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March 2014

March 26, 2014

Not So Fast! Michigan’s Governor Rick Snyder Won’t Recognize Same-Sex Marriages

The see-saw has tipped again in Michigan's volatile same-sex marriage brouhaha. Michigan's Republican Governor Rick...

March 23, 2014

Michigan Bishops Respond to Ruling on Marriage Amendment

Late in the day on Friday, March 21, U.S. District Judge Bernard Friedman overturned the...

March 13, 2014

French Woman Marries a Dead Guy

'Til death do us part? In these days of marriage equality, men can marry men;...

March 06, 2014

Love in the Ruins: Couple Ties the Knot in Abandoned Catholic Church

A shuttered Catholic Church has had one more chance to nurture young love, as a...

February 2014

February 12, 2014

Mocking Marriage: The Valentine’s Divorce Contest and the TV Marriage Extravaganza

Walter H. Bentley III, a Southfield, Michigan divorce attorney, is again this year conducting his...

February 11, 2014

‘Cause You Can’t Eat Flowers: Relationship Advice from Older Irish Couples

Just in time for Valentine's Day: Long-married Irish couples explain why they're still in love...

February 08, 2014

Together Again: Widower Who Sat by Wife’s Grave for 20 Years Has Now Died

Julita Abalsamo had been married 55 years when she died in 1993 of complications following...

January 2014

January 14, 2014

A Proposal With Pixie Dust

When you're in love, your heart takes flight.... It's almost as though you were touched...

January 11, 2014

Do Not Get Married in the Penguin Exhibit

I saw this photo trending over on Reddit: A happy couple beginning their life together...

December 2013

December 29, 2013

“Be Submissive?” Spanish Feminists Must Really Hate Today’s Second Scripture Reading

Get Married and Be Submissive. That’s the advice coming from a best-selling new book by...

September 2013

September 22, 2013

U.S. Department of Labor Hosts Same-Sex Wedding Under the Stars

The Frances Perkins Building, where the U.S. Department of Labor is headquartered, has a new...

August 2013

August 17, 2013

Prayer Before Sex? It’ll Never Catch On!

When I was a child, I once heard my mother talking with a friend about...

June 2013

June 26, 2013

DOMA Ruling: What It Does, What It Doesn’t Do

It ain’t over ‘til it’s over. But is the fight to protect the institution of...

April 2013

April 05, 2013

God Never Puts Two Spoons Together

They say that there are two kinds of people in the world: those who always...

March 2013

March 23, 2013

Reminder: Fast and Pray for Tuesday’s March For Marriage

I mentioned this a few weeks ago, but the day is upon us and it...

March 01, 2013

Hungry? Offer It Up for Marriage

The U.S. Bishops have an idea: With the Supreme Court about to hear an important...

February 2013

February 13, 2013

Pope, President Offer Point/Counterpoint on Marriage

In his inaugural address on Monday, January 21, Barack Obama called for Americans to embrace...

July 2012

July 22, 2012

Mocking Marriage, Seattle-Style

Ho-hum. The news reporters have been a-flurry because this week, Seattle resident Angela Vogel married...

May 2012

May 16, 2012

A Prayer Before Sex

When I was a child, I once heard my mother talking with a friend about...

January 2012

January 18, 2012

Why Marry? Texas Pastor's "Bed-In" Gets It Half Right

Why marry? The Catholic Church teaches that there are two purposes for marriage, and that...

December 2011

December 09, 2011

Sinéad O’Connor Invites Jesus to the Wedding?

On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother...

July 2011

July 25, 2011

Dear God: Thank You For My Smokin’ Hot Husband

Well, I just wanted to get in on the fun! My husband’s hot enough, but...

July 17, 2011

Convalidation: From “Marriage Lite” to Sacramental Graces

This morning my husband, Deacon Jerry Schiffer, convalidated the marriage of a young couple. It...

April 2011

April 10, 2011

SAVE YOUR MARRIAGE IN FOUR HOURS OR LESS! (Don’t Try This At Home)

I’m still pondering an article I read this morning in The Onion, that irreverent newsmagazine...

February 2011

February 25, 2011

OBAMA FLAUNTS PRESIDENTIAL AUTHORITY, AND OVERSTEPS LEGAL BOUNDS ON MARRIAGE ISSUE

Once again, President Obama has disregarded the strongly held beliefs and moral convictions of a...

February 13, 2011

AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE: World Marriage Day Celebrates Love That’s For Keeps

On February 14, Americans will remember their sweethearts with candy and roses and cards, collectively...

November 2010

November 30, 2010

GOD NEVER PUTS TWO SPOONS TOGETHER

They say that there are two kinds of people in the world: those who always...