In a quite extended metaphor, it reminds me of gay marriage opponents arguing that just because more people get to be married, it somehow invalidates their own commitments.
"We chose not to put lots of shares in trust for our children because we wanted them to finish high school, go to college, get married and be goal-oriented, " says Knight, whose company ranks 70 on our 200 Best list.
There's no residency requirement anymore in Massachusetts, and there's none in Connecticut, where same-sex couples will be able to get married starting Wednesday.
"At a certain point, I've just concluded that for me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same-sex couples should be able to get married, " Mr Obama told ABC.
"At a certain point, I've just concluded that for me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same-sex couples should be able to get married, " Obama told ABC News.
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If you still have doubts at the altar, find a better reason to get married than that it would be embarrassing to break it off.
Those girls in the front row weren't even old enough to be the next ones to get married.
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But people who get married after having children could actually be the traditionalists.
"If I get married and have children, I will be a status quoist and will be concerned about bequeathing my position to my children, " he reportedly said.
Let's be clear: They didn't get married in college, but the hard work of balancing two careers in flux can work out.
Washington politicians who want to decide who can get married, and control choices that women should be making about their own health care. (Applause.) That's what's going to fill the vacuum.
Girls, he says, run away because their parents cannot afford dowries to get them married, and they don't want to be a burden to their families anymore.
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The government's initial consultation document said it would not be possible for a same-sex couple to get married in church and other religious premises.
"Girls were not encouraged to participate in sport because there were all these different type of myths: you're not going to be fertile, you're not going to get married one day, you're not going to have the so-called happy ending that would make any mother proud, " Shapinga says.
They decided to get married on their 20th anniversary in Boston, where the union would be recognized and where they could throw a proper shindig that would be worth the trip for guests.
Around that time, his wife-to-be Sandy, a Japanese-American friend of the family who grew up in a neighboring town, told him she wouldn't move down from San Francisco to be with him unless they got married, and he wouldn't get married unless he had a job.
So whatever the military can do to make it easier to be married in the military will also improve retention and allow the military to get a better return on the investment of training they put into each recruit.
That may be why many couples never sit down and have the essential money conversation before they get married.
While there are be both penalties and bonuses for married couples in the tax code, couples are more likely to get bonuses.
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