Supreme Court weighs gay marriage; Justice Kennedy unexpectedly expresses doubt
Gay rights lawyers went to the Supreme Court hoping to find a majority of justices ready to support a historic ruling that would declare same-sex couples had an equal right to marry nationwide. Instead...
View ArticleJudges blast Indiana, Wisconsin gay marriage bans
CHICAGO (AP) — Federal appeals judges bristled Tuesday at arguments defending gay marriage bans in Indiana and Wisconsin, with one Republican appointee comparing them to now-defunct laws that once...
View ArticleSheryl Crow Says Three Failed Engagements Are Better Than Three Divorces
Talking with Good Housekeeping, there was no subject that was off limits for Sheryl. In a very honest interview, the singer spoke about her heartache, marriage, and on adopting her sons Wyatt and Levi....
View ArticleCarolyn Hax: Single woman has to learn to deflect that probing question
Dear Carolyn: I was at a wedding recently where family members kept coming up to me and asking me why I wasnt married and whether I had a boyfriend. Im a 34-year-old single woman and these relatives...
View ArticleSteel Advicer: It's OK to seek priest's guidance if haunted by psychic ramblings
DEAR MARY ANN: A dear friend whose home I often visit for family occasions has a sister-in-law who is involved in ghost hunting, the paranormal, etc. She has a very domineering personality to begin...
View ArticleI was injured on the job, now I want compensation
Dear Mrs Macaulay, I was a customer service representative working for a manufacturing company in Spanish Town. On July 24 last year, electricity went and the office doors had to be opened. The company...
View ArticleAsk Amy: New marriage is on the rocks
DEAR AMY: I have been married to my husband for less than a year. Sadly, I feel he has misrepresented himself and this marriage is not at all what I had envisioned or signed up for. We are both older,...
View ArticleThe Great Divide Facing Pope Francis that Only Catholics Understand
Who can take Holy Communion? If people were honest, almost nobody you know. ROME, Italy -- Forget such lofty aspirations as ridding the Church of child abusers or clamping down on financial corruption,...
View ArticleAsk Amy: Abusive man's girlfriend should be warned
Dear Amy: My conscience is bothering me. Two years ago, I divorced my husband of five years. It was a second marriage for both of us. We loved each other, but our marriage was deeply troubled. I...
View ArticleAsk Amy: I want to marry, have kids. He does not. (2/23)
Dear Amy: My boyfriend and I have been together since we were 16. We are now 22 and have graduated in our professional fields and are both working. We moved in together last June. The trouble is, I am...
View ArticleAdam Levine: Has He Apologized To His Ex-Girlfriends Yet?
According to Us Weekly, sources have said that Adam Levine planned to get over his guilty feelings of breaking up with his ex-girlfriends by apologizing to them before his marriage. Apparently the...
View ArticleAsk Amy: Husband wants wife's permission to have affair
Dear Amy: My wife and I have been married for almost 20 years, and we've been faithful to each other. I don't know if you get this question often, but here goes: Can my wife give me permission to have...
View ArticleDangerous man's girlfriend should be warned
DEAR AMY: My conscience is bothering me. Two years ago, I divorced my husband of five years. It was a second marriage for both of us. We loved each other, but our marriage was deeply troubled. I...
View ArticleCrowds line up to hear federal gay marriage appeal
CHICAGO (AP) — The legal skirmish over same-sex marriage shifted Tuesday to a federal appeals court in Chicago, where nearly 200 people lined up hoping to hear arguments in a case challenging gay...
View ArticleIs this marriage legal?
Dear Mrs Macaulay, I was married in Jamaica in 2004 and was just informed that there is a 24-hour residency requirement. We came there as cruise ship passengers and weren't even there four hours before...
View ArticleDear Future Husband (for My Second Marriage)
In the lyrics of her hit but controversial song, "Dear Future Husband," Meghan Trainor demands from her future spouse: dates, flowers on their anniversary, being treated like a lady, being told she's...
View ArticleThe Supreme Court Has Just Stolen Our Golden Anniversary
It's been a ghastly week for heterosexual married couples. My wife (one woman) and I (one man) have just completed forty-nine years of marriage. Until Tuesday, when the Supreme Court overturned the...
View Article3 ways the Vatican could allow divorced Catholics back to Communion
While the first months of Pope Francis’ pontificate have been marked by his attention to the poor and his "Who am I to judge" attitude on homosexuality, his pledge to tackle the ban on Communion for...
View ArticleCommunion For Divorced Catholics Is Up For Discussion; Here Are Three...
(RNS) While the first months of Pope Francis’ pontificate have been marked by his attention to the poor and his “Who am I to judge” attitude on homosexuality, his pledge to tackle the ban on Communion...
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Dear Carolyn Adapted from a recent online discussion. Hello, Carolyn: My boyfriend and I have talked about marriage. I expressed that my dream for an engagement is something big and public. I don’t...
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