Much of civilization is based on the principle that children are best socialized in a home by two biological parents in a committed relationship.
To qualify, the service member and his or her partner must sign a "declaration of domestic partnership" attesting to the exclusive and committed relationship.
Though I know far too many a person who could easily be defined as any of those things and have somehow managed to finagle their way into a long-term committed relationship.
Specifically, Leahy had proposed recognizing same-sex marriages in which one spouse is an American, and allowing U.S. citizens to sponsor foreign-born same-sex partners for green cards given proof of a committed relationship.
But this is something that -- obviously, as I said earlier, we have a very strong relationship and are committed to their defense.
Reaction from Poland and the Czech Republic was cautious, with leaders saying they were assured that the United States remained committed to a strong relationship and their security.
"We're in a loving, committed, happy relationship, " she said.
But in a long-term committed relationship, talking about intimacy is more difficult.
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Nowadays, we have - just behind a password typically handed to us on committed relationship silver platters - access to our better halves' entire social world.
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Mr Cameron has said he wants the UK to remain in the 27-member union playing a "committed and active" role but argued that the basis of its relationship must change.
You are going to have to find someone who is also committed to a lifestyle and relationship (and possibly even an eventual family) that is anything but traditional.
We've got a constructive economic relationship with China, and whenever possible, we are committed to working with them to addressing our concerns.
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They also agreed that the U.S. and Pakistan have worked hard to build an atmosphere of trust and cooperation, and committed to ongoing efforts to build a stronger, strategic, and more collaborative U.S.-Pakistan relationship.
"The object of California's establishment of the legal relationship of domestic partnership is to grant committed same-sex couples rights equivalent to those accorded a married couple. but Proposition 8, by depriving same-sex couples of the right to marry, denies them the dignity, respect, and stature accorded similarly situated opposite-sex couples under state law, " the court brief said.
You never know, if President Hollande and Chancellor Merkel are committed to making it work, the Franco-German relationship might actually do better with a less theatrical character running France.
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