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Gold Star Wives of America with Doug Jones at the United States Capitol in 2019.. The Gold Star Wives of America (Gold Star Spouses) (GSW) is a private nonprofit organization formed before the end of World War II that provides support for surviving spouses and children of those who lost their lives due to military service Armed Forces of the United States.
Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognised union between people called spouses.It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children (if any), and between them and their in-laws. [1]
I worry that the departure of American troops from Afghanistan will also mean the departure of their sacrifices from our collective American memory.
The White House chief of staff blasted Democratic Rep. Frederica Wilson for telling the press details of the president's call with a Gold Star widow.
Gold Star families are speaking out after President Donald Trump accused former President Barack Obama of not calling the families of fallen soldiers.
A person's specified civil status might also be married if they are in a civil union or common-law marriage. The civil status of a person who is legally separated is married. Whether a cohabiting couple (such as in a domestic partnership) have a civil status of "married" depends on the circumstances and the jurisdiction.
A sham marriage of this type, sometimes called a lavender marriage, [7] is usually performed to keep the appearance of heterosexuality [clarification needed] to prevent negative consequences of LGBT discrimination. [8] Such marriages may have one heterosexual and one gay partner, or two gay partners: a lesbian and a gay man married to each ...
Posthumous marriage (also known as necrogamy or ghost marriage) is a marriage in which at least one of the participating members is deceased. By country [ edit ]