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It may be that same-sex couples will save the institution of marriage.

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Marriage is not simply a romantic union between two people it's also a political and economic contract of the highest order.

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My friend Kate once went to a concert of Mongolian throat singers who were traveling through New York City on a rare world tour. Although she couldn't...more

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The Silly Putty-like malleability of the institution [marriage], in fact, is the only reason we still have the thing at all. Very few people... would ...more

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Marriage is a game. They (the anxious and powerful) set the rules. We (the ordinary and subversive) bow obediently before those rules. And then we go ...more

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The emotional place where a marriage begins is not nearly as important as the emotional place where a marriage finds itself toward the end, after many...more

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In every possible instance Saint Paul begged Christians to restrain themselves to contain their carnal yearnings to live solitary and sexless lives on...more

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Marriage becomes hard work once you have poured the entirety of your life’s expectations for happiness into the hands of one mere person. Keeping that...more

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The Buddha referred to married people as “householders.” He even gave clear instructions as to how one should be a good householder: Be nice to your s...more

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So when modern-day religious conservatives wax nostalgic about how marriage is a sacred tradition that reaches back into history for thousands of unin...more

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Modern married women do not fare better in life than their single counterparts. Married women in America do not live longer than single women; married...more

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Marriage is those two thousand indistinguishable conversations, chatted over two thousand indistuinguishable breakfasts, where intimacy turns like a s...more

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You can measure the happiness of a marriage by the number of scars that each partner carries on their tongues, earned from years of biting back angry ...more

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People always fall in love with the most perfect aspects of each other’s personalities. Who wouldn’t? Anybody can love the most wonderful parts of ano...more

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To be fully seen by somebody, then, and be loved anyhow - this is a human offering that can border on miraculous.