According to the rock band, the Beatles, "All You Need Is Love". ... However, relationship experts around the world believe that the secret of long-lasting marital success isn't so much love as it's communication, the sharing of core values, education levels and the support of close family and friends. ... Arranged marriages can foster an environment where there is positive family involvement and stability. ... Married love gained acceptance during the protestant reformation of the 16th century, but couples were warned by religious officials not to put their feelings for one anoth...

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Their love is as real as that of a heterosexual couple and no one questions their ability to marry regardless of their race or class. ... Same-sex couples can be denied the right to visit a sick or injured loved one in the hospital. ... Family leave. ... Gay and lesbian workers are not entitled to family leave to care for their partners. ... Love is blind and therefore has no direction or is never judgmental. ...

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Since minority families are extended families, they value highly relationships among relatives and they develop high levels of interaction and closeness (Journal of Marriage and the Family, 2000). ... For example in African American families mutuality, sharing and equivalence are more common than in any other families. ... In Mexican American families children become more elaborate as they exhibit their love to the parents. That loyalty to the family is displayed through social events, communication, and family celebrations. In contrast, with the white and the African American children, th...

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During times of war, families are often separated by long distances, and families during the Revolutionary War were no different. ... Throughout their on-going communication the Adams write about their family, concerns with the status of the war and its outcome, but most importantly political views of the time and specifically the critical issue of equality that Mrs. ... When it is apparent that this initial approach is not having the desired impact she then re-strategies and attempts to appeal to John Adams' love of his daughter. ... Adams of the need for equality is by addressing the...

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They just want to live their live with the one that they love by getting married. ... Love is a blessing, which is only human. ... However families have developed more differently over the years. ... As researchers studied how dissimilar family interactions concern children, it has become obvious that the value of a family's bond is more imperative than the meticulous family structure. ... On a indirect level, marriage provides a legal framework for family life that promotes interdependence and enhances economic efficiency for couples and families. ...

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As a result of this stigma, there are many people who have missed out on the possibilities of finding a soulmate, blended families and, most importantly, finding love. ... As a young adult, she fell in love with her then boyfriend who was Cuban, and they conceived a child together. ... " Since her deceased boyfriend's family isolated themselves from her and her child he doesn't know the other half of his family, and never will. Her child will grow up not knowing the other side of his family. Moreover, at the end of the day, she didn't care whether or not his family objected...

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Building a family through adoption is a rewarding path to parenthood, but getting started can be overwhelming. There are many children in our world that suffer without the love and the warmth of a parent. ... Adoption is the best tool at insuring that parentless children have the chance to love and be loved and therefore should be promoted and made easier to achieve. ... Although many families are discouraged by the adoption process, waiting patiently and working through the difficulties can eventually bring a child into the family. ... Every child has the right to grow up in an atmosphere o...

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As Whitecloud makes his journey home back from college, he is widely welcomed back by not only his family, but the entire Native American community, "Be happy! ... However, as Rodriguez returns home from college, the reunion with his family his quite different, with his family not nearly being as open, while his conversation with them playing out more closely like an interview than a family discussion, "We tried to make our conversation seem like more than an interview" (Rodriguez, 606). His family tries to amend, and have a family discussion, but struggles with it, unlike Whitecloud whom...

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All relationships, including gay ones, are based on mutual attraction, love and affection. People in love get married everyday so what harm is done to society if a law is passed legalizing same sex marriages? ... Psychologists tell us that what makes the difference is the love given from the parents, not the gender. ... Studies are very clear about the love received by the children, and gay people have the same amount of love to give to children, as anyone else does. ... Homosexuals have the ability to form a happy and safe family atmosphere for both the spouses and the children and therefore ...

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Generally, parents who adopt children have the ability to love them no matter where they came from. ... Therefore, instead of the usual environment of love and support a normal family has, more pressure would be put on the clone because of the higher expectations that are placed upon them to be comparable with the original child. ... loved for his or her physical attributes. ... Although traditional families have founded love on the grounds of commitment and reproduction, not everyone agrees with this notion because some people believe reproduction is not the only way a loving family can be fo...

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Consequently, euthanasia should become a law if specific sub laws are put in place to protect the patient and their loved ones. ... Through physician-assisted suicide an ill and dying patient may have the choice of a comfortable death in their own home surrounded by loved ones and away from the foreign surroundings of the hospital. ... "[Euthanasia] should be universally available, legal, safe, painless, and suitable for the gentle parting in one's own home with loved ones present" (Barbara Coombs-Lee). ... (BBC) In this case the family members of the patient would be able to...

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The plaintiffs argued that their family structure was nether better or worse for their children than if they were parented by a married heterosexual couple or single parent. ... The plaintiffs won in October 2013 after District Judge Timothy Black ruled that, "when a state effectively terminates the marriage of a same-sex couple married in another jurisdiction, it intrudes into the realm of private marital, family, and intimate relations specifically protected by the Supreme Court" (Oyez). ... Love vs Beshear is the fifth lawsuit involved and is the second relevant lawsuit from Kentucky. ...

