Think of fiction's best drawn, most entertaining characters - Chaucer's Pardoner, Shakespeare's Iago, every third man and woman in Jane Austen, every other man and woman in Dickens - and the H-word is there, satisfyingly to be unmasked.
Senator MCCAIN: A union between man and woman, between one man and one woman.
Civil-rights groups have also complained about amendments that define "family" as a married man and woman and their children, outlaw some kinds of political advertising, and allow the government to prohibit homeless people from living on city streets.
Lord Singh, head of the Network of Sikh Organisations, said that while "Sikhism teaches total respect for other ways of life", marriage means the union between a man and woman and they believe that civil partnerships give gays and lesbian all the rights they need.
It states that marriage is only possible between a man and woman and warns that a change in law will "severely restrict" Catholics' ability to "teach the truth about marriage in schools and other arenas if they are also expected to uphold the opposite view at the same time".
No, I would say very firmly because marriage is a relationship between man and woman and I don't think it actually helps to confuse terms, I also believe very strongly in the importance of friendship and people can have a deep friendship and call it friendship but we don't have to muddy the waters in terms of calling, calling it marriage.
And so to all other peoples and governments who are watching today, from the grandest capitals to the small village where my father was born: Know that America is a friend of each nation and every man, woman and child who seeks a future of peace and dignity, and that we are ready to lead once more.
Yes, there will be glamorous settings and a broad-shouldered Mr. Right, but the plot of the film is not so much between a woman and the perfect man but a woman and the perfect career.
"But my view is that marriage, itself, is a relationship between a man and a woman and that's my own preference, " he said.
One involves the federal the Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as between a man and a woman and was supported by Portman.
So man up and woman up and stand before the voters in debates and town halls and say, 'Yea, we passed the stimulus bill because we needed to do something to get this economy going.
The natural splendors of blue water, rocky shore, bright sky, and hilly terrain provide a serene setting for the eternal struggle of man versus man, man versus woman, and man versus his own worst instincts.
And now I ask every man and woman who saw and lived World War II, every member of that generation, to please rise, as you are able, and receive the thanks of our great nation.
Today, I call upon the Congress to promptly pass and to send to the states for ratification an amendment to our Constitution defining and protecting marriage as a union of a man and woman as husband and wife.
We've come to the conclusion that a woman may trust a man's opinion more and then a man may trust a woman's opinion more in some cases only because I know what I want a man to look like and a man knows what he wants a woman to look like.
We can ensure every man and woman, every girl and boy has an opportunity on the playing field of life.
Roughly equivalent to one vodka martini for every man, woman and child in Chicago.
That paid for 3.4 billion prescriptions, a dozen for every man, woman and child in this country.
We could be living in an America where every man, woman and child is guaranteed high-quality health care.
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At such moments of pandemonium, I subscribe to the belief that it's every man, woman and child for him or herself.
"Every man, woman and child who came to his clinic over the next 30 days were treated day and night, " Stachel said.
In the city of Atkins, a man, woman and child in the same family were killed, county Judge Jim Ed Gibson told CNN.
Our population--counting every man, woman and child--is about 301 million, so 200 million might be a fair stab at adults age 18 and up.
The bodies of a man, woman and two children were found inside a car swept over a cliff by flood water, Jamaican police said.
But Kevin Morris, chairman of the Police Superintendents Association, told the Times newspaper opposition to extending the scheme to every man, woman and child was overstated.
The 2006 Australian wine surplus was estimated to hit 900 million liters, enough to serve every man, woman and child in the world a glass on the house.
That statute protects marriage under federal law as the union of a man and a woman, and declares that one state may not redefine marriage for other states.
And today, as we strive for a new beginning to the 21st century, I believe everyone, every man, woman and child, should have quality, affordable health care in America.
And I am very much in favor of marriage defined as one man and one woman, and I'm voting for that amendment, urging and encouraging people to do so in Virginia.
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