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Arrests at LA church allege marriage, immigration fraud

By BRIAN MELLEY | January 29, 2020

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal agents raided a Philippines-based church in Los Angeles Wednesday in a human trafficking investigation that led to arrests of three church leaders in what prosecutors said was a decades-long scheme to trick followers into...

Texas attorney general evades gay marriage case for beliefs

January 29, 2020

HOUSTON (AP) — The Texas attorney general is not defending a state agency being sued for punishing a judge who refuses to marry same-sex couples because the state’s actions conflict with his views of the Constitution.Attorney General Ken Paxton's...

Man raises the bar and bridge with his marriage proposal

January 29, 2020

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — A pair of civil engineers took their relationship to new heights atop a New Hampshire bridge.Dan Del Tufo arranged to have the Memorial Bridge in Portsmouth lifted to its maximum height, and that's where he surprised Julia Kallmerten...

Gay marriage OK’d in DeKalb

By Kelley Byrne | March 16, 2014

DeKalb County issued its first marriage license for a same-sex couple on Thursday.For Darla Cook, 57, and Jaelyn Paulsen, 50, March 17 holds a special meaning as it is the anniversary of their 2010 civil union and will now be the anniversary of their...

Bottom line: Find the love of your life

By Leah Spagnoli | March 4, 2012

I’ve always been told to marry my one and only. I’m not by any means old enough to be married, but how will I find the person that makes me happiest? To be honest, I feel like both men and women are constantly on the lookout for someone they might...

Marriage is threatening my civil union: A feminist satire

By Linze Griebenow | February 6, 2012

Marriage is threatening the sanctity of my opposite-sex civil union.When my partner and I became engaged, little did we know the legal and ethical oppositions we would face as an opposite-sex couple.Not wanting to participate in a historically oppressive...

Rushed relationships usually don’t work out

By Alyssa Pracz | November 8, 2011

You see it every day: Boy meets girl. They start to like each other and date, and eventually they get married, living happily ever after. Notice the emphasis on the word eventually; as in don't propose to someone after a few months of dating. I'm sure...

The Rant: Give Cutler and Cavallari a reality TV show

By Jimmy Johnson | April 27, 2011

Jay Cutler is finally settling down off the field. Known for throwing the occasional check-down of his phone number to the ladies, the diabetic quarterback is reportedly engaged to reality star and girlfriend, Kristin Cavallari. Cutler dropped the big...

Getting married only makes sense if it is out of love

Getting married only makes sense if it is out of love

By Kathryn Minniti | January 19, 2011

Marriage is a long and fulfilling search to find the one person out of the 7 billion in the world that you love. To get married is the ultimate celebration of love and is a way of telling your significant other that your love is real. I understand that...

Getting married makes no sense

Getting married makes no sense

By Jessica Jenks | January 19, 2011

A woman once proclaimed, "If you like it, then you should have put a ring on it. Oh, oh, oh." She said this because marriage is obviously the human equivalent of the "Unbreakable Vow" in Harry Potter. Oh wait, except it is not. The divorce rate in the...