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- 221: Homosexual Marriage
- ... and legal recognition as heterosexual unions (Kaplan 16). Factually, recent polls state that two-thirds of American adults oppose same-sex unions in which the homosexuals are given rights such as tax breaks, Social Security, divorce rights, hospital visits, custody, or inheritance. In a different poll taken, American adults were asked if homosexual marriage should be legal; sixty-four percent stated no, while only twenty-nice percent said yes. The same ... had engaged in homosexual activities beginning in 1979, continuing through his marriage, and he and his homosexual lover- also HIV positive- intended to inform the children about his new lifestyle. Mrs. North then filed for divorce and asked that visitation be limited to protect the children from the possibility of contracting HIV. She believed that because he had repeatedly lied to her, he could not be trusted to adequately guard the ...
- 222: The Life and Times of Ronald Reagan
- ... 1941, her name was Maureen Elizabeth. After Maureen they tried to have more children but were unable, so they adopted a boy, Michael Edward. Wyman announced in February of 1948, that she was suing for divorce. They reconciled briefly in April, but Wyman filed a complaint in May charging "extreme mental cruelty," then the catchall provision used for most California divorces. Wyman said the Screen Actors Guild took up much of her husband's time and she didn't share his interest. The divorce greatly disturbed Reagan and ushered in a period of professional and personal searching. Disappointed with the caliber of roles Hollywood was offering him, Reagan looked outside of show business for opportunities. Reagan remarried on March ...
- 223: Jeffrey Dahmer
- ... deeply affected her life. Lionel, a chemist who went on to get his Ph.D., stayed at work more often than he should to avoid Turmoil on the home front. Eventually, the marriage dissolved in divorce when Jeff was eighteen. However, none of this commonplace domestic discord accounts for serial murder, necrophilia, etc. Jeff Dahmer was born in Milwaukee on May 21, 1960, to Lionel and Joyce Dahmer. He was a ... the members of the National Honour Society. The yearbook staff caught the prank in time and blacked out Jeff's picture. As Jeff became more passive, the passions between Lionel and Joyce increased, culminating in divorce when Jeff was almost eighteen. A custody battle began over David. Some months later, Lionel remarried. Whatever Lionel missed about Jeff's alcoholism, his new wife Shari did not. Lionel and Shari convinced him to ...
- 224: In Shape
- ... and her coworkers. Kathy is a casemanager at a residential facility for adults that are diagnosed as being mentally ill. Kathy states that she first p. 10 began questioning her sexual identity right after her divorce. Her husband had been caring, and kind and their sex life was O.K. Still, Kathy says, her life felt like it was missing something. This caused arguments in their relationship and finally ended in their divorce. Kathy continued to date men but occasionally found herself attracted to a woman. She brushed this off as just wanting female friendship. Finally when she was thirty- seven she met a woman. To make a ...
- 225: Domestic Violence
- ... Imagine this if you would as a parent or as a child. Late in the evening you are awakened by your mother returning home from the motel in which your father is staying as a divorce grows near. You are young and do not know about what or why grown ups do things. You haven't the slightest idea of what domestic violence is. Seeing your mother crying you ask her ... fewest of the three classes domestic violence situations. Why? Some would say the nonstress comfort level is present due to having the good life, some would say because they are afraid of losing wealth by divorce due to violence, but maybe inside the parents have high morals, some higher then their parents and therefore don't want to tamper their child's morals by exposing them to violence. The middle class ...
- 226: Ancient Egyptians and the Norsemen: Creating the Past
- ... the son stepped into the head position. Due to a loose culture the women had almost as many rights as men. Women could own land, buy and sell goods, make a will, and obtain a divorce. In Egypt like in most other places only a small percentage of boys and girls attended school, and they were from upper class families. Most boys took on their fathers trade while the girls were ... that all Vikings understood. Marriages were mostly arranged by parents, and the husband ruled the family. Although women had many rights such as owning land, sharing in the wealth her husband gained, and obtaining a divorce whenever she wished. The Vikings lived in small communities or villages with a king or chief ruling each one. Each Viking community also had a council called a Thing or Folkmoot, and this council made ...
- 227: The Ballad Of The Sad Cafe
- ... and refuses to engage in marital relations with him. After ten days, Miss Amelia ends the marriage because she finds that she is unable to generate any positive feelings for Marvin. Several months after the divorce, Marvin reverts back to his initial corrupt ways and is "sent to a state penitentiary for robbing filling stations and holding up A & P stores". Just as love had changed Marvin, so too did it change Miss Amelia. In the mid 1930's, several years after Miss Amelia's divorce, Lymon, a hunchback, comes to Miss Amelia claiming to be a distant cousin. She readily provides Cousin Lymon with food and board, and eventually any material object that he desires. The people of the town ...
- 228: Episcopalianism / Anglicanism
- ... Henry VIII, took the throne. He was concerned with winning England a position of equality among the nations of Europe. The occasion of the break between England and Rome came when Henry VIII wished to divorce his wife, Catherine of Aragon. Pope Clement VII would not grant it: Catherine was the aunt of the master of Italy, and Clement would lose his political ambitions and his liberty (Wakeman, 205-206). The ... suspicious of fanatics, and a suspicion of absolute power in the hands of Bishops. Present day Episcopalians have become more liberal than Catholics, more relaxed even than most other Protestant sects on issues such as divorce, women priests, birth control and independence of the local parish (Konolige, 32). Episcopalian spirituality distinguishes itself from the rigors of Calvinism and certain models of Roman Catholic spirituality. Consider the Book of Common Prayer and ...
- 229: One Messy Situation (book Thei
- ... did not know what to do or say. Phoeby was kicked out of the house by her husband for the night. The next day Sam called a lawyer and got the legal papers for the divorce. He signed all of them and then gave them to Phoeby to sign. She was astonished that he would do such a thing, but she signed them. I still love you, you know that? said Phoeby to Sam. I don t care about you anymore you bitch. Just get out of my life was Sam s response. The divorce was official, and the two of them were separated. About that time the same day Janie was moving all of her things out of Teacake s house and back into hers. Please don t do ...
- 230: The Reformation
- ... right to choose Catholicism or Lutheranism (Comptons). While these religious happenings were occurring in Germany, England was also breaking away from their churches. There breaking was more political than religious. King Henry wanted to divorce from his wife, but the Pope wouldnt let him because it was against the religion. Furious by the Pops refusal, King Henry created the Church of England. This church was also known as the Anglican Church. The church acquired Protestant doctrines, which meant that the new church followed Protestant faiths. This church also granted him his divorce, so the king was very pleased by how it ended up. After King Henry completed the formation of the new Anglican Church, John Calvin came along to help the growing of the church and the ...
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