He says the primary argument against gay marriage is that it would de-value heterosexual marriage.
At the same time that the value of women in the marriage market has fallen, so has the value of men.
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Nobel laureate Gary S. Becker argued that when the labor specialization in a marriage decreases--if, for example, both spouses have careers--the overall value of the marriage is lower for both partners because less of the total needed work is getting done, making life harder for both partners and divorce more likely.
But many are recognizing that this is the way forward -- that girls have value beyond marriage.
Sangay Zam, a member of parliament, stresses that many Bhutanese do still revere and value the marriage institution.
In other words, we are already a feminist nation as well as one that believes strongly in the value of marriage.
And the problem with that is it dilutes the currency -- the value of marriage -- such that I think you're going to have more family breakdown and problems resulting from that.
Tory MP David Burrowes asked whether parents would be able to take their children out of RE, sex education and other classes in the curriculum where pupils were "taught about the value of same-sex marriage".
Ah yes.... As usual, I find it increasingly interesting the value and importance placed on "marriage" and not the existence of two people making a commitment to one and other because they resonate in some vital way.
In a way, theirs is a love story in reverse: they set off in mistrust, move to indifference, slide into a marriage of convenience, begin to notice and value one another, and finally ascend to a state of ineradicable need.
The same moral tradition that defines marriage also teaches that each individual has dignity and value in God's sight.
Taken at face value he has admitted that the fight about same-sex marriage is already over.
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It's something of a perfect marriage: a company looking to complete a turnaround with another that likes to buy value opportunities.
Consider that for most family business owners, the business is probably the most valuable, and the most illiquid asset in the marriage, meaning that it cannot be easily sold or exchanged for cash without a substantial loss in value.
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