"Justice Sonia Sotomayor...asserted the [SCOTUS] majority was threatening marriage rights, particularly #same-sex marriage as established in the 2015 case of Obergefell v. Hodges. ...
"The Dobbs majority had asserted that its elimination of #abortion rights 'does not undermine … in any way' other entrenched rights, such as those involving #contraception or #marriage, Sotomayor wrote. Despite that assurance, 'the Court fails at the first pass.'”
"For years now, a number of #conservative commentators and #extremist lawmakers have been grumbling that getting #divorced these days is too damn easy and something needs to be done about it to save the sanctity of #marriage and uphold family #values. Which, when you translate it from #Republican-speak to plain English, means: we need to make it easier for men to treat #women like their #property."
On this date in 1999, I went to a party and met a charming and pretty journalist of Chinese extraction. Since that day we've never been apart for more than a few weeks. Raised two kids and lived at three addresses together. 25 years with my YuSie! <3
Emma, by Jane Austen.
You are but one and twenty, a gentleman’s daughter, but fixed on never marrying so that you may care for your hypochondriac father; this, however, does not dissuade you from the disastrous matchmaking you attempt for others, which goes wildly awry, embroiling yourself even, though you are always sensible to the distinction of rank.
4 of 5 library cats 🐈 🐈 🐈 🐈. @bookstodon#bookstodon#reading#books#marriage#class
@kenthompson@bookstodon
While a crowd favorite, from all of her books, this is the one I like the least. I find the idea of Emma toying with a young woman's future out of boredom and entitlement quite unappealing. I know, I know, it all ends well, but still, I can't get over that part.
A young #Palestinian couple on their #wedding day. Just a small ceremony in an improvised tent, no #family gatherings, no celebration, everyday jeans for the groom, no real wedding dress for the bride, three red roses as bridal bouquet. No honeymoon - just the fear of loosing each other every minute. [Picture by Khalil.]
The Greek Parliament passed a law that allows marriage and adoption by same-sex couples, a proposal by the conservative Government that faced strong resistance from the powerful Orthodox Church.
Love and Marriage in the Age of Jane Austen by Rory Muir
Rory Muir uncovers the excitements and disappointments of courtship and the pains and pleasures of marriage, drawing on fascinating first-hand accounts as well as novels of the period.
Dayswork, by Chris Bachelder and Jennifer Habel. You are a writer fascinated with Melvillians and the many biographers of the famous author and the ways their own lives, and marriages may all be echoing each other across the centuries. 4 of 5 library cats 🐈 🐈 🐈 🐳. @bookstodon#bookstodon#reading#melville#books#mobydick#marriage