythm
            of the seasons and of the years.
It ( Read more... )

"The Marriage-Bed"
From The Happiness of Animals for Eva ( Read more... )