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...ruling from earlier this year. A skein of twisted reasoning, that 4-2 decision went against marriage equality. In an unpersuasive bit of reverse bigotry, the New York court said that because straight relationships ?are all too often casual or temporary? and can lead to children born out of wedlock, the state needed to help straights by maintaining an exclusive, all-heterosexual club called marriage. Straight people used to be obsessed with the dangers of gay bathhouses; I guess sports bars and hetero dating sites are now the real dangers to society...
...Some call it Bing vs. Big Oil. The bulk of the money behind the measure comes from Stephen Bing, 41, a Hollywood producer who was, until now, best known for fathering actress Elizabeth Hurley's baby out of wedlock. Bing, heir to a $600 million New York real estate fortune and a generous contributor to Democratic candidates, has spent $40 million of his own money on Prop 87 so far. Though he won't talk to the media, he has recruited two prominent spokesmen, former President Bill Clinton and former Vice President Al Gore, as well as such Hollywood supporters...
...look for silver linings is strong. Italy, for example, has seen a leap of 71 per cent since 1994, according to the research institute Eurispes. In 2003, there were nearly half as many separations and divorces as there were marriages. Increasing numbers of children are born out of wedlock. Not too long ago, such children - and their mothers - were stigmatized. Not any more, says Grazia Francolini, a director of corporate strategy for TNT Italy, who lives in San Donato, near Milan. At age 36, her mother had married and given birth to four children. At 37, Francolini herself...
...that French families are mired in tradition. There has been a decrease in marriage of 30% since 1970. In the same period, divorces have risen from 12 per 100 marriages in 1970 to 44.9 per 100 now. Almost half of all French births last year were out of wedlock. Yet there are signs that the French are placing an ever greater value on family life. Research done by French sociologist Christine Castelain Meunier has shown that fathers in the 30 to 40-year-old age range are less likely to be remote, disciplinarian figures than their predecessors: "These men spoke...
After 14 tortuous years of tabloid-fueling wedlock, featuring jail time for him, rehab stints for her and flagging music careers and sweaty TV appearances for both, WHITNEY HOUSTON is finally filing for divorce from BOBBY BROWN. For evidence of irreconcilable differences, a judge need only watch Being Bobby Brown, the 2005 Bravo reality show in which the pop singer and the former New Edition member allowed viewers to see their incessant bickering and odd bathroom habits. Houston, who is working on a new album with Clive Davis, is seeking custody of their daughter Bobbi Kristina, 13. Division...