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""Of course, Kennedy reinforced this ignorant thinking with his perverse decision on marriage. Because such folly is almost standard today among the left, it wouldn’t be surprising to read a ruling from a federal judge that declares a man has a “right” to live his life as a woman, because “At the heart of liberty is the right to define one’s own concept of existence…”

Marriage Laws » United States » Polygamy » Definition and Guidelines Islamic Law 1. Polygamy means a system of marriage whereby one person has more than one spouse. Polygamy can be of two types: Polygyny where a man marries more than one woman; and Polyandry, where a woman marries more than one man. In Islam, limited polygyny is permitted; whereas polyandry is completely prohibited.2. The Qur?an is the only religious scripture in the world that says, "marry only one". The Qur?an is the only religious book, on the face of this earth, that contains the phrase ?marry only one?. There...

A WEST AUSTRALIAN couple who are brother and sister by adoption but unrelated by blood are battling a federal law preventing them from marrying. Kevin and Deborah Jefferies have been in love for at least 10 years and wish to get married, but under the Federal Marriage Act 1961 ? which prevents brothers and sisters from marrying ? their relationship is taboo. The couple became siblings on paper when their parents married and Kevin's father adopted Deborah and her sisters. "There's so many people who can get divorced so easily ? we can't even get married to start with," Kevin...

International Space Station (news - web sites) cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko is going forward with plans to get married while in orbit, ignoring officials' advice to wait until his return to Earth, a Russian space official said Tuesday. Malenchenko had promised officials to put off his marriage until his scheduled return in October but then changed his mind and said he would proceed with the Aug. 10 wedding — which is to take place on Earth while he is in orbit — said Russian Aerospace Agency spokesman Sergei Gorbunov. Gorbunov said the agency's chief, Yuri Koptev, had received an invitation to...

--> Hormones vs. Culture By Michael Lamb, Ph.D. The view that fathers are reluctant caregivers may be a thing of the past. New findings show that hormonal changes of parenting are not limited to mothers. The reason we haven’t discovered the hormonal changes in human fathers before now lies in a combination of scientific progress and cultural change. Early studies on rats found that males could learn to become involved fathers after prolonged exposure to their pups but did not experience any hormonal changes. The fact that these reluctant dads could learn to nurture led to the so-called bonding hypothesis....

Women and Islam   Muhammad was not a complete misogynist. To him woman was not "an organ of the Devil" (St. Bernard) but a fortress against Satan in that a good wife lessens the danger of extra-marital fornication. "The best treasure a man can hoard is a virtuous wife who pleases him when he looks to her, and who guards herself when he is absent". "The best of the commodities of the world is a virtuous wife". However the man is head of his family and after consulting with his family has final say in decisions concerning it. To the...

AMERICAN BY BIRTHMUSLIM BY CHOICE Two female converts explain why they feel liberated by Islam By Katherine Millett. Katherine Millett is an Elmhurst lawyer and free-lance writer who wrote about identity theft in the Aug. 19 MagazinePublished December 2, 2001 In the aftermath of Sept. 11, struggling to understand mysteries of Muslim culture that had suddenly become frightening and dark, I picked up the phone and called Seema Imam, an American woman who had converted to Islam. She had made a strong impression on me two years earlier, when I listened to her tell a civil rights conference about the...

SAUDI ARABIA MARRIAGE TO SAUDIS DISCLAIMER: THE INFORMATION IN THIS CIRCULAR RELATING TO THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS OF SPECIFIC FOREIGN COUNTRIES IS PROVIDED FOR GENERAL INFORMATION ONLY. QUESTIONS INVOLVING INTERPRETATION OF SPECIFIC FOREIGN LAWS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO FOREIGN COUNSEL. The following information has been prepared by our Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to assist American citizen women in understanding more fully the cultural and legal differences they may face if they are considering marrying a Saudi man. Our Foreign Service posts in Saudi Arabia estimate that approximately 500 American women reside in the Kingdom with their Saudi husbands. Our...

How Females Choose Their Mates Females often prefer to mate with the most flamboyant males. Their choice may be based on a complex interaction between instinct and imitation by Lee Alan Dugatkin and Jean-Guy J. Godin Picture a man who has a way with the ladies, and a character not unlike James Bond may spring to mind. He's clever, classy, fearless and flashy-characteristics that are almost universally appealing to the opposite sex. Throw in the powerful sports car, and you have a nearly irresistible combination. That females often flock to the most ostentatious males is not a phenomenon unique...