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The term placement marriage (also known as the law of placing) refers to arranged marriages between members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS Church). Placement marriage is believed and practiced by members of the FLDS Church to show their commitment and obedience in order to obtain salvation for themselves ...
All romantic relationships are expected to have marriage as the result. When it comes to the selection of a marital partner, there are no arranged marriages by the parents or other mediators. Young people who choose to be baptized into a certain Amish affiliation (typically the one they grew up in) are expected to marry inside this group. [4]
The bride and groom in all of the above types of arranged marriages usually do have the right to consent; if the bride or the groom or both do not have a right to consent, it is called a forced marriage. Forced marriages are not the same as arranged marriages; these forced arrangements do not have the full and free consent of both parties, and ...
What mattered to (Paul) was 'a new creation' [142] and 'in Christ' there is 'not any Jew not Greek, not any slave nor free, not any male and female'. [ 132 ] [ 55 ] Two of these Christianized codes are found in Ephesians 5 (which contains the phrases "husband is the head of the wife" and "wives, submit to your husband") and in Colossians 3 ...
As someone in a happy arranged marriage, I find value in it, and so do many of my cousins, friends and colleagues who share similar views Voices: Why I had an arranged marriage – and it doesn ...
Interfaith marriage, sometimes called interreligious marriage or "mixed marriage", is marriage between spouses professing different religions. Although interfaith marriages are often established as civil marriages , in some instances they may be established as a religious marriage .
The rest of “Arranged Marriage” details Rexford’s views on life and her advice for other women. “I want to teach women to love themselves and put themselves first,” she said.
Taking a literal reading of the article's opening sentence would seem to define the well-known mass marriages of the Unification Church as somehow as either (a) not being "arranged marriages" or (b) not having a "spiritual purpose". I doubt if that was the writer's intent. The language in the entire article generally needs help.