Essays on Marriage License

For years obtaining a marriage license was a requirement in order to say that your marriage was legal. In some states, there is a particular time frame in order to get your license before you marry or else you will have to delay the nuptials. However, each state has different requirements for couples wishing to be granted a marriage license. Marriage licenses are also used to prevent what the court considers to be inappropriate marriages. But after the U.S. Supreme Court made the decision to allow gay marriages to become legalized, some do not see the purpose of a ...

Question 1

Marriage institution has existed for many years and plays a pivotal in the society. However, it is one of the most sophisticated institutions as it faces many challenges, which tarnish its reputation. Divorce has remained the main challenge facing the marriage institution in the last few years, thus evoking a concern from various quotas. Marriage counselors and policy makers have proposed the introduction of premarital education before the state issues a marriage license (Schacht, Caroline &David Knox, 176). However, to what extent should premarital education exist prior to the issuance of marriage license, remains the question under discussion. Professionals offering premarital ...

Many people have the desire of getting married and establishing their own families. This implies that people value the marriage institution because it is within the facet of this institution that families exist. Married couples have the responsibility of raising their children accordingly and, by observing societal values, moral and traditions. However, marriage institution faces numerous challenges such as domestic violence, divorce, and physical abuse, which prevent couples from enjoy their marriage life and raising their children effectively. In the last few years, divorce cases among married couples has increased steadily thus raising a concern to the public, government quotas, ...

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The practice of the gay marriage has been in existence for many decades. Recently there have been increases in the level of the gay marriage as the result of change in demographic structure. Many same sex couples have lobbied for legalization of the gay marriage. Some states have amended their constitutions in order to accommodate the grievance of the same-sex couples while other states have prohibited the same-sex marriage. Gay marriages have its pro and cons. The pros of gay marriage outweigh the cons hence constitution should be amended to legalize gay marriage

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Over the past decades there has ...

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Modernization seemed to have taken its toll on some people, especially the ones who are particularly against the notion of allowing same-sex relationship and marriage in the society. Based solely on statistical estimation, Barry (9) was able to quantify the percentage of homosexual people on the planet. According to his work, the percentage of homosexual individuals roaming on the planet could be as low as 1% and as high as 20% of the total world population. This means that there should be, at the most, 1 homosexual out of 5 individuals, using the world population as the context in ...