Questions tagged [marriage]
the legally or formally recognized union of a man and a woman (or, in some jurisdictions, two people of the same sex) as partners in a relationship.
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Does marrying young lead to a higher probability of divorce?
As this article by the London School of Economics states, there is a "popular belief that marrying young leads to divorce." In support of this claim, the same article notes that:
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Are children born out of wedlock more likely to become "predators"?
According to Joe Biden (at about 1:11:00 in the Cspan video; see also the transcript; 18 November 1993, emphasis added):
We must take back the streets. It doesn't matter whether or not the person ...
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Are 1/20 undocumented immigrants married to American citizens?
The Washington Post reported,
An estimated 500,000 immigrants, most from Mexico, married to U.S. citizens will be eligible to apply for permanent residency through their spouses. Federal law requires ...
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Did almost 300k children get married in 2000–2018 in the USA?
The article Child Marriage in the United States: Prevalence and Implications from the Journal of Adolescent Health makes the following shocking claim right at the top:
We found that some 297,033 ...
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Did East Germany (or other countries) require a physical exam in order to obtain a marriage license?
In Hedwig and the Angry Inch, the titular character
Is there a historical basis for mandatory premarital exams?
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Was it ever common in the USA for women to use their husbands' Social Security Numbers as their own?
The December 2015 Uniform Assessment Instrument of Virginia's Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services (an instruction manual for administration of certain public social services) contains the ...
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Is a married woman in Michigan required to have her husband's permission to cut her hair?
Many sources indicate that there is a law on the books in Michigan requiring a married woman to get her husband's permission before cutting her own hair.
According to the Huffington Post article The ...
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Can John Gottman predict which couples will divorce with extremely high accuracy?
John Gottman (a prominent psychological researcher who has done extensive work on divorce prediction) has some very strong claims about his ability to predict divorce. The claim that led me to start ...
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Is this Swedish government pamphlet a guide for men who have married underage girls?
From this tweet, by a tweeter who claims to be located in Sweden:
No Joke: Sweden’s board of health and welfare and the migration authority just released this pamphlet called “information to the ...
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Are 93% of meat worker marriages in shambles?
In the Youtube video "The Journey of a Beef Cow" (with 1.1M views as of January 2018), Sam O'Nella Academy makes the claim
The FDA estimates that 93% of meat worker marriages are in shambles
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"Chance for a Spinster": Is this a real newspaper advertisement from 1865?
I recently encountered this tweet, claiming that an ad was placed by a man "Looking for a wife in 1865." (Click image to enlarge.)
CHANCE FOR A SPINSTER. -- A young man in Aroostook County, ...
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Is Ellen DeGeneres legally married because of Obama?
From 'I am a legally married woman because of him': Ellen DeGeneres farewells Obama
"I want to personally thank him for changing my life," DeGeneres said.
"I am a legally married woman because of ...
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Are forced marriages allowed in Iran?
The Gatestone Institute says in its piece Islam's "Human Rights":
fundamentalists allow forced marriages of female children in countries
including Saudi Arabia ... and Iran.
It links to the ...
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Did Kim Davis just want her name removed from the marriage licenses?
A commenter at Hot Air writes about Kim Davis, the county clerk from Kentucky who was jailed for refusing the issue same-sex marriage certificates.
Nope she is quite willing to issue marriage ...
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Do married cancer patients have lower death rates than single cancer patients?
This article posted on a Russian news portal claims that American scientists have found a beneficial effect of marriage at treating cancer:
Как сообщает Lifenews со ссылкой на The Washington Post, ...
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