Marriages Bill

The definitive history of the marriage equality debate in the United States, praised by Library Journal as "beautifully and accessibly written. . . . An essential work.” As a legal scholar who first argued in the early 1990s for a right to gay marriage, William N. Eskridge Jr. has been on the front lines of the debate over same‑sex marriage for decades. In this book, Eskridge and his coauthor, Christopher R. Riano, offer a panoramic and definitive history of America’s marriage equality debate. The authors explore the deeply religious, rabidly political, frequently administrative, and pervasively constitutional features of the debate and consider all angles of its dramatic history. While giving a full account of the legal and political issues, the authors never lose sight of the personal stories of the people involved, or of the central place the right to marry holds in a person’s ability to enjoy the dignity of full citizenship. This is not a triumphalist or one‑sided book but a thoughtful history of how the nation wrestled with an important question of moral and legal equality.

From Bill and Pam Farrel, bestselling authors of Men Are Like Waffles—Women Are Like Spaghetti and Red-Hot Monogamy, comes a new book especially for dating and engaged couples. Filled with their trademark wisdom, humor, and insight, The Before-You-Marry Book of Questions will help couples delight in their differences plan their financial future sort through family obstacles lay a strong foundation for a marriage that goes the distance give their marriage to God With “his and hers” quizzes and ideas for dates where couples can talk openly and freely about their relationship and future, The Before-You-Marry Book of Questions is a practical and essential guide for any couple building a life together.

A growing number of young people are so disillusioned with marriage that it is no longer even a desirable option for them. Preparing for Your Marriage prepares couples to enter into marriage with realistic expectations, developed roles, and with defined responsibilities and goals.

"Born again Christians are more likely to go through a marital split than non-Christians." "Atheists and agnostics are less likely to divorce than Christians." The Barna Report, Oct.-Dec. 1999 You have been obedient to what God had commanded. You are "equally yoked." You are a Christian, and you married a Christian. So what happened to" Happily ever after"? "For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places." Ephesians 6:12 There is an all-out assault on marriages in the Church, and believers are ignorant to the enemy's devices and fall victim to his scheme to steal, kill, and destroy. Spiritual Warfare in Marriage will explain how you can contend for you marriage...and WIN!

Your relationship with your partner really started when you were in 4th grade, since all the uncomfortable, emotional reactions in you today were formed unconsciously in childhood. You are married to these old reaction patterns, but your adult self is afraid to embrace them. So you blame your spouse, boss, friends, parents, kids, and everything else for your discontent. This is why relationships fail! I call it Half-Syndrome. You need to return to this inner kingdom of experiences, the other half of self. This is where the work on marriage is. Run, don't walk, into the fire of your old feelings. There is where all the answers to the test are. "Well-written and interesting...an oddly sweet and moving book that I can highly recommend." -Steven C. Hayes, Foundation Professor, Univ of Nevada, author of 38 books including A Liberated Mind: How to Pivot Toward What Matters "A uniquely insightful book explaining how our past can have a profound impact on our marriage...the lessons, scientific insights, and learnings will help take yourself and your marriage to greater heights." -Bento Leal, author of 4 Essential Keys to Effective Communication in Love, Life, Work-Anywhere! "An enlightening, uplifting and fresh look at the forces at play during marriage...if your marriage is in trouble, it's time to read this fascinating book." -Brian Nox, best-selling author of F*CK Him!: Nice Girls Always Finish Single and Red Flags: How to know he's playing games with you "Waking Up Marriage paints the way to understanding our old souls, and offers a clear path to honesty and redemption. I found myself understood at a deep level once I began to follow its practices." -Ron Seybold, author of the memoir Stealing Home: A Father, a Son, and the Road to the Perfect Game

In this humorous and touching novella, a couple makes it to their first anniversary and discovers that marriage is not all they expected it would be. With grace and insight, with honesty and charm, the couple comes to the realization they must take a close look at their union and what their marriage is truly about.

Surely gays have the same right to marry that heterosexuals do? Isn't banning gays from marriage just like banning interracial marriage? How does someone's gay marriage threaten your family? It doesn't matter for children as long as they have two loving parents; But lots of other cultures have different ways of forming families. Why can't we?..... We all have heard these questions and concerns offered as ''reasons'' for why same-sex marriage should be allowed in our society. Do they point us to the truth, or are there good answers in response? How do we respond? This book shows you that there are very compelling, caring and commonsense ways to answer every argument you might encounter in this debate. It will arm you with cogent and loving answers so that you can be an intelligent and compassionate advocate for marriage. This book is written for people who care about marriage and care about people. It is written in a conversational way to help you easily answer questions about this issue that are swirling all around us in the public debate. It is written in very plain language and is well-documented by the latest research. We will equip you to understand and explain how harmful same-sex marriage and parenting can be to people and our culture, and why natural marriage between one man and one woman is so important to the health of humanity.