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Robbie Morrish
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x ccording to Dictionary.com Marriage is ³the
social institution under which a man and woman
establish their decision to live as husband and wife
by legal commitments, religious ceremonies, etc.´
x This was another definition of marriage that they
had on there cite too ³a similar institution
involving partners of the same gender: 

  
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x http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lKcNe3
pnaI&feature=player_embedded#!
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x rwn Your Equality ± Texas Gay Skype Wedding, Mark and
Dante wedding, rctober 10, 2010.
x In my opinion the purpose of this video is to show not only
Texas but the United States and the world what gay people
have to go through just to get married and how
unreasonable it is. They had to use skype to have someone
marry them from D.C. to Texas. I feel that this is
unreasonable and we should really think about marriage and
equality in the United States. This should be and eye opener
not just for the United States but also for the whole world.
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x This information is up-to-date because this wedding was
rctober 10, 2010 and is biased because two people that love
each other and went through all of the trouble to set this
wedding up cannot get married because they are of the same
sex. In my mind that is not right because research has
shown that gay people and marriages last longer then
marriages of different sex.
x The people or web maters of this group are reliable because
they wanted us to see what they have to go through just to
get married. The reason why I know this is that Mark and
Dante made the news from this video and their marriage in
the United Sates eye was not or did not happen. It was
declared invalid by the District of Columbia. So from all of
this work they are not legally married and that¶s how I know
that this video is reliable because it made the news.
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x Yes there is information available from this wedding. s
you can see there is a video and there are websites that help
support them and there fight to be married and those
websites are:
x http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2010/11/to_the_
dmn_gay_couples_marriag.php,
http://www.dallasvoice.com/report-gay-dallas-couples-
skype-wedding-declared-invalid-district-columbia-
1054060.html, http://sify.com/news/gay-couple-in-
dilemma-after-skype-wedding-is-declared-invalid-news-
international-kmcuagfagab.html,
x Support groups to help them with there fight is:
www.getequal.org
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x Yes this resource has current projects underway to the field
of sexuality because they are talking about gay people
getting legally married. There has been millions of court
cases about this and the District of Columbia had to make
there marriage invalid from it and there is hundreds of web
sites and videos about it and the Get Equal
(www.getequal.org) is backing them up and making this a
world wide problem. So this is a huge felid of sexuality.
x Yes, this would be useful resource for my peers to view
because it would help get out the point that gay marriage
should be legally. The more people know about it the more
people will agree with it and fight for two people of the
same sex to get married legally.
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x This resource opens my eyes to how much work and how
much gay people have to fight just to get married legally. I
did not know how much work or loop holes they had to
jump just to get married. fter researching this and reading
into it my beliefs have changed about gay marriage and they
have changed for the good because if a couple can go
through all of this and still love each other they deserve I
mean it that they deserve to be married.
x fter all of the research and reading up I have done on gay
marriage I believe that we should legalities it so that we can
move on to bigger and other issues in the United States.
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x http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbfhb-
43UNQ
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x Couples Retreat«Universal Pictures««2009
x The purpose of the movie is to provide
entertainment while following 4 couples as they go
through a couples training seminar in an exotic
location.
x I feel that the information is current even though it is
for entertainment purposes mostly. The movie
profiles 4 modern couples, all of whom are in a
different stage of their marriages. When they all get
together at the couples retreat some do not believe it
will work but they all leave with a stronger
relationship at the end of the course.
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x I know that Universal Studios are one of the largest
production companies in the world. Their goal is to provide
entertainment so I do not view this movie as a direct
educational source but did feel that they gave us a good look
at what problems real life modern couples are dealing with
x The movie does not provide us with NY statistics or
specific studies pertaining to marriage. What it does show
us, is that no matter what stage of marriage a couple might
be in, there will be problems that need to be addressed and
that with some positive thinking and an honest effort from
both people involved, these can be solved.
x Yes, this film does have a underway on the field of sex
because it talks about how sex is one of many important
aspects of marriage.
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x I think that it would provide them with some
entertainment at the very least and could also
provide them with some knowledge of how couples
deal with issues within their marriage.
x I can say that I would be very hesitant to engage in
therapy but after seeing the movie would say that if
offered therapy in the form of a tropical vacation I
would have to reconsider my current beliefs. I know
that the chances of finding couples therapy in a
tropical location are slim, but a guy can think
positive, can¶t he?
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x Dictionary.com also said that family is ³a basic
social unit consisting of parents and their children,
considered as a group, whether dwelling together
or not: the traditional family.´
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Conferences Notices of upcoming MFT Conferences
Graduate Thesis and Dissertation papers .nother section is
built for Family therapist where they have options such as
refer a client to a therapist, legal and ethics information as
well as products and events such as an online video and
audio store, There are so many options on this website that
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that a relationship isn¶t always a fairytale
ending.

Without the understanding how a relationship

changes throughout the course , it can be a
common cause of divorce«
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ccording to Sternberg, love has three
dimensions«

Passion: is the motivated component that fuels romantic

feelings, physical attraction, and desire for sexual
interaction. Passion instills a deep desire to be united with
the loved one. In a sense passion is like an addiction ,
because its capacity to provide intense stimulation and
pleasure can exert a powerful craving in a person.
    
Intimacy: Is the emotional component of love that
encompasses the sense of being bonded with another
person. It includes feelings of warmth, sharing , and
emotional closeness. Intimacy also embraces a willingness
to help the other and openness to sharing private thoughts
and feelings with the beloved.
Commitment: Is the thinking or the cognitive aspect of
love. It refers to the conscious decision to love another and
to maintain a relationship over time despite difficulties that
may arise.
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Ô Sternberg maintains that passion tends to develop rapidly and intensely
in the early stages of a love relationship and then declines as the
relationship progresses.
Ô Passionate love, consisting mainly of romantic feelings and physical
attraction, peaks early an quickly subsides.
Ô However, passion weakens , many couples experience a growth in both
intimacy and commitment as their relationship evolves into one of
compassionate love(Sprecher & Regan,1998)
Ô If intimacy does not flourish and if a couple does not make a mutual
decision to commit to each other, their relationship will be on shaky
ground when passion fades and conflicts surface.
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x www.dictionary.com
x http://www.co.larimer.co.us/compass/marriage_di
vorce_demographics.htm
x http://blog.equalitopia.com/tagged/charts
x www.youtube.com
x http://www.aamft.org
x Baur Karla,Crooks Robert, rur sexuality eleventh
Edition, 2011,2008 Wadsworth, Cengage learning