marriage
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GAY MARRIAGE: Oregon became the 18th state to recognize same-sex marriages after a federal judge struck down its 2004 voter-approved ban as unconstitutional.
From Washington Times • Dec. 27, 2014
ON MARRIAGE: On the whole, it is probable that conjugal fidelity is increasing, if not in thought, at least in practice.
From Time Magazine Archive
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From The Wedding Guest by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)
"Well, gentlemen, I ain't the kind o' man to go in for family influence; but," he added, with gloomy elevation, "considering he's an intimate relation of mine, BY MARRIAGE, I should say I did."
From Clarence by Harte, Bret
MARRIAGE, the, of God and truth, 83, 115.
From The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love by Swedenborg, Emanuel
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Spelling Practice 1, Unit 9
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