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No freedom till we're equal; [that's] right I support it" in his song "Same Love" dedicated to his gay uncle. ... Another significant idol in the awareness and acceptance of homosexuality is Jason Collins, a professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association who 'came out' recently and has received much support and love from friends, family, and fans about his confession. ... "Coming out" to family can be a very scary and difficult thing, but families have, in recent times, been more accepting and supportive of their homosexual f...

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My mother's decision to stay and numerous threats to leave was a non-ending battlefield because she did love him, but not for his habit. ... The article, "Gambler love: Know when to hold, fold "em" narrated a woman's experience on how she left her husband. ... Gambling continues with the disregard of family and friends. ... Gambling has serious consequences affecting the family. ... While the husband is out gambling, the family sees less and less of him when he is not at home, his attention to family needs and problems is not forthcoming (Carone et al.). ...

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Soon after her arrival in New York, he took her to the family homestead near Devil's Lake, North Dakota, where they joined Abraham's brothers and parents on adjoining claims. ... This first becomes apparent when Rachel is denied her first chance to experience love while living with her aunt in the Russian city of Belaya Tserkov. ... Soon, they fell in love, prompting the boy to write Rachel's grandfather for permission to call on her and marry her. ... Rachel was the granddaughter of Eda Velvel Cohen, a religious leader of the local Orthodox community, and marrying someone ben...

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"Darkling I listen; and, for many a time I have been half in love with easeful Death, Call'd him soft names in many a mused rhyme, To take into the air my quiet breath; Now more than ever seems it rich to die, To cease upon the midnight with no pain, While thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an ecstasy! ...

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However, after the death of his father he realize how important culture and family is in his life. ... There is much more to life than materialistic things and good social status to make some one happy, the most important things is family and culture. ... She never felt part of the new culture, and her heart was always in India, with the rest of her family and traditions. ... Even though people leave their country of origin for a better life and a better education, it does not means that they do not love their country and want to one day go back. ...

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Their father flees away leaving his family behind and the opening of the film is about a communication received by their mom Arlene about their father's death in Phoenix. ... The effect of fathers who are either absent or abusive towards their families has a very serious impact on children, especially on male children and this was one of the most popular themes on which many films apart from Smoke Signals were based upon. ... Also, there family structures were most often shattered because of alcohol and drug abuse. ... The film introduces Victor as an embittered young chap who is filled w...

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The tale foreshadows Tayo's story of damnation from his Native American roots by his family and himself. ... "We were a bad family I became a man with no history" (p 287). ... Hallie and the protagonist, Codi, had seemingly "grown up in different families" (p283). ... It is through Codi's love interest, Loyd, we see the importance of the Native American point of view in Animal Dreams. Loyd, like Codi, is an outsider (due to his mixed race) in his community but he is accepted and loved by his family. ...

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Gay adoption provides many orphans with a home, gives children a nurturing family, and is an alternative option for gay couples to have children. ... Gay couples are human beings with an equal desire to have children, and can give an equal amount of love to a child. ... In the book Adoption by Lesbians and Gay Men: A New Dimension in Family diversity David M. ... Gay adoption will lower the amount of children in orphanages, provide orphans with a parents, and allow gay couples to form a family. ... It must be understood that children need parents that will love them, regardless of the sexual p...

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Many batterers learned violent behavior growing up in an abusive family (Walker 1980). An estimated 3.3 million children are exposed to violence against their mothers or female caretakers by family members (American Psychological Association 1996). ... Males who witness family violence are more likely to batter their female partners as adults than are boys raised in non-violent homes (Georgia Department of Human Resources 1992). ... Children living in family violence are often themselves victims of abuse by the batterer, the battered, or both (Walton 2003). ... They learn that the people yo...

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The explosively popular sitcom, "Modern Family," features Colombian native actress, Sofia Vergara in the role of Gloria Delgado-Pritchett. ... When she announces she, "loves," playing stereotypical roles because of how easy it is for her to perform, directors are left to accept that Latinas will also love playing easy roles. ... As an icon, and possible role model, for Latinas in this industry, I do not believe Vergara realizes the responsibility she has gained through her role in Modern Family. ... It is common, in a Latin household, to sit in front of the screen with one's mot...

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Family is a concept that evokes strong emotions within every human being. Love them or hate them, it is our family that provides each of us with a strong sense of who we are and what we believe in. ... The desire to be part of a family is very strong within us. ... Whether single or married, the alternative way to build a family is through adoption. ... Millions of unplanned children are born each year into families that are ill equipped to care for them. ...

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The introduction of television into the homes of American families changed the world of media forever. ... Television also provided people with a new source of entertainment in television programming like CBS's I Love Lucy and NBC's The Aldrich Family. ... Television brought the lives of the glamorous and beloved Kennedy family into the living rooms of millions of Americans, and it also allowed them to see the heartbreak on America's favorite news anchor, Walter Cronkite's, face as he delivered the news of Kennedy's death as he wiped tears from his face on live televis...

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Adoption: Homosexuals Need Not Apply In the last decade the ever changing face of the American family "has seen a sharp rise in the number of lesbians and gay men forming their own families through adoption, foster care, artificial insemination and other means" ("Fact Sheet"). ... Homosexual couples hoping to start families look towards adoption to make their dream a reality, but in many states this is a dream that will never be realized. ... The president of the Family Research Council, Ken Connor argues "[t]here is an abundance of research that children do best when raised by a mother and...

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